A fifteen-seat Hell's Kitchen counter serving a Korean hand-roll tasting menu — one Michelin star
Must-try: Kimbap hand rolls, Wagyu course, Seasonal banchan
📍 679 9th Ave, New York, NY 10036
3 ranked business dining restaurants in Hell's Kitchen, New York City — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
3 picksThese are the 3 best Hell's Kitchen restaurants for a business lunch or dinner, ranked. Mari is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.7 stars across 610 reviews. This is a higher-spend list — plan accordingly. If you only order one thing, make it the kimbap hand rolls at Mari. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Hell's Kitchen covers a lot of ground for its size — Korean and Japanese are all well represented across the 3 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.6 stars.
A fifteen-seat Hell's Kitchen counter serving a Korean hand-roll tasting menu — one Michelin star
Must-try: Kimbap hand rolls, Wagyu course, Seasonal banchan
📍 679 9th Ave, New York, NY 10036
A Michelin-starred yakitori counter on West 53rd — binchotan charcoal and every part of the bird
Must-try: Omakase yakitori course, Tsukune with egg yolk, Chicken oyster
📍 362 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
A Michelin-starred Korean tasting menu built entirely on skewers — nine courses in a narrow Hell's Kitchen room
Must-try: The full skewer tasting menu, Beverage pairing with Korean spirits, Seasonal banchan course
📍 652 10th Ave, New York, NY 10036
Mari — 4.7 stars across 610 reviews, the highest on this list. A fifteen-seat Hell's Kitchen counter serving a Korean hand-roll tasting menu — one Michelin star.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The kimbap hand rolls at Mari, the omakase yakitori course at Torishin and the the full skewer tasting menu at Kochi. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 3 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.