From none other than chef Daniel Boulud and Masa's chef George Ruan comes a new secret sushi restaurant beneath Grand Central.
Joji’s location inside the bustling travel hub is a nod to the prevalence of many high-end sushi counters located inside train stations in Japan.
“We want the place to feel like a Tokyo in New York experience, not a Tokyo in Tokyo experience. It’s a little more of a New York vibe, with a Tokyo sushi experience. We created a rock garden leading to this sanctuary in Grand Central station, and this is really in the tradition of having a fine dining sushi experience in the busiest train station in Tokyo,” Boulud says. “This is a reference and reverence to this tradition.
Ruan teamed with Boulud during the pandemic, when he’d taken time off from Masa and was doing some home cooking for the restaurant’s regulars. Now at Joji, he emphasizes the lack of pretension that they say sets them apart from other omakase places. “We don’t want the room, the space, the service, the atmosphere to be stuffy,” Ruan says. “We’re trying to have every guest dining here have a great time, like they’re dining at their friend’s house. They don’t have to be afraid to ask questions.”“If they’ve dined at Joji and had a great time, we will change their menu based on what they had last time,” Ruan says.
“Each omakase place has their own experience, and we are definitely one of the finest counters in that category,” Boulud says.
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