OIJI RESTAURANT
Offii, a contemporary restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village, is creating a new category for Korean cuisine in New York City: Refined Authentic Korean. Exploring traditional flavors and dishes while utilizing modern cooking techniques and ingredients, artful plating and portion sizes, Offii of ers a Korean dining experience that is at once familiar and surprising, in a modern downtown setting.
We instantly feel welcome at Offii: Warm welcome, and the perfectly designed outdoor booths that create an intimate feeling for diners. We appreciate this attention to detail in times of a pandemic. You can eat in a perfectly safe and healthy setting and fully enjoy your meal. The heating + ventilation systems work perfectly and create this eerie warm and orangecolored environment, like in a dreamy place in the clouds.
Even before tasting the dishes, the sophisticated plating screams high quality. It HAS to be good. And it is.
Every dish has been carefully constructed, mixing the flavors and textures to achieve a perfect balance. We can feel the love of food in every bite.
Note for the Michelin Guide: Offii definitely deserves one star. (We have seen two star restaurants with food that was not on par with Offii’s.)
The heart and soul of Offii is the co-chef/co-owner team of Brian Kim and Tae Kyung Ku. Born and raised in Korea, both worked in restaurants in Seoul before moving to the United States to attend the Culinary Institute of America. As roommates they quickly became friends, and soon realized a shared vision upon graduation: to bring a new perspective on Korean cooking to New York City. Kim and Ku cooked at Bouley and Gramercy Tavern, respectively, before embarking on their journey to create Offii, of ering a unique menu meant for sampling and sharing.
OffI
119 1st Street New York, NY 10003