mon,tue,wed,thu,sun, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Midtown, New York City
🍸 Craft cocktails for $16, wines and sparkling by the glass for $14. 🦪 Dollar oysters.
A floor below 32nd Street, tucked under Dubuhaus, Musaek plays it cool in every sense. Cocktails come clarified (stripped of color with Korean ingredients) so a mix of gin, Korean pear, and lychee lands looking like water and tasting like the coast. The food stays tight and precise: raw and chilled seaside bites, from grilled squid kimbap to oysters and hand rolls, built for lingering rather than rushing back upstairs.
Grilled squid and radish kimchi kimbap, a Korean seaside classic
Milk-washed cocktail, crystal-clear with Korean pear and lychee
Crispy whole shishamo (Japanese smelt) fried and served with chips — a Korean coastal riff
Kimbap rolled with sweet grilled squid and radish kimchi — Korean seaside staple
Clarified gin cocktail w/ Korean pear & lychee — looks like water, tastes like the coast