The counter at Atomix

Why it is on the list

Atomix holds two Michelin stars.¹ Chef Junghyun Park and his wife Ellia Park, who runs the room, serve one Korean tasting menu, drawn from Korean tradition and technique.² The counter is U-shaped, below the upstairs bar in the restaurant's brownstone, and looks straight into the open kitchen.³¹⁴ Park won the 2023 James Beard award for Best Chef New York State, and the restaurant the James Beard award for Outstanding Hospitality in 2025.²

It is the wrong choice for anyone vegan, vegetarian or celiac, or allergic or averse to fish, shellfish, seafood, dairy, gluten or allium: the kitchen does not cook around these.³ The booking page's questions add soy to that list; ask info@atomixnyc.com before booking if it matters.⁵ For a closed room rather than a counter, take the private room at Jungsik.

How to get it

Seats are sold on Tock for the 5:30 PM or 8:45 PM seating, for parties of one to four, at USD 424 a person, paid in full when booking.⁶⁵ A 10% administrative fee and sales tax are added; Atomix takes no gratuities.⁵ Drinks and any supplements are extra, and dinner takes about two and a half hours.⁵ A whole month opens at once, on the first of the month before at 3 PM (June opens on 1 May), and the seats sell out.⁵⁶ A booking cannot be refunded, but it can be transferred to someone else through Tock.⁵

To take the whole counter for an evening, send the private dining enquiry form linked from the private events page or write to info@atomixnyc.com; it seats up to 15 and includes the tasting menu, the drinks programme and the private use of the room.⁴ The counter page asks for at least two months' notice to take the date off public booking, the private events page for up to two months; ask for two.³⁴ Neither the buyout fee nor a minimum spend is published: ask info@atomixnyc.com for the price of the whole counter on your date. Corkage is USD 100 per 750 ml bottle, two bottles or one magnum at most per reservation.⁵ For six or fewer, the upstairs bar serves its own tasting menu, prepared in front of the guests with a cocktail pairing, and can be held semi-privately.⁴

Discretion

The counter is communal: an ordinary booking of up to four shares it with other guests at the same seating.⁵⁶ A buyout takes the whole counter for the evening, and the date is closed to public reservations.³ The upstairs bar is a separate room with its own bookings, and can be held semi-privately for up to six.⁴ For a dinner away from any other guest, Atomix in Residence brings the kitchen and service to a private home in and around New York City, for up to 20.⁴