Daisuke Nakazawa, the protégé of Jiro Ono (the subject of the documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi") opened the tiny restaurant earlier this year.
"A meal at Mr. Nakazawa's counter is a guided tour of the potential of simple seafood on rice to amaze," Wells wrote. "With subtle fine-tunings of temperature and seasoning, he can make a piece of sushi into the kind of sense-filling experience you wish could last and last."
Other restaurants on Wells' year-end list included Greenwich Village red sauce joint Carbone; Betony, a spin-off from several alumni of Eleven Madison Park; and Uncle Boon's, a Thai restaurant in NoLiTa. You can find his full list here.
Since reservations at Sushi Nakazawa are next-to-impossible to secure, we rounded up some mouthwatering Instagram pictures from the lucky few who have tried the omakase meal ($150 at the sushi bar, $120 in the dining room).
Welcome to Sushi Nakazawa, the newest four-star restaurant in
Let's take a look at the four-star sushi, shall we?
Sea urchins!
And here's that same sea urchin (uni) out of its spiky shell:
His signature tamago, or Japanese omelette.
One last glimpse of the assortment at Sushi Nakazawa:
And dessert - a yuzu sorbet with pomegranate.