Oiji Mi

Chef-owner Brian Kim opened Oiji Mi in May 2022 as a larger, more polished evolution of Oiji, the East Village restaurant he launched in 2015 with Tae Kyung Ku. Managing partner Maximilian Soh, who worked with them at Oiji, joined him for the Flatiron room. The name keeps Oiji, a play on cucumber kimchi, and adds mi, a Korean word associated with beauty and flavor. AvroKO designed the high-ceilinged Flatiron room around a long bar, curved banquettes, and a main dining room that feels closer to a New York supper club than a tasting counter. Michelin awards one star and describes the cooking as a restrained, elegant reading of modern Korean flavors.

The main dining room serves a five-course prix fixe, currently about $155 per person, with choices inside several courses. Recent menus have included striped jack hwe, lobster ramyun, galbi, and chapssal doughnuts, with supplements such as the uni, prawn, and ikura Oiji Bowl. The bar and lounge serve an à la carte menu and save most bar seats for walk-ins, which makes Oiji Mi more flexible than many Korean starred rooms. Reservations open about thirty days ahead through Resy and the house’s booking links. The kitchen cannot build vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, or allium-free menus, and seafood allergies sharply limit the progression. This is the useful middle ground between Cote’s tabletop steakhouse show and a longer prepaid counter: polished, celebratory, and finished in five courses rather than twelve.

Diners repeatedly praise the handsome room, attentive service, cocktails, lobster ramyun, and a five-course format that feels celebratory without consuming the whole night. The lounge and mostly walk-in bar seats are a practical fallback when the dining room is full or an à la carte meal sounds better.

Recurring caveats include supplements that lift the $155 base price, a firm two-hour table window, and dietary restrictions that rule out many common requests. A minority find the flavors more polished than forceful or leave without one course they would chase again. Oiji Mi suits a dressed-up Flatiron dinner; choose a counter such as Atomix or Joo Ok when the tasting itself should fill the evening.