A James Beard Award-winning chef is behind Miami Beach’s exclusive new omakase spot

There can by no means be too many omakase eating places, particularly when a metropolis’s newest debut is a super-exclusive, sushi den. James Beard Award-winning chef Paul Qui is behind El Secreto Omakase, a six-seat bar serving Tokyo-style sushi and Kyoto-style kaiseki—primarily Japanese haute delicacies—contained in the Faena Lodge Miami Seaside. Qui, who labored at Austin’s lauded sushi restaurant Uchi, alongside Tyson Cole earlier than opening his personal institutions within the metropolis, is aware of his method round high-end omakase.

In Miami, he’s curated two distinct menus ($295 per particular person; 786-655-5600) for diners: one options high-quality seafood flown in day by day whereas the opposite highlights vegetarian dishes. The previous contains sea urchin from Hokkaido, sustainable bluefin tuna from Baja and Sanuki Olive Wagyu from Kagawa Prefecture in Japan. In different phrases, very refined stuff—to not be outdone by the Artwork Deco decor, bronze bar and gilded artworks by Juan Gatti and Amaya Bouquet.

El Secreto Omakase opens on June 1 and serves dinner Wednesday by way of Sunday at 6:30pm and 9:30pm. With solely six seats accessible and two nightly seatings, El Secreto could have simply gained the title of Miami’s hardest reservation.