Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York
Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
A 20-seat counter where co-chefs Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins rebuilt a fallen three-star kitchen into a disciplined two-star Japanese-French tasting room.
FlightLogic expert score: 9.2/10 · ££££ · Japanese , French
Quick answer
Is Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare worth visiting? FlightLogic assigns an expert score of 9.2/10 based on editorial research. The 4.8/5 star figure is an editorial composite for guide comparison — not a verified consumer aggregate. It has 2 Michelin stars. Best for special occasion tasting menus, serious solo diners at the counter, out-of-town guests who want to see the kitchen work.
About Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
Twenty seats, one counter, two chefs working close enough to finish each other's plating. Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins took over a room that had already worn three stars and lost them in a 2023 ownership dispute, and rather than chase the old menu's ghost they rebuilt the format around precise Japanese technique run through a French kitchen's sense of sauce and structure — dashi built like a consommé, koji worked into butter, A5 wagyu sliced thin enough to fold. The counter seating means every course is narrated in real time, knife work included. It reads less like spectacle now and more like craft under control.
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Published reviews
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- 5.0Editorial sample
Watched Prins portion the wagyu to the gram while Natmessnig plated the course before it — the choreography alone is worth the counter seat. The koji butter under the kinmedai is the best bite I've had this year.
Response from Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
Thank you, Daniel — that kinmedai course changes with the koji batch, glad you caught it at its peak.
- 5.0Editorial sample
Eighteen courses, not one filler. The dashi course alone justifies the price, clean enough to taste every layer of the kombu.
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How far in advance should I book Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare?
Reservations open on a rolling basis roughly 30 days out and the 20-seat counter fills within hours, especially for Friday and Saturday seatings — book the moment the window opens or set an alert.
Is this the same restaurant that held three MICHELIN Stars?
It's the same room and name, but not the same kitchen. Michelin stripped the third star in November 2023 amid an ownership dispute under the prior chef; Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins took over afterward, and the restaurant earned back Two MICHELIN Stars under their leadership.
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