Itamae AO
Nikkei (Peruvian-Japanese) · Miami · Michelin One Star · Chef Nando Chang
One-Michelin-star Nikkei omakase in Midtown Miami. Chef Nando Chang (2025 James Beard Best Chef: South winner, Food & Wine Best New Chef 2023) serves 8-course tasting at intimate 10-seat counter. Blends Peruvian-Japanese flavors with Miami ingredients. Signature dry-aged fish technique, ceviche-inspired nigiri, and anticuchos reimagined. Name means blue (ao) honoring ocean and chef's ancestors who traveled from China to Peru by sea.
3255 NE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33137, Miami
- One Michelin Star
- Best Chef: South
- Best New Chef
Menu
Tasting Menu
- 8-Course Omakase (195) — Chef Nando Chang's Nikkei tasting menu at intimate 10-seat counter. Source: michelin.com
- Omakase Experience (285) — Full Peruvian-Japanese omakase by Chef Nando Chang
Wines
- Premium Sake (24) — Japanese sake by glass. Source: michelin.com
- Fino Sherry (16) — Spanish sherry to complement Nikkei flavors. Source: michelin.com
The Experience
An intimate room built around the chef's counter. The meal is structured around a tasting menu and an omakase experience.
- Atmosphere: Intimate
- Format: Tasting menu, Omakase
- Setting: Chef's counter
Related restaurants
- Award-winning restaurants in Miami
- More Japanese Kaiseki & Omakase restaurants
- More from chef Nando Chang
- Causa — Washington D.C. (1 Michelin stars)
- Mayta — Tokyo
- Kato — Los Angeles (2 Michelin stars)
- n/naka — Los Angeles (1 Michelin stars)
- Ariete — Miami (1 Michelin stars)