Mujo

Last week I finally scored a reservation at the intimate, 20 seat, @michelinguide Mujo in West Midtown. The unparalleled omakase experience comes with 3 Zensai, 10 sushi courses like Japanese barracuda, miso soup, delectable dessert, and a beverage pairing with an array of tasty sake, wine, and cocktail pairings to add on if you chose. On top of that, they have a list of amazing add ons and a large cocktail, wine, and sake menu you may try a la carte.Here's more about my meal:Zensai: Included some delectable dishes like my favorite the Hata Sakemushi that's the best piece of grouper I've ever had then topped with a sensational cream sauce and peas. I wanted to lick the bowl. Also really liked tempura mushroom with burnt eggplant and squid ink, as well as the warm custard with soft white asparagus and ramps.Sushi:The fish they selected are incredibly unique like fluke, seabream, or spotted knife jaw to name a few. They're super fresh and my favorite was the almost creamy and fatty toro, the goldeneye snapper, and I have to tell you about the Japanese barracuda! Earthy and charred! I was excited to try something new like this!Dessert:Roasted Sesame ice cream that's creamy and topped with rich and boozy miso rum caramel and puffed rice.Beverage pairing:7 different beverage tastings that including a sensational Seikyo sake and a surprising Smith Madrone Riesling out of Napa Valley that drinks like a voignier!Add ons:I got two add ons and they were both upscale delicacies! The foie gras was creamy and topped with biter and sweet jam on top and floral arrangements in a puffy crunchy shell that is to be eaten like an ice cream sandwich. Waygu hand roll is two very meaty, charred, and rich meat rolled up with accoutrements in seaweed.Cocktails:The celery and gin cocktail was one of the best I've ever had! The celery infused gin was perfection. They vacuum seal the celery to bring out the flavor and it really is earthy, and herbaceous.The staff waited on me hand and foot and knew everything about the menu and beverage pairing to a T. They were impeccable!! I will admit it is pricy, but it is about the experience.

If you're able to secure a reservation at @mujoatl you're so lucky. I enjoyed my experience and met some amazing people there. The amount of fun I had at my visit was amazing!!! Even our servers were entertained!!! The food was delicious!!! The service was outstanding!!! The atmosphere was incredible!!! I was so lucky to grab a spot at this @michelinguide restaurant. Atlanta, GA

Perfection. The price tag is worth it. The Omakase experience is something I love and cherish and this place just does it right! I absolutely love it here and I will continue to be a customer and a fan! Mujo is by far my favorite Omakase spot in Atlanta!

My first Michelin star experience was nothing short of amazing! I enjoyed the experience, so I didn't get many pictures. I was a little worried I was still gonna be hungry after the meal because they serve you piece by piece, and the portions were small. Low and behold, towards the end of the meal, I didn't know if I was going to make it to dessert because I was so full! 10/10 the food was fresh and flavorful! I felt like I was in Japan.

Mujo is amazing. Finding the entrance can be a bit tough. However, you should use the valet parking in the cottonwood lot. You will the. Go up the stairs, down a hallway and turn right at the street. This is ALL worth it because the experience is unbelievable. Start in the ante-chamber bar where you will have a complex drink made right in front of you with a very knowledgeable bartender. Ready to explain the drink and its story. After that the staff will escort you to the back room sushi bar which has very limited seating and a great atmosphere. You get personalized chef prepared sushi (omakase). The flavors of the entire menu was amazing and complex. Be sure to really savor all of the tastes as they change and evolve in your mouth. Just an amazing experience. Do yourself a favor and visit this restaurant! It's an experience like no other.

The tale of Mujo is the tale of change. Atlanta, a city known for comforting southern food, never competed or wanted to compete for that matter in fine dining space with the rest of the world. Yet, things are evolving.Mujo, is ran by chef Trent Harris who trained at world renowned Ginza Onodera in Tokyo and New York. The restaurant is the most exquisite entry to dining space by Castelucci group that also owns Iberian Pig, Cooks and Soldiers and Double Zero. And one must say, the execution is beautiful.Our waiters Kiki and Alex were unbelievably attentive and highly knowledgeable, arguably making this experience whole. Even some of the more challenging sake inquiries were addressed with ease by Kiki. Alex anticipated every detail of service, from chairs when people got up to folding napkins. He even wiped the sushi stone in between courses. It was a pleasure to converse with him also. The service front of Mujo is comparable to 2 and 3 Michelin starred restaurants in major metropolitan areas. Only tweak that could be recommended is figuring out a way to do menu introductions and course descriptions facing the guests and looking at them instead of standing behind them, which felt slightly uncomfortable for the duration that it lasts. On one hand you want to look the person in the eyes who is going out of their way to tell you about every line item on the menu, on the other doing so requires doing some sort of a 180 turn of the back for a rather long time. The meal started off with a whitefish foam crisp, continued to a few vegetable focused dishes like Japanese Squash with curry and Egg custard with fried mushrooms. As with any dining experience of this caliber, it would not be expected that guests would love every dish and such was the case here, with some mixed reactions. The rest was nigiri courses edomae style. The fish here is pre-cut at the start of the dinner instead of being sliced individually for each course. The fish selection is unique and interesting. While there are a few more common fish served like fatty tuna and golden eye snapper, many were more surprising choices like Kohada, Aji and Pike mackerel. Hokkaido Uni is spectacular also. The main improvement areas are in the space of balances. The fish profile and taste was heavily obscured by the rice which was quite substantial in its rice vinegar percentage, thus overshadowing the beautiful cuts. The cuts also seemed a bit on the thinner side for the rice, thus creating a constant desire to actually taste the fish, yet making it very difficult to do so. Without a doubt, preparations were still very tasty, yet for a restaurant of this caliber, a few details must still be pointed out. One of the unexpected highlights was the house made pickled ginger, which was incredibly tasty and could be enjoyed without anything else.Presentation across the board was extremely solid, with a certain level of creativity and edomae tradition. Gorgeous plates, Reidel glassesware and gold accented spoons. The only presentation item that was disappointing was miso soup, served in a thin plastic cup that was neither pleasant to hold nor considerate health wise to pour a hot liquid into thin plastic that almost certainly releases toxins. While picking apart a few details may be overbearing, the team here did a remarkable job putting together a show in the form of a dinner. Mujo could not be a more welcome addition to the city and can only continue to build its reputation from this point.

Sushi was way too salty... sushi rice was already seasoned and they brushed extra soysauce over every sushi and we asked the chief not to brush extra sauce and he said it's our Menu, he won't do it.. BUT WE PAY FOR IT!! We did not like the way we got treated period!

One of my favorite omakase experiences in Atlanta. From the moment you walk in, every single staff treats you like royalty. They sand down the counters after each group of guests. The omakase chefs are such a vibe and great conversationalist. Each dish was an elevated experience of ingredients/foods I've had. For example, the steamed eggs with scallops are a common comfort food in many asian countries. However, its usually made with dried scallops and the egg was put through a strainer to have a perfectly smooth flan like texture in Mujo's version. All the cuts of fish were extremely fresh and eat bite was the perfect size. I've never had nigiri sliced so smoothly! The starter amuse was a smoked salmon (literally you eat a puff of smoke) in a thin pastry crisp. Such unique textures! We opt to add on wagyu and caviar- both were exquisite and i was very full at the end of my meal!

This restaurant deserves to be Michelin star! Truly the best restaurant in Atlanta. I would like to begin by saying the services was exceptional!! Everyone is very attentive to your needs, they hold fresh conversations, & the services just makes your experience so enjoyable. Seating is very small, I think it's aprox 14 people allowed during 1 sitting. You have the opportunity to speak with the chefs. I didn't get a chance to take much pictures because 1 dinning is very intimate, & 2 I did not want to take away from the restaurants menu. Their menu changes often therefore the pictures I post probably won't be there again. The food is sensational! My boyfriend and I are very big on flavors & texture. The food met every single taste bud requirement. We also left very satisfied. We added the snow beef to our meal, which I highly recommend. This place is very pricy, but it's definitely worth it. My boyfriend & I agreed we would make a yearly visit here. This is probably one of the best restaurants I've experienced in my life time.

The 3 stars I give here are relative to both the reputation and the price tag. This was a good sushi restaurant, with maybe a bit of a heavy hand on the wasabi. But with a Michelin star and a price tag of over $1,000 for 2 people, it is supposed to be amazing/transcendent (see Alinea, Family Meal, Florilege). It just wasn't. The food is better at Chirori down the street and you don't have to drain your savings to get it. Some of the add-on courses were interesting, but they should be part of the already-pricey omakase offering, not an extra money-grab. The service was attentive to the point of being intrusive. They are standing behind you waiting to fold your napkin if you get up from your seat at the bar. I get fine dining service, but I don't want to feel you lurking behind me the whole time I'm eating. Sadly the best memory from the meal was the incredible little spicy cubes of pickled ginger they served with the sushi. I was excited when Michelin started rating Atlanta restaurants, but they got this one wrong.