What to Order at Sunn's

Sunn's (sunnsnyc.com) is a tiny Korean banchan-and-wine room on Division Street in Chinatown from chef Sunny Lee, who ran the Banchan by Sunny pop-ups for years before opening here. The menu is meant to be shared and rooted in the banchan that made her name, so knowing what to order matters more than usual in a room this small. This guide covers the dishes worth ordering, what to know about the space, and how to actually land one of its few seats. DinnerElite tracks Sunn's and emails you the moment a table opens.

What should you order at Sunn's?

Start with the banchan plate, the dish the whole restaurant is built around, a rotating spread that has run around $21 per Resy's December 2024 coverage and can include housemade kimchi, marinated greens, preserved perilla, and the chewy candied squid regulars ask for by name. From there, the Sunn's salad is the interactive centerpiece, a ring of pickled, roasted, and fermented vegetables around a creamy sesame jang made from whipped silken tofu, tahini, and sesame seeds. The crab gyeranmari, a rolled omelet folded with lump crab and finished with brown butter and cod roe, and the tteokbokki, cooked with sweet tomato, gochujang, butter, and a layer of stracciatella, are the two dishes reviewers return to most. Round the table out with the mayak kimbap and the hotteok, and save room for the sesame mochi cake, the kitchen's one dessert.

What should you know about the room at Sunn's?

Sunn's is small on purpose, with 16 seats in the dining room and 8 more at a chef's counter, per Resy's December 2024 coverage. That scale shapes the whole meal, since the menu is short, changes with the season, and is designed to be ordered family style across the table rather than one plate per person. The cooking is personal, drawn from chef Lee's father and from her years of Banchan by Sunny pop-ups, so expect Korean flavors bent in surprising directions rather than a standard menu. The drinks lean the same way, with roughly 30 wines curated by Parcelle alongside Korean options like sool from Hana Makgeolli, soju, and a Korean lager, again per Resy's December 2024 coverage. It is open Wednesday through Sunday for dinner, so plan around a short week.

How do you actually get a table at Sunn's?

With only 16 dining seats, Sunn's is one of the harder small rooms in the city to book, and most nights come down to the release or a cancellation. Reservations open about two weeks in advance, per Resy's December 2024 coverage, and the restaurant's own site now books through OpenTable, which we confirmed in mid-July 2026. Tables at prime times tend to go within minutes of opening, so a cancellation alert is often the realistic way in. DinnerElite watches Sunn's around the clock and emails you the moment a seat appears, whether from a fresh release or someone else's change of plans. We send alerts and never book automatically. The one exception is our Expert plan, where a human on our team books hard tables on your behalf. Larger parties are usually better off calling the restaurant directly. If you are after another hard Korean table, our guide to what to order at Coqodaq covers the fried-chicken-and-Champagne room in Flatiron.

Frequently asked questions

What is Sunn's known for?

Its banchan. Chef Sunny Lee ran the Banchan by Sunny pop-ups for years, and Sunn's is the permanent home for that cooking, a small Chinatown room built around a rotating banchan plate and Korean dishes meant to be shared.

What should you order at Sunn's for the first time?

Get the banchan plate first, then add the Sunn's salad, the crab gyeranmari, and the tteokbokki. Those four cover the range of the menu. Finish with the sesame mochi cake, which is the only dessert.

How much does the banchan plate cost at Sunn's?

Resy's December 2024 coverage listed the banchan plate at around $21. Prices change, so check the current menu, but it is the order to build the rest of the meal around.

Is Sunn's hard to get into?

Yes. The dining room seats only 16, so tables go fast. Reservations open about two weeks ahead per Resy's coverage, and prime times often come down to a cancellation. A booking alert is usually the realistic way in.

Does DinnerElite book the table for me?

No. We send alerts and you book the table yourself. The one exception is our Expert plan, where a human concierge books on your behalf.