About Shukette

Shukette opened on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea in July 2021, the second restaurant from chef Ayesha Nurdjaja. Its older sibling, Shuka, had already made a name for itself in SoHo. Shukette took the same modern Middle Eastern sensibility and gave it a bigger room, an open kitchen, and a wood-fired grill at the center of the menu.

The format is built for sharing. Dips and mezze come first: labneh, hummus, and vegetable-forward small plates meant to be passed around the table with warm bread. From there, the menu moves toward the grill: whole fish, spatchcocked chicken, and skewered meats cooked over live fire. It's a style of eating that rewards ordering in a group rather than picking one entrée per person.

Reviews and diners consistently describe the room the same way: loud, bright, and bustling, with the open kitchen adding both noise and energy. That's by design: Shukette reads as a market stall scaled up into a full restaurant, tiled and busy rather than hushed. It's not the room to pick for a quiet conversation, but it suits a table that wants to share a lot of food and talk over it.

Shukette sits in the $$-$$$ range, and because the format leans on shared plates, the per-person total usually runs above what any single dish's price suggests. A table of four ordering generously across mezze, bread, and a grill main or two should expect to spend accordingly. The restaurant takes reservations through Resy, with tables releasing 14 days ahead, and seats larger groups by phone.