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Top 10 matcha spots in New York

Based on 9 food guides · Checked October 22, 2026

Sorate in SoHo is number one for matcha in New York, followed by Kettl and 12 Matcha. The ranking comes from food guides and magazines such as Eater NY, Vogue and Time Out New York.

Sorate is recommended by 6 of the 9 guides we checked, Kettl by 5 and 12 Matcha by 4.

  1. Sorate

    SoHo

    Recommended by L'Officiel USA · Daily Front Row · DoNYC · DiningOut · Eater NY · Vogue

    103 Sullivan Street, New York, NY 10012, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    6 guides

  2. Kettl

    Greenpoint

    Recommended by L'Officiel USA · Daily Front Row · DoNYC · DiningOut · Eater NY

    70 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    5 guides

  3. 12 Matcha

    NoHo

    Recommended by Daily Front Row · DoNYC · DiningOut · Vogue

    Order Basque cheesecake · Soft serve

    54 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    4 guides

  4. Kijitora

    Williamsburg

    Recommended by L'Officiel USA · DoNYC · DiningOut

    151 N 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    3 guides

  5. Matchaful

    Nolita

    Recommended by Daily Front Row · DiningOut · Eater NY

    217 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10012, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    3 guides

  6. Setsugekka

    East Village

    Recommended by L'Officiel USA · Daily Front Row · Eater NY

    74 E 7th Street, New York, NY 10003, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    3 guides

  7. Interlude

    Tribeca

    Recommended by The Infatuation · Lonely Planet

    Order Matcha tonic

    145 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    2 guides

  8. Isshiki Matcha

    Nolita

    Recommended by L'Officiel USA · Daily Front Row

    183 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    2 guides

  9. Matcha House

    East Village

    Recommended by Daily Front Row · DiningOut

    203 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    2 guides

  10. Not As Bitter

    East Village

    Recommended by L'Officiel USA · Time Out New York

    Order Matcha with salty black sugar cream

    241 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003, United StatesApple MapsGoogle MapsWebsite

    2 guides

More places

Also recommended, in the same order.

  1. 11PPL Williamsburg2 guides
  2. 12Semicolon Cafe Murray Hill2 guides
  3. 13Verse Astoria2 guides
  4. 14Aokō Matcha West Village1 guide
  5. 15Apartment Ra'el Bedford-Stuyvesant1 guide
  6. 16Buddy Buddy NoHo1 guide
  7. 17Cha Cha Matcha Flatiron1 guide
  8. 18Cha-An Teahouse East Village1 guide
  9. 19Choji Greenwich Village1 guide
  10. 20Davelle Lower East Side1 guide
  11. 21Matcha Cafe Maiko Chinatown1 guide
  12. 22Mika's Direction Koreatown1 guide
  13. 23Nippon Cha Williamsburg1 guide
  14. 24Rhythm Zero Greenpoint1 guide
  15. 25Usagi DUMBO1 guide

Matcha in New York

Four of our sources are New York matcha lists. The others are coffee and tea guides and a Vogue piece on the new wave of matcha cafés, which picks Sorate and 12 Matcha in New York. Daily Front Row picks the Basque cheesecake and the soft serve at 12 Matcha, Time Out the matcha with salty black sugar cream at Not As Bitter, and The Infatuation the matcha tonic at Interlude.

Sorate, Kettl, Kijitora and Matchaful each have more than one café. The address shown is one branch, so check the hours of the one you plan to visit. For London, see the top 10 matcha spots in London.

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Questions

Where is the best matcha in NYC?

Sorate in SoHo is number one, followed by Kettl in Greenpoint and 12 Matcha in NoHo. Six of our nine sources recommend Sorate, Eater NY and Vogue among them.

Is Cha Cha Matcha on the list?

Yes, under More places. Daily Front Row recommends its iced strawberry matcha, but none of our other eight sources names it, so it isn't in the top 10.

How did you rank these places?

We ranked each place by how many of nine sources recommend its matcha, including Eater NY, Vogue and Time Out New York. A coffee or tea guide counts a place only when it mentions the matcha there. Places with the same number are listed A to Z. Every place was open when we checked on 22 October 2026.

How we ranked

We ranked places by how many of these 9 food guides and critics recommend them. We don't score or review places ourselves. Checked on October 22, 2026; things change, so check before you go.

Sources (9)
  1. 12 Places to Get Your Matcha Fix in NYC · Daily Front Row · 2026 · Media
  2. The Best Matcha Lattes in New York Right Now · DiningOut · 2026 · Media
  3. Best Matcha in NYC · DoNYC · 2026 · Media
  4. The 14 very best coffee shops in NYC · Time Out New York · 2026 · Media
  5. The Best Coffee Shops In NYC · The Infatuation · 2025 · Media
  6. The Maturing of Matcha: The New (Old) Wave of Matcha Sweeping the Country · Vogue · 2025 · Media
  7. 15 Places to Try Tea in NYC · Eater NY · 2024 · Media
  8. Inside New York City's Quest For The Best Matcha · L'Officiel USA · 2024 · Media
  9. Where to Find the Best Coffee in New York City · Lonely Planet · 2024 · Media

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