Inside Double Knot Delray, Michael Schulson’s Philly-Bred Izakaya

By Eric Barton
11:31 a.m. ET, June 18, 2026

AUTHOR BIO: Eric Barton is editor of The Adventurist and a freelance journalist who has reviewed restaurants for more than two decades. Email him here.

Double Knot Delray gives Atlantic Avenue the Palm Beach County version of Michael Schulson’s modern Japanese izakaya, with sushi, robatayaki, cocktails, a hidden sushi bar, and the kind of heavily designed space that has become part of the brand’s identity.

The restaurant is the second Florida location of Double Knot, following the Miami outpost that we gave a five-star review. That Wynwood location showed that Schulson can export a concept that still managed to cook with focus, from sushi and robata to black cod fried rice and a Chef’s Select menu that made the sheer scale of the space feel like an advantage.

Edamame dumplings

Delray gets a similar setup. The menu runs through sushi, sashimi, robatayaki skewers, wagyu soup dumplings, crispy Japanese fried chicken, black cod fried rice, toro nigiri with soy and wasabi, kobe beef skewers, and specialty maki rolls meant for the table. The $78 Chef’s Select Menu moves through 10 dishes and soft serve dessert.

The 8,750-square-foot space has about 200 seats, including a main dining room, a 15-seat bar and lounge, and a more secluded sushi bar with nine counter seats and 12 table seats. Parts & Labor designed the restaurant with charred woods and weathered metals that connect it to the Philadelphia original, then added natural fabrics, tropical plantings, and a little more South Florida air.

The Zeppelin Bend

For Delray, that’s a massive project. This is one of South Florida’s most reliable dining scenes, but it’s generally been dominated by smaller, more intimate spaces, and so dropping a 200-seat space on Atlantic is a baller restaurateur move. This is a tried-and-true product, though, and there’s also plenty of Philly expats living nearby who’ve maybe been to the original.

Filet with Japanese sweet potato

Schulson opened the first Double Knot in Philadelphia in 2016, before expanding the concept to Miami, New York, and now Delray Beach. At its best, Double Knot works because it doesn’t ask diners to choose between the polished restaurant and the fun one. It just puts the skewers, sushi, cocktails, and soft serve on the same table and lets everyone over-order from there.