Nobu London

Before reviewing Nobu, I should note that I have been to Japan and eaten fresh sushi there.
That being said, Nobu is likely the best sushi you can have in London. Our party arrived on time and we were promptly seated. The staff checked our coats and took us to our table. The locale is very trendy with some great lighting centered just above the table. Great for taking photos of your food! Also people watching as you’ll see all walks of life inside.
I expected the sushi to be the highlight of my dining experience here but instead it was the appetizers, notably the sushi tacos, the baby tiger shrimp tempura, and best of all – the roasted padron peppers. Each order of sushi tacos brings just one delightful little boat with some salted sushi and tasty salsa sauce to go with it. The taco was great with a nice buttery flavor. The baby tiger shrimp tempura stole the show. They were just perfectly fried with a non-​excessive helping of creamy spicy sauce. And you’ll think I’m crazy for saying this but the shrimp was laid out on the freshest bed of arugula (or rocket, for the Brits) that I’ve ever had. So fresh that my friend and I finished up all the tasty greens after we finished the shrimp.
I was surprised to see the padron peppers on the menu instead of shiso (I suspect they may be the same). These playful peppers are known for their random distribution of spicy. Most of the peppers are not, but occasionally you’ll get a really hot one and you won’t figure out until you take a bite. These were roasted to perfection and quickly devoured by the members of our party. If these are on the menu (I believe they were a special that night) I suggest you try them. Their taste is pepper-​y but distinctly different. More savory than sweet and rarely found in restaurants.
The drinks menu is nice an extensive with some traditional offerings plus a lot of nice Japan-​inspired drinks involving sake, plum wine, lychee liquor, and shiso pepper leaves. I was between a bourbon based drink and the japanese margarita and ultimately went for the latter which contained red chili infused sake in addition to your margarita fixings. There’s a great number of non-​alcoholic juice-​based options if that is more your style. The lychee beverage was just sweet enough and definitely a nice alternative for those nights you really don’t want to spike that alcohol level.
Finally, the sushi. The sushi tacos had some of that lovely raw fish served at Nobu but were overpowered by the salsa and taco. The real show is with the sashimi. You order your individual piece and they’ll bring them out in a grand serving plate. You get your choice of different tunas – all of which are fantastic and fresh. I had a lovely dining experience with the exception of a couple sashimis whose rice beds fell apart. These were dabbed on the underside with just the right amount of wasabi. Although if you like some more you’ll have some of that as well at your table.
Ultimately this was a positive experience albeit over priced. This is likely a combination of Nobu being a trendy London restaurant and the steep prices for decent fresh fish in an inland city. As mentioned before, the show stealers were really the tempura shrimp and the padron peppers rather than the raw fish. At the end of the day, the reality is that I had a more satisfying sushi experience at a hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurant in Tokyo than I did at the great Nobu in London. I loved the arugula and padron peppers, but is that really what you should take away from this experience? Just not worth the price tag.

Immer wieder ein Erlebnis und auch immer wieder spannend einige celebrities dort anzutreffen. Die Küche ist der Knaller… Natürlich auch die Preise, aber gutes darf auch mal teurer sein. Bisher sind wir hier zu Zweit nie unter 300 Pfund rausgelaufen. Also ein kalkulierbarer Einschlag ins Dinner travel budget auf den man schon vorbereitet sein sollte. Dies als Warnung für Leute mit Herzschwäche. Auf alle Fälle ist die Küche sensationell kreativ und uneingeschränkt empfehlenswert. Yummie

The first Nobu restaurant in London. Fairly typical Nobu style. Craving for Sushi or Omakase, the place to go! Good selection of sake, professional service, and a relaxing atmosphere! Love it!

A great established name that still seems to offer a near perfect experience. Service and food that can’t be faulted within a simple Japanese décor setting that actually makes you feel very comfortable. The above comes at a «price» and the cocktail list could also do with some work. Tip — Go for a bento box to try a wide selection of dishes, this also include their blackened cod with miso signature dish which is a must. (Visit — 09/​09/​2014 Dinner)

For such a posh neighbourhood a very mediocre dining experience.
I’d been wanting to go to Nobu London for a while as I had tried it in other cities like Miami and found it to be a fashionable and trendy dining experience. Not so in London’s Nobu. As a matter of fact it was disappointing from soup to nuts, from hello to goodbye.
We arrived, having a confirmed reservation, and well, I found the host a bit off putting and snooty, like he was quite bothered by having to work at all. That was the welcome but I was determined to put that behind us and enjoy the food. The dining room was very noisy and to be honest I can’t say too much for the very plain décor which for having the upscale market clientele did not fit. The service too was very sub par. Our waitress really didn’t know the menu and when asked questions had to go ask someone else and come back to relay the information, it all just felt 2^nd rate.
The food too was just OK. Some of our sushi rolls were very basic and uninteresting. Perhaps had we had a waitress who could have made suggestions it might have helped with our selections. We did know our sushi but it might have helped to have tried more of the house specials, that sort of thing. It was all just bland and unexciting. Not to mention the noise in the dining room made it very hard to converse at the table. I was quite ready to leave which is a shame because we were very much looking forward to dining there.
To end the whole night out, a quick stop at the toilets resulted in a trek down a back staircase that felt like I was in the back of a nightclub. And the toilets themselves looked like they were from a nightclub. It really highlighted the fact that Nobu is way past its prime. We left looking for someplace else to have dessert.

This is one of those, I must try in my lifetime places based on reputation certainly. One of the only chances I could get was when I got the bento box on a special opentable deal with friends who had organised it recently.
Pros:
Tuna Sashimi — Wonderful
Assorted sushi was very fresh and tasty (3 nigiri and 3 maki rolls).
Black Cod was good.
Cons:
Raspberry cocktail came with deal and it was OK. Nothing special.
Not the biggest bento box in size.
Didn’t think much of the décor and surrounding space at all. Very simple which is fair enough since Japanese style is like that, but it was almost too simple (especially if you were to pay a proper premium price to visit). And seemed to be a lot of staff hanging around. Not bad, but nothing special.

The Service in every Nobu Restaurant is outstanding as for in London and
food overall great but not internationally supreme in the way that Nobu
is reputed to be as as my dinner in Nobu New York was far better. I
would recommend to go there for lunch as it is not too noisy and you can
enjoy your sushi. Quality of the sushi was excellent but I have to
complain that the pieces of the sashimi are too thin to really justify
the price. Service was outstanding, it is a real plus never having to
wave down waiters and to know that whatever you ask for would be
delivered without being forgotten about. Visit May 2010

Einfach spitze, hier wird man verwöhnt und es wird nicht gekleckert. Die Preise sind für Mayfair ok und wenn man billig essen will muss man halt ins Hard Rock Café oder sich bei Tesco Fertigsushi besorgen.
Eine gelungene Explosion der Sinne und jeden Taler Wert. Es gibt zwar bessere aber nicht viele in London.

J’ai eu la chance d’y etre invité, j’en garde un excellent souvenir… notamment de cette entrée au saumon et caviar sur lit de glacé … magnifique et délicieuse.

Eine von 3 Dependenzen in London. Ich finde das Nobu in Canary Wharf um Klassen besser. Hier ist es mir zu voll und zu laut, viel zu viele Tische. Bekannt geworden durch Boris Becker der seine Tochter in der Wäschekammer gezeugt hat, tut hier aber recht wenig zur Sache.
Essen und Drinks sind sehr lecker, Service mal nett mal weniger, Preise sind ok, guter Fisch in Sashimi Qualität auch nun mal auch seinen Preis.
Super lecker ist die Lobster Ceviche, bzw eigentlich sind alle CEviches toll dort, die Miso Suppe ist sehr sehr lecker, das Thuna Tartar und beim Dessert darf man die Chocolate Bento Box nicht vergessen (Soufflé mit Grüntem Tee Eis, zusammen geschmacklich der Hammer)
Auf jeden Fall reservieren.
Mittags kann man hier super günstig lunchen!

Naja — viel Laerm um Nix. waere mein Urteil ueber das Nobu! Klar das Essen ist schon gut und auch der Service ist excellent — aber das darf ich bei den Preisen auch als gegeben voraussetzen. Sushi gibts bessere und billigere — aber die haben halt nicht den Namen.
Ds bemekenswerteste am Ganzen: die Waeschekammer! Wer mehr wissen will frage nach bei Bonking Boris!

Das Nobu ist ein sehr gutes Sternerestaurant (1 Michelinstern). Vorab: es hat seinen Preis. Für 2 Personen muss man hier mit 300 Euro rechnen!
Das Essen ist — wie zu erwarten — sehr gut bis exzellent und der Service ist sehr aufmerksam (und japanisch zurückhaltend).
Neben dem Sushi besonders zu empfehlen (und besonders raffiniert zubereitet) sind die Nachtisch-​Kreationen.
Ansonsten lassen sich hier auch mal die Promis oder sonstige Bekanntheiten aus London blicken.

Well… It’s Nobu & what that means is pricey. With that out of the way…
Food: Fantastic. Quality of sushi was excellent
Service was close to perfection.