Nobu Japanese Restaurant Southbank Melbourne
Name: Nobu Japanese Restaurant
Address: Riverside at Crown Melbourne Southbank Melbourne
Opening Hours: Open for lunch Monday - Thurs 12pm - 2.30pm, Fri - Sun 12pm - 3pm. Open for dinner Sun - Thurs 6pm - 10.30pm, Fri and Sat 6pm - 11pm
Phone: (03) 8687 0775
Website: Nobu Japanese Restaurant
Nobu Japanese Restaurant is part of a chain of Nobu Restaurants all around the world including in Perth, Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong, Beijing, Malibu, Las Vegas, New York and London to name just some of the locations. The restaurant in Melbourne is located within the Crown Casino complex, located right out the front with views over to the Yarra River (view from the ground floor dining area only - not the main dining area).
Nobu Japanese Restaurant serves 'New Style' Japanese food or a Japanese fusion cuisine. There are 2 levels of dinning at Nobu Japanese Restaurant in Melbourne, the main ground level which has the bar and has a Japanese tapas style menu. Downstairs it the main dining area with a large sushi bar and large dining area which has the full al a carte menu.
Nobu Japanese Restaurant Reviews
Review submitted 28th October 2014 - by Scott from Sydney
I had very mixed feelings about Nobu Japanese Restaurant. I went in for dinner with a friend on Friday night. I had tried to make a reservation at 8pm though the earliest I could get a table was 9pm, no big deal. The food was very tasty, we both enjoyed all the dishes, we shared the beef tataki (raw beef), the tempura prawns and the delicious baby barramundi. What I didn't like about it - well the waiter we had was quite arrogant. When he came to our table he said the Nobu with a fusion of Japanese and South American food (huh?) I didn't see any influence on the menu or on the food from South America, seems all modern Japanese. He held the menus back from us saying that he knew the menu best and could order for us. I said I would like to see the menu. he hesitated and said are you sure you don't want me to order for you? (F.O idiot. I want to look at the menu!). Part of the joy of dining out is looking at the entire menu and choosing exactly what you want, not have someone order it for you. Also seeing the full menu is part of the decision of if you want to go back to that restaurant to try anything else from the menu.
Downstairs is very busy which is fine but they pipe in the DJ music from upstairs and makes it just that little bit too noisy that it is hard to have a conversation. I really enjoyed the food (8/10) but with the wanker waiter and the noisy environment I would only give the restaurant a total of 5.5 / 10. I wont be back.
