UPSCALE JAPANESE RESTAURANT NOBU BARBUDA ADDS A BEACH CLUB ON THE SAND
Actor Robert De Niro Opens a Beach Club in Barbuda
PRINCESS DIANA BEACH, Barbuda – On Princess Diana Beach on the petite island of Barbuda, Nobu Barbuda adds a beach club to its hospitality portfolio. Nobu Barbuda was conceived by actor Robert De Niro who opened the restaurant in 2021. Expanding from serving fine Japanese-inspired fare, Nobu Barbuda is now offering a beach club with private cabanas for a laid-back, toes-in-the-sand experience on the beach. “We are excited to introduce Nobu Barbuda,” said Robert De Niro, “in addition to the natural beauty of the island, we were drawn to the quiet and secluded atmosphere Barbuda offers. This vision for this peaceful hideaway will remain authentic by offering a sense of place, coupled with informal, yet impeccable service.” https://www.noburestaurants.com/barbuda/nobu-barbuda-japanese-restaurant-bar-and-lounge/
`Nobu Barbuda offers a new hideaway for travelers in the form of a consciously designed beach club, Nobu restaurant, and lounge. As the most recent addition, the beach club is an all-day Nobu experience unlike any other, with five private cabanas – one dedicated to a VIP experience with a lounge and private dining – stretched across the pristine beaches of the island and offers personal hosts for the day, exclusive cabana menu items, beverage service, snacks, and boxed water, towel service, and beach-front massages available upon request. The beach club also offers a Caribbean-style lounge bar, where guests can enjoy remarkable displays of Nobu-style dishes, caught fresh from the sea surrounding the island. The restaurant’s menu highlights are the chef’s specials, which change daily based on the local catch and include the famous Barbudan Lobster and Red Snapper prepared in three ways, and conch ceviche and tempura, all exclusive to the new Barbuda outpost. Guests may even spot the chefs swimming out to their basket traps to catch more Barbudan lobsters during a busy service. The menu also includes twists on classic Nobu fan favorites, including crispy rice with spicy tuna, miso black cod, and Japanese A5 Wagyu cooked over hot stone. Diners can also sip sake and enjoy a list of tropical cocktails while overlooking the boundless turquoise waters that surround the island of Barbuda.
For years, Barbuda has been a favorite destination among city dwellers and the jet-set, and Nobu Barbuda occupies the same site that once housed Princess Diana’s favorite getaway, The K Club. With miles of secluded white and pink sand beaches, lagoons abundant with wildlife, and calm Caribbean waters, the island continues to provide a “must-do” day trip escape for Caribbean travelers – setting the stage for Nobu Barbuda to offer guests a relaxing and immersive experience in a private and intimate setting. The island itself is only accessible by yacht or private boat charter, private helicopter charter and twice-daily flights from Antigua. Upon the completion of a new Barbuda airport later this year, there will be an international point of arrival and departure for private jets to have direct access to the island as well as charter flights from neighboring islands, such as St. Barts, St. Kitts, and Nevis. Following the restaurant and beach club, Robert DeNiro and partners will continue to build out the project in Barbuda, titled the Nobu Beach Inn, which will add a resort hotel, spa and wellness retreat, private residences as well as an organic farm and nursery to the property in the coming years. The property will be designed and developed with long-term respect for the island’s ecosystems in mind.
About Nobu Hospitality
Founded in 1994 by Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, and Meir Teper, with operations spanning five continents, the Nobu brand thrives in the world’s capitals as the ultimate destination lifestyle experience. The first Nobu restaurant opened in 1994 in New York, followed by the first hotel opening in Las Vegas in 2013. Since then, the brand has grown to 50 restaurants and 27 hotels, both operating and in development. Today, Nobu Hotels are open in the following locations: Manila, Miami Beach, Malibu, Shoreditch (London), Ibiza, Palo Alto, Marbella, Los Cabos, Barcelona, Warsaw, Chicago, and Portman Square (London). Nobu Hotels are in development for Madrid, Marrakech, Rome, Riyadh, Atlanta, Toronto, Atlantic City, New Orleans, Santorini, San Sebastián, São Paulo, Tel Aviv, Hamburg, and Al Khobar. Download the Nobu App (Android and App Store) and follow @nobuhotels for the latest Nobu Hospitality news.
