Nobu Newport Beach

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Good good good good good

Food was phenomenal but for the price I would expect friendlier service. I will be returning.

Wonderful as always

First time at this location. The Manager John and his staff was awesome and a tentative to our needs while visiting. The food and drinks was very tasty. I had a ocean view while eating

Great experience, just wish they had heaters for the tables next to the rail.

What a wonderful location overlooking the marina. We’ve gone to Malibu, Hollywood and Palo Alto previously and Newport did not disappoint! We went to Newport Nobu twice over the Thanksgiving week and were absolutely pleased and satisfied each time. Our favorite standards: Wagyu tacos, ribeye tacos, spinach salad with dry miso, black cod miso, rock shrimp tempura with spicy sauce, and ribeye with truffle butter sauce and crispy onions. Wow, just typing this review makes my mouth water. I also always get the lychee martini which i love! The service was fantastic. Shoutout to our server from Tuesday night (before thanksgiving)—Lyn/Lin (don’t know the spelling). He knows his Nobu and was an excellent and super pleasant server!

First time I’ve ever been to Nobu and this Japanese restaurant was amazing. Love the vibes, food was phenomenal, and I would definitely recommend this place to my friends and peers will definitely be coming back here again.

Outdoor dining is still available, which includes a nice view of the Newport bay. There may be some noise from the boats entering and exiting the bay, but it's not disruptive. The dining experience and food are still great, even with COVID safety precautions - tables were well-spaced and cleaned regularly.

Anniversary

Great food, great ambience and experience.

Everything you would expect from such a well-known establishment. Excellent service, great location right on the water, intimate seating, and fantastic food.

Love the service and food!

We highly recommend Nobu for their professional service. The shrimp and lobster with lemon sauce was our favorite! We had a wonderful martini made by bartender Katie which was the best lemon drop in Newport Beach I have ever had! Its great that Nobu is able to have outdoor dining during these covid times. Top notch food and service!

Good ambience and food wise.

We celebrated my husband’s bday! It was very nice we had a great time and social distancing was definitely in play! We felt very safe and had a great time!

Hot dishes were beyond expectation. They were truly excellent! On the other hand, cold dishes were just average, which align with some reviews on Yelp.

Unfortunately the noise level was beyond expectation. We were sat next to a loud group of people, not much you can do there.

Service was great which I expected for a high-end restaurant.

Will certainly comeback again.

Everything was amazing!

Always amazing food, service, and experience! Dining on the water is always a plus

Great service, ambiance, and food. Great quality all around.

Both of our miso cod’s were not cooked through, I left half of it because it was stuck together. We had to ask for lemon three times and we had different staff dropping off things and not telling other staff about of order requests. So cold, no heater near our table so we left and finished eating and dessert down the road.
Very disappointing and they now only get 3.5 stars on Yelp for a reason.

absolutely delicious food in a beautiful setting, not cheap but great quality.

The food was good but way overpriced. The location on the water was awesome. It cost $350 for my wife and I and we weren’t satisfied at all and it was not filling. We ended up stopping for fast food on the way home.

We had a good time here at Nobu, Food always fantastic. They don't have Sunday brunch because of pandemic but overall We are satisficed. we'll be back again soon.

Birthday

Have to wait about 15 min before even though we made reservations two weeks in advance

I’ve been here before and had the exact same meal and unfortunately this last time my meal was over cooked, smelled fishy, extremely salty and oily. They also messed up the orders for the two rooms I was dining with. Interesting because the last time I was here everything was great.

The food is consistently excellent at Nobu Newport Beach. Love sitting on the patio enjoying a wonderful meal.

Shameful. We have been to Vegas Nobu once before, which was excellent, and were excited to find this location nearby for a birthday celebration. Big mistake, birthday ruined. We ordered about $300 worth of food, $200 of which we requested to be an omakase sashimi plate. We had omakase jewel fish plates before in other places, like Yama Sushi for half the price and fresh. This sashimi plate had about 12 tiny pieces that were cut by someone who does not know how to do it, and several of them were just shredded. This was a first sign of trouble. The octopus was chewy and fishy. More than half of them were fishy, so we only had a bite each of those. We also ordered uni appetizer (mostly fishy as well), a tasteless jidori chicken, and some mediocre eggplant dish. I have never had sashimi this bad anywhere, and we eat sashimi a couple of times a month. The waitress did not bother to even ask how anything was or ask why we barely touched $200 sashimi plate. I have thought of giving some feedback to the manager, but decided not to bother since everything was so bad, not worth coming back to, and seems like so many people think the food here is awesome if the other reviews are genuine (I don't know how though, maybe they never had high-quality jewel fish before and think this is how it should taste?) The only upside is a nice view of harbor, but there are other places with this type of a view.
And then we were up all night in the bathroom, must have been the turned fish they served us. Never again!

Anniversary

Love the food and atmosphere! Service was excellent!!!

Service was horrible.

I love Nobu amazing food, great atmosphere, the view of Newport Beach harbor while eating dinner amazing. I cannot wait to go back.

Overall great experience! Very pricy outting, and I was surprised they did not do more for our anniversary. We shared with our server our story, but when it came to dessert they charged us. It was a lunch and with tip our bill was almost $300.00. Being from F&B and hospitality industry I just expected something.

Great food friendly servers and safe social distancing.

This is my family's favorite restaurant in Orange County. Only negative is the difficulty of getting a reservation which is probably due to the fact that a lot of other families feel the same way we do.

Tbh not that good. Drinks and sushi were very mediocre. The setting is great though.

Great Service, good food and the best drinks!

Cute place on the harbor. great to enjoy the sunshine!

Food was great server was great. Great for date night and beyond.

amazing view. amazing food. amazing service. would highly recommend.