Nobu Barbuda

An exciting project is underway in the Caribbean with a new installation to the Nobu Hospitality portfolio: Nobu Barbuda. Conceived by Robert De Niro, the restaurant debuted on the island in 2021. This year, Nobu Barbuda has unveiled its first beach club - a can't-miss daytrip for travelers in the Caribbean, equipped with private cabanas for a laid-back, toes-in-the-sand, all-day experience on the pristine beaches of the island.

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 three ways, and Conch ceviche and tempura, all exclusive to the new Barbuda outpost. Guests mayeven spot the chefs swimming out to their basket traps to catch more Barbudan lobsters during a busy service. The menu also includes twists on classicNobu 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.

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