(212) 757-3000

40 W 57th St (Cross Streets Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
New York, NY 10019 40.7635 -73.9753

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Neighborhoods: Midtown Center, Midtown

Hours:

Mon-Fri 6pm-11pm

Sat-Sun 6pm-12am

Price:

$$$$

Last updated 4.14.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Celeb Hangout, Fine Dining, People Watching, Bar Scene

Cuisine:

Japanese, Sushi

What People Are Saying About Nobu 57

Featured Review

Erin Behan

Contributor

The Scene – A boisterous group of 30- and 40-something singles crowd at the first floor bar. The sprawling dining room on the second level balcony feels busy with rich woods, fabrics and patterns, punctuated by the rush of servers delivering back-to-back courses to expense accounters, dates and curious tourists. – – The Food – Sate the appetite with plump edamame while perusing the multi-sectioned menu. Of the cold dishes, the flavors of thinly sliced yellowtail sashimi, jalepeno and cilantro converge for a sublime meld, and while the toro tartar tastes regally of…

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
Reservations are accepted a month in advance, although you can always try for day-of cancellation spots.
Where to Sit:
The noise level in the dining room can reach din proportions. Ask for seating in the lounge to the right of the stairs, which is somewhat removed from the fray.
What to Drink:
The subtle flavors of the Emporio martini made with gin, sake, cranberry, lychee and lime juices act as a nice balance to the sweet-hot flavors on the menu.
ambiance
93.75% positive
  1. Great food and nice decor.
  2. The food is tasty, the service competent and the atmosphere perfectly fine.
  3. The ambience and atmosphere is very nice and unique.
  4. The location is pretty easy to find and the decor is very nice - lot's of wood and it almost makes you feel as if your in a large ship - maybe that's just me.
  5. Service and ambiance was great.
  6. The decor is a little over-done and contrived, but the lighting is warm and it's intimate.
  7. The bar on the first floor has a great ambiance as well.
  8. Nice place but nothing like the original NOBU, the food is decent and so is the decor.
  9. The atmosphere is pleasant!
  10. The restaurant was very swanky looking, cool architecture and decor.
  11. decor is nice.
  12. Not that it was bad, but when the food is okay, the atmosphere a little disappointing and the service nothing special, it doesn't exactly draw me back or make me want to recommend it to friends.
  13. The atmosphere is increadable and the quality of food is great.
  14. This restaurant has a great atmosphere.
  15. Great food, great service and great atmosphere.
  16. great food and great decor
dessert
33.3299994468689% positive
  1. again dry,chocolate cake wasn't impressive.
  2. Go for a few cold & hot dishes, 1 entree (always scallops for me) and a dessert.
  3. We ordered the more common NOBU dishes, the jalapeno sashimi tuna, a lobster salad, rock shrimp tempura, miso black cod, and chocolate bento box, and these signature dishes did not disappoint!
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. If you appreciate the beautiful model type bar and wait staff, and don't care if you're treated like a second class citizen, then you will really enjoy your dining experience at this restaurant.
  2. Nobu57 has a good,well stocked bar with a wide variety of popular drinks, and with knowledgeable, courteous, and attentive bar staff.
  3. Plus they have a number of great wines in the $30-$40 range.
  4. Wonderful food and EXCELLENT cocktails!
  5. The bar on the first floor has a great ambiance as well.
  6. Had some amazing drinks that the cute bartender Phil served to us.
  7. Still I do recommend it to people who are looking for a good place to meet friends and colleagues for cocktails and snacks.
  8. Big fan of Nobu downtown, Nobu 57's food is just as amazing except, now there is some what of a bar scene.
food quality
82.43000030517578% positive
  1. For a party of two you should easily order 5-6 dishes throughout the course of the meal.
  2. The yellow tail sashimi with jalapeno, baby spinach fluke salad, and the Kobe beef (they call it washu) as well as the tempora rock shrimp, oysters wrapped in filo, miso cod, and especially squid pasta are all incredible.
  3. Exceptional service, great food, and a lovely experience
  4. So, we ordered 2 cold dishes, 3 hot dishes, two sushi rolls and some sushi.
  5. Nice place but nothing like the original NOBU, the food is decent and so is the decor.
  6. Everything was delicious.
  7. Excellent food and service
  8. No one in the restarant bothered him, Very cool to see he can just eat his meal at certain places.
  9. We ordered the more common NOBU dishes, the jalapeno sashimi tuna, a lobster salad, rock shrimp tempura, miso black cod, and chocolate bento box, and these signature dishes did not disappoint!
  10. highly recommend : Yellowtail Sashimi with jalapeño which simply melts in your mouth and brings just a tang of spice with the pepper + Wagyu beef!
  11. We were there a little over a year ago and loved the food.
  12. Love the food and the service.
  13. nice food, nice service, and the sofas on the dining area look really nice too.
  14. Fast service is always a plus, however I felt a little rushed towards the end of our meal.
  15. The food sucked!
  16. The food is great and is ALWAYS consistent.
  17. The food is good as is the service.
  18. (my favorite local japanese restaurent Roppongi has the same dish and actally tast better and half price).
  19. Great food and nice decor.
  20. It was good to have tried Nobu, but my quest for great sushi continues in NYC.
  21. If you know about Japanese food, you won't like this place.
  22. The bartenders know a LOT about the food and I got some great tips on what to try.
  23. Secondly, the food was very disappointing.
  24. Wonderful food and EXCELLENT cocktails!
  25. that being said, both the tuna and salmon sushi were outstanding and the uni (sea urchin) was also surprising if you're into that kind of thing.
  26. The food was great with very unique tastes.
  27. The menu is amazing - the food is so fresh and perfectly combined to bring out the best flavors.
  28. The food was amazing: I recommend the sea bass.
  29. Some of the dishes we had were the black cod with miso which was amazing and the rock shrimp tempura which was also very delicious.
  30. Not that it was bad, but when the food is okay, the atmosphere a little disappointing and the service nothing special, it doesn't exactly draw me back or make me want to recommend it to friends.
  31. great food and great decor
  32. and I had sushi dinner as a main dish,the fish was dry and paper thin(not appetiting!)
  33. sea bass was excellent and rock shrimp was creative.
  34. But generally I can tolerate ordinary food, as long as the service is outstanding.
  35. When the sushi arrived (hamachi, a couple of sushi rolls and a few sushi specials), it was quickly apparent that the rice was subpar.
  36. great food - lousy hostess
  37. Big fan of Nobu downtown, Nobu 57's food is just as amazing except, now there is some what of a bar scene.
  38. For a similar price point, and if you wanted really good sushi, Sushi Yasuda might have been a better bet.
  39. The sushi was good, the famous miso cod was quite fishy, and I left with a rumbling stomach and an empty wallet.
  40. My favorite was the yellowtail and jalapeno sashimi, lobster tacos, and all the sushi rolls.
  41. I'm a patron of Sushi Sasabune in LA, which easily has the best sushi you'll ever come by, and my bartender warned me that the sushi isn't what Nobu's known for.
  42. Immaculate service & great food!
  43. from LA, where sushi restaurants are as plentiful as the strip malls, and many sushi places have the best food to offer.
  44. The miso cod was just as good as the other locations and the creamy spicy shrimp were great as always.
  45. I've gone to this new trendy spot in the heart of the city with a few of my business clients,hoping to have a great meal and service after a month waiting on the reservation list, well the meal was actually not bad, but the management is horrible and arro
  46. don't feel the need to go back often, but it's a nice option when you want to enjoy an upscale meal or impress people looking to eat at a restaurant with the celebrity chef status of Nobu Matsushita.
  47. Go for a few cold & hot dishes, 1 entree (always scallops for me) and a dessert.
  48. Instead, the rice was dry, with a few hard grains.
  49. Every dish was spectacular and the sake we ordered was perfect.
  50. The food was good but not Amazing.
  51. very disappointing food
  52. However, the food is great in either place and I think it out shines Ono or Masa--one man's humble opinion.
  53. This is my favorite sushi place in midtown.
  54. The atmosphere is increadable and the quality of food is great.
  55. My table ordered a few dishes to share and I noticed that the service was extremely fast.
  56. Best steak tenderloin i have ever had.
  57. The food is outstanding, the management is gracious and the waitstaff is knowledgable and very accomodating.
  58. Compared to the original Nobu downtown, this one is more spacious and elegant, but the food is definitely inferior.
  59. It's quite the scene, and it's noisy and a bit difficult to talk, but the food and service are most excellent.
  60. was there 2 days ago and really the food was very delicious and the service was extra ordinary for a place like that.
  61. We ordered a number of dishes, which kept coming one after the other in great order and timing, and I have to say that each one of them was magnificent.
  62. The yellowfish with jalapeno (both cold dish and sushi), toro tartare and sashimi salad are all wonderful.
  63. still, they will encourage you to order a combination of cold and hot dishes beforehand, so we did.
  64. We ordered the signature dishes which were very good.
  65. The food is generally outstanding--a couple of dishes struck out, but mostly they were out of the park.
  66. But it was definitely worth the wait, b/c the hosts and our server were really courteous, and the food was delicious.
  67. for the $150 Omakase where the cheff is supposed to give you his best, the ingredients were average, service was slow, no one asked me how the meal was before just plopping down the check.
  68. It was so beautiful, I had the most delicious martini that I ever had.
  69. Overall the quality of the food was excellent and I will definitely return.
  70. mixologists are incredible, service spectacular, food outstanding.
  71. And for the record, I've never had a bad sushi roll there - I don't know what they do differently with their spicy tuna roll, but it's amazing.
  72. With the money spent for dinner I should be able to enjoy my tasty morsels in peace.
  73. loved the food here and this place is definitely up there with my all time favorite restaurants.
  74. ordered the recommendations I'd received for my first two dishes, and my waiter recommended two more dishes based on what I told him of my tastes.
  75. The food is tasty, the service competent and the atmosphere perfectly fine.
  76. have been to every other Nobu (LA, Miami, Tribeca, Vegas etc.) and the food is always great (interesting and exotic dishes).
  77. Great food, great service and great atmosphere.
  78. The food: We were surprised by the generous portions of the Creamy Spicy Baby Rock Shrimp, which turned out to be deliciously addictive but then again, what battered fried dish loaded with (orange) mayo wouldn't taste good?
  79. food was good, but $85pp later (no alcohol), I could have totally used a hamburger.
  80. The Lobster Cevichi which was interesting in a lettuce wrap but was another dish that I didn't really care about.
  81. The miso cod is good, the squid and now peas dish is good and the sushi is decent.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. The menu is amazing - the food is so fresh and perfectly combined to bring out the best flavors.
  2. Our waiter was very knowledgeable about the menu items and gave recommendations on what we should order.
  3. The wait staff was very good and very attentive, our waiter gave us some good recommendations on the menu.
  4. Service is extremely attentive and the staff is very knowledgeable about the menu and the various ingredients.
  5. Nobu57 has a good,well stocked bar with a wide variety of popular drinks, and with knowledgeable, courteous, and attentive bar staff.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. don't feel the need to go back often, but it's a nice option when you want to enjoy an upscale meal or impress people looking to eat at a restaurant with the celebrity chef status of Nobu Matsushita.
  2. Still I do recommend it to people who are looking for a good place to meet friends and colleagues for cocktails and snacks.
  3. Very stuck up people and me and my clients was not pleased at all, i would definitely not recommend this place if you want to have a nice place to take your business clients, what an embarassment for me and my company to show my clients what i assumed to
  4. You can never say this is a great Japanese restaurant but it is a good restaurant.
  5. However, the food is great in either place and I think it out shines Ono or Masa--one man's humble opinion.
  6. I've never eaten raw anything so I figured this would be the best place to have my first dining experience.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. Overall the quality of the food was excellent and I will definitely return.
  2. don't feel the need to go back often, but it's a nice option when you want to enjoy an upscale meal or impress people looking to eat at a restaurant with the celebrity chef status of Nobu Matsushita.
service
80.0% positive
  1. Wonderful service
  2. great food - lousy hostess
  3. Great food, great service and great atmosphere.
  4. dont understand how people can be so foolish to think that an enjoyable evening is dependent solely on the performance of the rest.
  5. So we went upstairs somewhat informed, and our waiter was just fantastic.
  6. The service was great and our waiter was very helpful and attentive.
  7. mixologists are incredible, service spectacular, food outstanding.
  8. Immaculate service & great food!
  9. Fast service, good cocktail.
  10. Fast service is always a plus, however I felt a little rushed towards the end of our meal.
  11. Still I do recommend it to people who are looking for a good place to meet friends and colleagues for cocktails and snacks.
  12. Exceptional service, great food, and a lovely experience
  13. Love the food and the service.
  14. Service is extremely attentive and the staff is very knowledgeable about the menu and the various ingredients.
  15. Your server, some better than the others but i've never had a bad one, will make a great recommendation.
  16. we had a very expensive bill and all were totally unhappy with all around service.
  17. But it was definitely worth the wait, b/c the hosts and our server were really courteous, and the food was delicious.
  18. Our server was extremely attentive and helpful, making appreciated suggestions.
  19. Talk about fast service.
  20. The service: Very attentive and knowledgeable; you can definitely distinguish the level of service provided by waiters at a high end restaurant
  21. Very stuck up people and me and my clients was not pleased at all, i would definitely not recommend this place if you want to have a nice place to take your business clients, what an embarassment for me and my company to show my clients what i assumed to
  22. Had some amazing drinks that the cute bartender Phil served to us.
  23. That being said, I don't feel that Nobu is a great value, but the great service and warm sexy setting makes up for much.
  24. The service was awful.
  25. The service is good too with many managers roaming the floor.
  26. don't feel the need to go back often, but it's a nice option when you want to enjoy an upscale meal or impress people looking to eat at a restaurant with the celebrity chef status of Nobu Matsushita.
  27. I'm a patron of Sushi Sasabune in LA, which easily has the best sushi you'll ever come by, and my bartender warned me that the sushi isn't what Nobu's known for.
  28. Having said all that: the service was impeccable.
  29. ordered the recommendations I'd received for my first two dishes, and my waiter recommended two more dishes based on what I told him of my tastes.
  30. But generally I can tolerate ordinary food, as long as the service is outstanding.
  31. My table ordered a few dishes to share and I noticed that the service was extremely fast.
  32. But the hostesses in front are ridiculously rude.
  33. Nobu57 has a good,well stocked bar with a wide variety of popular drinks, and with knowledgeable, courteous, and attentive bar staff.
  34. The food is good as is the service.
  35. Our waiter was very knowledgeable about the menu items and gave recommendations on what we should order.
  36. In addition, service was impeccable!
  37. Anyways, long wait, bad service, HIGH price, bad good = STAY AWAY!
  38. Excellent food and service
  39. The service was perfect, everyone was informative and so nice.
  40. Anyway, Sushi was not good, service was slow, and the attitude unhelpful.
  41. Try going with someone that you truely enjoy-- nobu 57 and their staff will do nothing but compliment the experience.
  42. But this is a factory for wannabes, and I don't wannabe treated the way the rest of the patrons here don't seem to mind--awestruck by pure 100% affectation, and service that wouldn't make it in White Castle (which, actually isn't all that bad).
  43. It's quite the scene, and it's noisy and a bit difficult to talk, but the food and service are most excellent.
  44. I've gone to this new trendy spot in the heart of the city with a few of my business clients,hoping to have a great meal and service after a month waiting on the reservation list, well the meal was actually not bad, but the management is horrible and arro
  45. was there 2 days ago and really the food was very delicious and the service was extra ordinary for a place like that.
  46. If you appreciate the beautiful model type bar and wait staff, and don't care if you're treated like a second class citizen, then you will really enjoy your dining experience at this restaurant.
  47. The food is tasty, the service competent and the atmosphere perfectly fine.
  48. Not that it was bad, but when the food is okay, the atmosphere a little disappointing and the service nothing special, it doesn't exactly draw me back or make me want to recommend it to friends.
  49. nice food, nice service, and the sofas on the dining area look really nice too.
  50. Service was attentive yet not intrusive.
  51. for the $150 Omakase where the cheff is supposed to give you his best, the ingredients were average, service was slow, no one asked me how the meal was before just plopping down the check.
  52. The service was excellent.
  53. The bartenders know a LOT about the food and I got some great tips on what to try.
  54. The bartenders were nasty and mean to pretty much everyone.
  55. The service was horrible.
  56. The wait staff was very good and very attentive, our waiter gave us some good recommendations on the menu.
  57. Some people are never happy unless they're complaining I guess.
value
70.83000183105469% positive
  1. The pricing was convenient and the I think it is very highly recommended place.
  2. we had a very expensive bill and all were totally unhappy with all around service.
  3. (my favorite local japanese restaurent Roppongi has the same dish and actally tast better and half price).
  4. With the money spent for dinner I should be able to enjoy my tasty morsels in peace.
  5. The best part of it all is that everytime I go, I know I will have a good, though pricey experience.
  6. It was a good experience but definitely a pricey one.
  7. Anyways, long wait, bad service, HIGH price, bad good = STAY AWAY!
  8. But it was definitely worth the wait, b/c the hosts and our server were really courteous, and the food was delicious.
  9. I've always felt that NOBU was overpriced, and Nobu 57 is no different, of course.
  10. For a similar price point, and if you wanted really good sushi, Sushi Yasuda might have been a better bet.
  11. The food: We were surprised by the generous portions of the Creamy Spicy Baby Rock Shrimp, which turned out to be deliciously addictive but then again, what battered fried dish loaded with (orange) mayo wouldn't taste good?
  12. That being said, I don't feel that Nobu is a great value, but the great service and warm sexy setting makes up for much.
wait time
37.5% positive
  1. Anyway, Sushi was not good, service was slow, and the attitude unhelpful.
  2. But generally I can tolerate ordinary food, as long as the service is outstanding.
  3. for the $150 Omakase where the cheff is supposed to give you his best, the ingredients were average, service was slow, no one asked me how the meal was before just plopping down the check.
  4. Anyways, long wait, bad service, HIGH price, bad good = STAY AWAY!
4 Star Rating: Recommended

05/15/12

The Best Sushi I've ever Had

by LyleC1965

I've traveled all over the globe, Japan included, so I know my sushi... When I visited NYC this Spring I had to try Nobu and I was not disappointed. Great atmosphere and friendly staff.

Innovative dishes along with the usual. The Miso soup was absolutely spectacular.

The place was very crowded and we had to wait a little bit even though we had reservations, but it was a small price to pay for great food.

I will definitely be back again.

1 Star Rating: Poor

03/02/12

Likely the worst sushi I have ever had

by HappyTravels

We had tried the Nobu at Atlantis in the Bahamas and walked out after the appetizer. We thought that we would give it another shot based on a recommendation from a friend. We eat sushi about once a week and have several favorite spots in our home town that are all far better then this place.

First, at $8 per piece of sashimi you would AT THE VERY LEAST expect for the skin to be cut off. At both Bahama's Nobu and Nobu 57 the skin was left on the very thing piece of sashimi. Second, when we asked the waiter for recommendations on rolls he replied they are all pretty standard. You should just have the sashimi. He was incredibly rude and not helpful at all. Third, the drinks were mediocre at best.

We are not the type to ever complain about price when having a good meal. We often spend $600-$700 for a nice meal for two with wine. When the food and service are subpar then we DO have a problem with the excessively high prices. Bottom line.....don't waste your time or money on this place.

1 Star Rating: Poor

03/11/11

Bartender Oren is awful...

by leeH

Have been waited on by this guy a few times & he ruins the fun! I asked for a margarita and he put extra juices in it...Then he said 'What else do you hate?' He insisted on putting fruit juices in the 2nd drink, so I had a disgusting margarita in front of me & this douche of a bartender giving me a hard time!!! He was like this with my cousin & her husband the previous week!

4 Star Rating: Recommended

01/18/11

best

by Libby Hober

my favorite nobu location. always a great meal. never disappoints.

1 Star Rating: Poor

08/21/10

Major Rip Off on Mediocre Sushi

by ckone3

I have been to many sushi restuarants and found phenomenal ones from authentic Japanese to fusion. Given the reputable name of this place, I was hoping for at least great content. Instead I got a little less than mediocre sushi for outrageous prices. I mean come on 6 tiny little pieces of spicy tuna that's not even fresh (or even spicy; is this even tuna?!). I can get way bigger pieces for way better taste for at least 50% percent less of the price. You'd have to spend at least $100 here to not maybe not go away hungry and even then you wouldn't be satisfied for the quality and taste. I expect really melt in your mouth sushi for the price they charge. Morimoto is a way better sushi place among the high end places. Even then I have found way better sushi places if not the best in Chicago and Atlanta believe it or no. And for the value in NYC one is way better off at Sharuku, Je-Bon, and Zen Noodle, all in St Marks Place. Particularly with Zen Noodle where sushi is always half off if you order at least $16 worth. How did Nobu get so popular at all with their underwhelming sushi?!! You're only paying for decor really. There's just too many overpriced sushi places in midtown!!

The Details on Nobu 57

Place Categories:

  • great nice food
  • great service
  • nice sushi place
  • very attentive wait staff
  • good pricey experience
  • great atmosphere
  • cold hot dishes
  • really good salmon sushi
  • favorite restaurants
  • very knowledgeable waiter
  • nice decor
  • famous miso cod
  • very disappointing food
  • loved everything
  • enjoy upscale meal
  • subpar rice
  • cool very
  • cold room
  • good battered fried dish
  • cold sushi roll
  • cold sushi
  • overpriced experience
  • great ambiance
  • bad service
  • refreshing yellowtail sashimi
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