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8643 Olive Blvd. University City, MO 63132

314-997-2303

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Critics'
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Best Sushi
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Japanese, Sushi

Hours: Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Dinner: 5-9:30 p.m. Mon.-Thu., 5-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 5-9 p.m. Sun.

Price: $$, $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit

Attire: Casual attire.

Features: Takeout, Delivery, Wheelchair Accessible
Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Chef Noboru Kidera works a kind of alchemy at his University City restaurant. The deft movements of his hands as he works at the bar, chatting with diners, demonstrate just how complex the making of sushi is. But what you notice about a piece of Kidera's nigiri sushi is its utter simplicity: the small mound of rice, a brush of wasabi, and then the fish, cut to the perfect thickness and impeccably fresh. The standard sushi selection is excellent - salmon, topped with a sliver of bracing raw onion, and mackerel especially so - but treat yourself to luscious toro or something unusual, like "The Traveler." Nobu's offers several crowd-pleasing rolls, as well as classic Japanese tempura, yakitori and noodle dishes.

2010 | Best Sushi

This week's meeting of the League Against Sushi-Expanding Rolls will now come to order. Let the record show that for the 212th consecutive week, LASER is meeting at Nobu's in University City. While we await our nigiri sushi -- I ordered twice as much salmon as usual because it's so good, especially with that little crescent-moon of onion atop it -- a reminder that at the last meeting we passed, by unanimous vote, Resolution No. 104: "The League Against Sushi-Expanding Rolls... More »
2007 | Best Sushi

Sushi has become such a fixture on the American dining scene that stepping into Nobu's feels like traveling in a time machine -- and not just because it's located in an old IHOP. (The unexpected setting does help, though.) The location, the serene atmosphere and the preternatural elegance with which Noboru Kidera arranges a piece of nigiri sushi: together, they evoke a time when sushi wasn't one more lunch-hour option or fast-casual trend but an actual mystery. Is this dinner Or is it... More »
2002 | Best BLT Roll

Purists and dilettantes cringe when we sing odes to the BLT roll at Nobu's. They don't know what they're missing. Revered by many as the city's premier temple of sushi, Nobu's has previously pioneered such breakthroughs as slicing the nigiri sushi in half. That one was good, but it's got nothing on the BLT roll. This extraordinary nosh is just what you think: BLT stuff wrapped in vinegared rice and seaweed. We're not sure why, but the unexpected conviviality of these ingredients, combined... More »
2001 | Best Sushi

In the '80s, it was cars; in the '90s, sushi. Yes, we're talking about Japanese imports. Look around St. Louis, or any American city, and you will find Japanese cars (some made in America) and Japanese restaurants everywhere. But it wasn't always like that. We remember the '80s, when there was this little hole-in-the-wall place on Delmar in University City (though not in the Loop) where a Japanese chef worked his magic in a cramped space behind a counter and a few tables were scattered in... More »

The Five Best Sushi Restaurants in St. Louis

By Gut Check | Fri, April 6, 2012

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our wa... More »
Kampei! Nobu's Sushi and Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog

By Keegan Hamilton | Mon, July 19, 2010

Japanese cuisine is remarkably similar to Japanese cinema. Each art form is defined by efficiency of movement (by both the sushi chef and the camera), attention to detail that borders on neurotic and ... More »
#70: Sake (Salmon) Nigiri Sushi at Nobu's Japanese Restaurant

By Ian Froeb | Tue, June 29, 2010

Salmon certainly isn't the most exotic seafood at Nobu's Japanese Restaurant. It probably isn't the tastiest, either. But after numerous visits to one of the area's best sushi restaurants, it remains ... More »

Main Menu

Salad

$3.50

Garden Salad

$5.00

Cucumber Salad
sunomono

$6.00

Seaweed Salad

$5.00

Marinated Seaweed Salad

$6.00

Marinated Squid Salad

$8.00

Nobu Special Salad Greens Tuna Or Salmon

Variety Of Rice

$8.50

Chicken Donburi
grilled chicken, teriyaki sauce, served on a bed of rice

$8.25

Oyako Donburi
grilled chicken, teriyaki sauce, served on a bed of rice

$8.25

Katsu Donburi
deep fried pork cooked with egg and onion, served on a bed of rice

$8.50

Tempura Donburi
shrimp and vegetable tempura, served on a bed of rice

$9.25

Unagi Donburi
eel prepared in a delicately seasoned soy sauce served on a bed of rice

$9.75

Kama Meshi
japanese style rice with chicken, black mushroom, bamboo shoots and yam noodles, served with japanese pickles and niso soup

$11.50

Seafood Kama Meshi
shrimp, scallops, salmon

Noodles

$5.50

Zaru Soba
cold japanese buckwheat noodles with a soy base for dipping, seasoned with green onions, fresh ginger

$8.50

Ten Zaru
zaru soba with tempura shrimps

$7.75

Yaki Udon
pan fried japanese noodles with vegetables

$10.00
$8.00

Yaki Udon
with beef, chicken or shrimp

$8.25

Tempura Soba Or Udon
fried japanese noodles with shrimp tempura

Makimono

Per Pc. $3.30

Asparagus Roll

Per Pc. $4.00

Blt Roll

Per Pc. $5.20

California Roll

Per Pc. $2.50

Cucumber Roll
kappamaxi

Per Pc. $3.90

Eel & Cucumber Roll
unakyu

Half Roll $4.30
Whole Roll $8.20

Futomaki

Per Pc. $2.70

Kanpyomaki

Per Pc. $6.50

Negi Toro

Per Pc. $2.70

Oshinko Roll

Per Pc. $2.50

Salmon Skin Roll

Per Pc. $2.60

Soybean Roll
nattomaki

Per Pc. $5.50

St. Louis Roll

Per Pc. $4.00

Tuna Roll
tekka

Per Pc. $2.50

Ume Shiso Roll

Per Pc. $2.80

Vegetable Roll
kaiware

Per Pc. $3.90

Yellowtail Roll
negihama

Per Pc. $6.90

Dragon Roll

Per Pc. $8.50

Caterpillar Roll

Per Pc. $12.00

Rainbow Roll

Per Pc. $4.30

Salmon Avacado

Per Pc. $12.00

Softshell Crab Roll

Per Pc. $6.50

Tempura Roll

Combinations

Per Pc. $22.00

Nobu's Favorite
6 pieces + 1 california roll

Per Pc. $17.00

Nobu's Choice A
5 pieces + 1 tuna roll

Per Pc. $13.00

Nobu's Choice B
5 pieces + 1 cucumber roll

Per Pc. $22.00

Chirashi

Per Pc. $22.00

Tekkaju
tuna

Sushi A La Carte

Large $3.20

Amber Jack
kanpachi

Large $4.00

Awabi Abalone

Large $3.60

Crab
kani

Large $2.40

Eel, Freshwater
unagi

Large $1.60

Egg
tamago

Large $2.50

Fluke
hirame

Large $2.60

Horse Mackaral
aji

Large $3.20

Jumbo Clam
mirugai

Large $1.90

Mackerel
shimesaba

Large $1.90

Octopus
tako

Large $2.80

Orange Clam
aoyagi

Large $2.20

Oyster
kaki

Large $2.20

Pampano
e bodai

Large $2.90

Japanese Red Snapper
tai

Large $2.60

Salmon
sake

Large $2.70

Salmon Roe

Large $2.70

Scallops
kobashira

Large $3.30

Sea Urchin
uni

Large $2.30

Shrimp
ebi

Large $2.80

Smelt Eggs
massago

Large $2.20

Squid
ika

Large $2.00

Squid Legs
geso

Large $2.70

Stripped Bass
suzuki

Large $3.00

Raw Shrimp
ama-ebi

Large $4.00

Toro

Large $3.50

Traveler
shimaaji

Large $2.90

Tuna
maguro

Large $2.90

Yuna Salad

Large $2.90

Yellowtail
hamachi

Desserts

Large $4.00

Pineapple, Or Seasonal Fruits

Large $2.00

Japanese Style Jello
with red beans and brown sugar sauce

Large $2.50

Green Tea Ice Cream

Large $3.00

Green Tea Ice Cream
with red beans

Drinks

$1.50

Ice Tea Or Soft Drinks

22 Oz $5.00
12 Oz $3.00

Asahi, Sapporo Or Kirin

$5.50

Ebisu

$2.75

Plum Wine

$2.75

Cerasuolo Dry Red
(cold)

$2.75

White Zinfandel Or Chardonnay

Small $3.25
Large $5.25

Sake

Small $4.00
Large $6.00

Cold Sake

Large $11.00

Cold Premium Sake

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Nobu's

8643 Olive Blvd. University City, MO 63132

314-997-2303

Description

2010 | Best Sushi

2007 | Best Sushi

2002 | Best BLT Roll

2001 | Best Sushi

The Five Best Sushi Restaurants in St. Louis

By Gut Check | Fri, April 6, 2012

Kampei! Nobu's Sushi and Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog

By Keegan Hamilton | Mon, July 19, 2010

#70: Sake (Salmon) Nigiri Sushi at Nobu's Japanese Restaurant

By Ian Froeb | Tue, June 29, 2010