Robert de Niro’s Nobu is opening a members’ club in the Midlands

You’ve probably heard of Nobu. The bougie sushi restaurant and hotel chain is known for its celebrities, glamourous setting, and sky high prices. It was also co-founded by Robert de Niro, alongside chef Nobu Matsuhisa and businessman Meir Teper. 

Now Nobu is coming the the East Midlands. The swanky chain has announced plans to open a ‘first-of-its-kind concept’ in Rutland, the smallest county in England which borders Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. Hollywood who?

The new Nobu is being developed on an 185-acre plot English land in collaboration with Woolfox Members Club – a luxury lifestyle club that already exists on the site. It’s going to be transformed into Nobu Woolfox, and could give Soho Farmhouse a run for its money. 

The nature-led retreat will have lake view rooms and suites, a spa, bar and signature Nobu restaurant. It hopes to offer guests ‘a slower, more restorative pace’. It will be Nobu’s second hotel in the UK, with the only other in London. 

‘This is a truly special location in the heart of England, surrounded by rolling historic landscapes and quintessential English countryside,’ Trevor Horwell, chief executive of Nobu Hospitality told Euronews. 

‘For the first time within our portfolio, we have the opportunity at Nobu Woolfox to create a special countryside retreat experience – one that offers all the hallmarks of Nobu, but in a setting defined by nature, tranquility, and a sense of escape. We look forward to working closely with Woolfox to envision and curate a truly distinctive English countryside retreat.’

An exact timeline for the opening of Nobu Woolfox has not been revealed yet. 

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