Crown Resorts has sold its 20 per cent stake in acclaimed Japanese restaurant and hotel chain Nobu – part-owned by Hollywood star Robert De Niro – in a $US180 million deal ($266 million) as the Blackstone-owned casino giant looks to reset its gaming and hospitality business.

The transaction values the entire Nobu business, which Crown acquired a stake in when it was controlled by billionaire James Packer, at $1.3 billion.