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2170 Bryant (at 20th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-285-3848

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Best Atmosphere at a Sushi Restaurant
Award Winner 2000

Cuisine(s): Japanese, Sushi

Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30am-11pm, Fri 11:30am-12am, Sat 5:30pm-12am, Sun 5:30pm-10pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Business Dining, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Smoking, Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

Whimsical fusion sushi meets Mission District hipsterhood in this polished-slate, deep-red enclave. Cool cocktails, throbbing electronica, and erotic anime are the backdrop for an evening of Fiesta Rolls (tuna, avocado, cilantro, and salsa), Smoked Delight (lox, tomato, basil, and Parmesan), and Maui Maki (tuna, mango, and macadamia nuts), all of them served in geometric juxtapositions not encountered since the demise of the Flying Saucer. The dry, taste-free Quack Circus appetizer (duck breast, mushrooms, and pistachios) is best avoided, but get the weird and wonderful green tea cheesecake for dessert.

2000 | Best Atmosphere at a Sushi Restaurant

The draw here isn't just the food, but the show: anime on multiple TV screens, manga art on the walls, pulsing techno on the sound system, Japanese toys on shelves behind the beverage and sushi bars, beautiful (some might say handsome) sushi chefs, and a staff as colorful as the crowd lining up at the bar and sometimes out the door. The sushi is good, although not the best in the city, but raising the dishes a notch is the spectacular presentation. The real wow, though, is the desserts, all... More »

Main Menu

Maki
Special Rolls

$11.25

Blowfish Maki
yellow tail, masago, scallions with salmon on top

$10.50

Blowfish Eye
tuna, cucumber, curried tempura bits, wasabi tobiko

$13.50

Sosumi Roll
spicy tuna, crab mix, red onion, shrimp tempura & spicy aioli rolled in soy paper

$12.75

Buddha Roll
shrimp tempura, eel, cilantro, mango

$13.50

Rainbow Roll
crab, maguro, hamachi, sake, bincyo, saba, ebi, avocado

$13.25

Dragon Roll
tempura shrimp, cucumber topped with unagi & avocado

$12.50

Avocado Top Roll
eel, asparagus tempura, avocado

$11.00

Shrimp Tempura Roll
shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado

$9.75

1920th Roll
spicy tuna, crab meat & oshinko

$9.75

Fiesta Roll
tuna, avocado, cilantro, salsa

$9.00

Maui Roll
tuna, mango, macadamia nuts

$9.25

Sakezanmai Roll
salmon, salmon skin, ikura, masago, shiso, sprouts

$13.95

Toshi Koshi
crab mix, spicy tuna, tempura bits, topped with seared albacore, avocado & wasabi tobiko

$8.50

Rock’n Roll
eel, yellow tail, avocado

$9.75

San Francisco Roll
ebi, salmon, cream cheese

$9.00

Spicy Tuna Maki
tuna, scallions, spicy sauce

$12.25

Spider Maki
soft-shell crab, masago, shiso, avocado, sprouts

$10.25

Super Dynamite Roll
hamachi, bincyo, sake, scallions, chili sauce, lightly fried

$7.95

California Maki
crab meat, avocado with masago on top

$10.00

Crunchy California Maki
panko breaded california maki

Maki Vegetarian

$4.25

Avocado Maki

$5.25

Asparagus Maki
asparagus tempura

$9.50

Potrero Veggie Roll
tempura asparagus, scallions, tofu, carrots, avocado, inari

$6.50

Futo Maki
egg, cucumber, pickled radish, inari

$8.50

Salad Garden Roll
hearts of romaine, avocado, cucumber, sibazuke pickles, yamagobo

$4.00

Shiitake
marinated mushroom

Sakizuke
Fusion Appetizers & Salads

$4.00

Edamame
salted warm soy beans

$2.00

Miso Soup
with tofu, seaweed & green onions

$7.50

The Crib
mixed greens with cherry tomatoes served with our house creamy dressing

$8.95

Seaweed Salad
with mixed greens, marinated seaweed & cherry tomatoes with a creamy carrot dressing

$9.95

Kinoko Caesar
hearts of romaine with portobello croutons & tangerines

$9.75

Ritsu Roll
maguro, bincyo, avocado, masago flash fried & served with citrus ponzu. our signature roll!

$10.00

R-2 Roll
hawaiian walu, atlantic salmon, ikura, avocado, cilantro wrapped in nori, tempura fried with mango onion salsa & sesame citrus

$11.25

Popcorn Prawns
spicy aioli battered prawns with a salad of radicchio, endive & candied walnuts

$12.00

Japanese Ceviche
a sunomono salad mixed with tuna, octopus, shrimp, mango & cucumber sorbet

$7.00

Sunomono Salad
cucumber, wakame & mango in sanbai-zu with pickled grapefruit

$12.00

Kyo Twist
miso-marinated black cod on a bed of lotus root kimpira & a side of black sesame

$14.00

Buna Beni
pan seared venison, buna shemeji mushrooms, sansho potato puree, demi glace

$9.25

Sansei Skewers
hanger steak brochette grilled pineapple & onions with kochijan dipping sauce

$10.25

Pyramid Of Tartare
a pyramid of maguro, sake & avocado with honey tartar & sweet garlic ginger soy

$12.25

Flying Shrimp
toubanjan chili sautéed shrimp on top of panko dipped scallops cooked in garlic butter

$11.00

Fire Oysters
baked with pesto, japanese mayonnaise, jack cheese, wasabi tobiko & tabasco

$7.25

Kamonnasu
sautéed japanese eggplant & zucchini grilled in a yellow miso

$12.00

Ostrich Portobello
grilled ostrich & tempura portobello mushrooms with ingen beans, purple beet vinaigrette & a sweet ponzu reduction

$8.00

Chicken Gyoza
fried chicken & green onion dumplings with a spicy ponzu dipping sauce

$10.50

The Punch
grilled filet mignon cooked with garlic butter soy sauce atop sautéed spinach

$12.50

Tempura
a generous mix of tiger prawns, lotus root, kabocha pumpkin, asian eggplant & seasonal vegetables

$7.25

Shishito Peppers
sautéed shishito peppers with a sweet ponzu dashi topped with crispy leeks

Yaki Age Entree
Served With Steamed Rice & Miso Soup

$19.50

Sea Bass
baked chilean sea bass marinated in sake & soy topped with dill & garlic butter

$18.00

Salmon
lemon & soy grilled salmon topped with garlic chips

$16.00

Hamachi Kama
grilled collar of yellowtail (limited availability)

$17.00

Skirt Steak
japanese marinated steak with jalapeno salsa served with sansho mashed potatoes, shishito peppers & tempura avocado

Enlightened Sashimi

$13.00

Halibut Crudo
thinly sliced halibut drizzled with truffle oil & mango salsa with wasabi & american caviar

$10.25

Fiery Bincyo
seared white tuna topped with siracha tempura bits, flash fried chillies & spicy ponzu sauce

Sushi

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $12.00

Aji
spanish mackerel

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $7.00
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $15.00

Ama-ebi
sweet shrimp

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $11.00

Ankimo
monkfish liver pate

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $12.00

Bincyo
white tuna

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $12.00

Bincyo Tataki
seared white tuna

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.25

Ebi
cooked shrimp

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $12.00

Hamachi
yellow tail

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.00
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $11.00

Hirame
halibut

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.50

Hotate
spicy scallop

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.75
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $11.00

Yaki Hotate
seared scallop

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $3.75

Inari
sweet tofu wrap

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $3.95
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $9.00

Ika
squid

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.50

Ikura
salmon roe

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $11.00

Katsuo
bonito

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.25
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $11.00

Kani
fresh crab

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $12.00

Kanpachi
amberjack

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $12.00

Maguro
tuna

Mirugai - Mp
giant clam

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $10.00

Saba
mackerel

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.75
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $11.00

Sake
salmon

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.75
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $11.00

Smoked Sake
smoked salmon

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.25
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $10.00

Tako
octopus

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.00
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $10.00

Tamago
egg cake

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.25

Tobiko
flying fish roe

Toro - Mp
fatty tuna

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $5.75

Negi Toro
toro & green onion

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $4.75
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $10.00

Unagi
fresh water eel

Uni - Mp
sea urchin

Nigiri 2 Pcs. $6.50
Sashimi 5 Pcs. $13.00

Hawaiian Walu
escolar

Sashimi 5 Pcs. $25.00

Sashimi Combination
3 maguro, 3 hamachi, 3 sake, 2 katsuo, 3 saba, 2 ama-ebi

Okuchinaoshi Dessert

$6.95

Okuchinaoshi Dessert Bon Bon Beignet
crispy soy milk doughnuts & vanilla bean ice cream

$7.75

Chocolate Dream
banana chocolate cake with dark chocolate ice cream, almond cookie & a chocolate net

$7.75

Zen Garden
kyo style green tea cheesecake with green tea ice cream & matcha sauce

$7.75

Angorwat
chilled banana flambé sautéed with rum & cream, a cashew cookie & thai tea ice cream

$5.00

Ice Cream
wasabi, green tea, thai tea or chocolate

$5.00

Sorbet
seasonal flavors

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Blowfish, Sushi to Die For

2170 Bryant (at 20th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-285-3848

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2000 | Best Atmosphere at a Sushi Restaurant

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