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1487 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80210

303-777-0826

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Critics'
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Best Sushi Restaurant
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Japanese, Sushi

Hours: Sun-Thu 5pm-10:30pm, Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, Fri 5pm-11:30pm, Sat 4:30pm-11:30pm

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

Features: Business Dining, Catering, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Highly Recommended, Recommended for Large Parties, Call-Ahead Seating Available

Parking: Street, Valet

Description

Any way you slice it, Sushi Den is a top sushi spot in a crowded market. It's been a trendy destination for more than twenty years. Why? Because this house believes in importing everything it can straight from the warm, bloody center of the sushi universe: the fish markets of Japan. The sushi crew serves deeply purple tuna, iridescent toro banded with fat, excellent eel and beautiful shake. Sure, the more exotic offerings are pricey, but like the man says: You get what you pay for.

2010 | Best Sushi Restaurant

Denver, we're often reminded by those who can't help themselves, is a landlocked city -- which, according to those same clever people who think they know everything, undercuts our ability to serve anything that swims in the ocean. But those people don't know their Starkist from their salmon collar. At the very least, they obviously haven't ever been to Sushi Den, the city's shrine to raw glory. Even after 25 years, Sushi Den remains immaculately fresh, flying in fish daily from Japanese... More »
2009 | Best Expense-Account Lunch

No question about it, Sushi Den has some of the best sushi in the city. Matter of fact, Sushi Den has some of the best sushi in the country. This is wonderful fish, fresh and delicious and artfully prepared with an artist's restraint. The one thing it isn't Cheap. Even lunch at Sushi Den can easily damage your bank balance once the courses start stacking up. The best way to avoid this problem is to find a someone who can pick up the tab. Even in this bonus-busting environment, no one could... More »
2009 | Best Sushi

Oceanaire may be the modern embodiment of a system that facilitates swift and stunning deliveries of fish from all corners of the globe to little ol' Denver, but Sushi Den blazed the trail that others would follow. For two decades, Sushi Den has labored toward perfecting a supply line whereby fish that were swimming yesterday could tonight land on the plates of picky eaters in this town. Through contacts in the fish markets of Japan and lots of big FedEx bills, Sushi Den manages to get not... More »
2008 | Best Sushi

Sushi is simplicity personified in a culinary tradition that already values the most basic, the most unadorned, the most spare presentation of ingredients imaginable. Yet any meal at Sushi Den is complicated by the fact that owner Toshi Kizaki has worked for the past twenty years to institute a system whereby the sushi we get in Denver is almost as fresh and pure (and occasionally, expensive) as what's being eaten at the same moment thousands of miles away. With a buyer in Japan, an account... More »
2007 | Best Raw Fish

The worst fights we've ever seen at Sushi Den haven't been over the last piece of o-toro, but over the last seat at the sushi bar on a Friday night. And that's odd, because we'd punch a nun if she was standing between us and some of the brilliant, beautiful, achingly fresh fish brought in by the convoluted and murderously expensive delivery system that Toshi, Sushi Den's owner, has been laboring for twenty years to perfect. As a result of those Herculean efforts, you can be eating fish on... More »
2006 | BEST DINNER ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DIME

Maybe you've never tried sea-urchin roe -- a delicacy among the Japanese, a pricey indulgence for hard-core fish-heads here in Denver. Maybe you've never tried toro, the fatty belly of massive tuna that can fetch a higher price than its weight in cocaine on the blood-slick floors of Japanese fish markets. Needlefish Raw shrimp Tempura crab in blueberry ponzu sauce All of that and more is available at Sushi Den -- some of it is available nowhere but Sushi Den -- so this is precisely the... More »
2006 | BEST SUSHI

Forget everything else on the menu at Sushi Den. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but if you're walking into a place that has not just the best sushi in Denver but some of the best sushi outside of Japan, why would you want to eat anything else What sets Sushi Den apart is simple: It's the fish. But actually, it's not so simple -- the way Sushi Den gets that amazing fish is incredibly complicated and took owner Toshi Kizaki years to work out to his satisfaction. You see, much of the... More »
2005 | Best Sushi

In its grasping quest toward food-town respectability, Denver is now home to several restaurants that have gone so far above and beyond the call, they're not just the best of their category here, but can compete with restaurants across the country. Exhibit A: Sushi Den. There's no other sushi restaurant in the Mile High City -- and very few in the continental 48 -- that can match a place that gets orders flown in daily from the fish markets of Japan, serving slices and hand rolls of fish... More »
2004 | Best Sushi Selection for the Pros

Any way you slice it, Sushi Den is a top sushi spot. It's been a trendy destination for nearly twenty years, always loud, always crowded. Why Because the house believes in importing everything it can straight from the warm, bloody center of the sushi universe: the fish markets of Japan. Oddly enough, this does not mean that you, the customer, will be getting the freshest of products, but you will be getting the best. Deeply purple tuna, iridescent toro banded with fat, excellent eel and... More »
2001 | Best Sushi

We've said it before, and we'll no doubt say it again: Sushi Den slices up the best sushi in town. The setting is stylish, the fish spanking fresh, and the owners adventurous enough to import their own from Japan so that Denverites can get a rare, raw look at what sushi should really be. More »
2000 | Best sushi restaurant

Now you have a friend in the diving business. Make that several friends. As Sushi Den shows, it's not enough to have fresh, exotic fish -- although this longtime winner has that in abundance -- you also need a staff that knows what to do with it. This jazzy, cool, see-and-be-seen scene has the best sushi staff in town. As a result, nowhere else is the sashimi better cut, the rice better flavored and molded, the tray more beautifully assembled. Sushi Den knows its raw materials inside and... More »

The Den Farm -- and a new greenhouse -- gets ready to sprout

By Laura Shunk | Thu, March 22, 2012

Owning a farm, says Yasu Kizaki, was always a dream for him and his brother, Toshi, the owners of two Japanese restaurants on South Pearl Street: Sushi Den and Izakaya Den. "Our parents were farmers,"... More »
Denver Restaurant Week ends tonight -- but the feast will continue

By Cafe Society | Fri, March 9, 2012

Denver Restaurant Week, this city's annual two-week eating orgy, comes to a close tonight -- although a few places have extended their $52.80 menu for a few days. And in the meantime, there are still ... More »
Sushi Den

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, November 01, 2007

For this week's review of Culver's and Smashburger (see review), I ate a lot of cheeseburgers, the foundation of the American fast-food comfort canon. And then I headed to Sushi Den, where I ate a lot of sushi — the foundation of the Japanese fast... More »
Sandwich Time

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 23, 2007

Last week I took a run out to the Montecito at 5970 South Holly Street in Greenwood Village, which is right next to Annabel's, the other new joint owned by Mel and Jane Master. Chef Adam Mali has handed over day-to-day ops at the original Montecit... More »
Next!

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 02, 2007

One of the defining characteristics of a meal at Sushi Den (1487 South Pearl Street) has always been the wait. A half hour, an hour. On busy nights, the wait for dinner can take longer than the dinner itself. I've been forced to sit on my hands fo... More »
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streetsignartist | Denver, CO | 193 Reviews

| Thu, January 14, 2010

best sushi in denver worth the wait just grab a drink at the bar and chill
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livemountainmusic | Denver, CO | 13 Reviews

| Mon, October 5, 2009

Tasty and fresh sushi. Yum
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blidge | Philadelphia, PA | 6 Reviews

| Wed, September 23, 2009

I've been going here for awhile - it's a great spot.
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Dinner Menu

Soups

$4.00

Miso Soup
traditional japanese miso soup with tofu, seaweed, green onions, enoki, shimeji, and shiitake mushrooms.

$4.00

Clear Soup
light bonito broth with japanese fish cakes, mitsuba (wild japanese cilantro) and enoki mushrooms

$5.00

Soup Of The Day

Salads

$6.00

House Salad
mesculin greens, cherry tomatoes, radish and japanese cucumber drizzled with the house ginger-tofu dressing

$10.00

Shiitake Salad
grilled japanese shiitakes served on a bed mixed greens, pink grapefruit and grape tomatoes tossed in a soy-ginger balsamic vinaigrette

$10.50

Sushi Den Caesar
traditional caesar with a choice of seared tuna, fried calamari or shrimp tempura

$11.00

Calamari And Spinach Salad
crispy calamari served on a bed of baby spinach, pink grapefruit, mushrooms, cucumber and cherry tomatoes tossed in a soy-citrus vinaigrette

$14.00

Sushi Den Roasted Duck Salad
roasted duck breast served a bed mesculin greens, daikon radish, asparagus, carrots and pink grapefruit tossed in a soy-ginger balsamic vinaigrette

$16.00

Tuna Tataki Salad
seared tataki style tuna served with mesculin greens, asparagus and pink grapefruit tossed in a ponzu vinaigrette

Noodles

$15.00

Nabeyaki Udon
flour noodles in a light fish broth with egg served with shrimp and vegetable tempura comes with dinner salad

$15.00

Duck Udon
flour noodles in a light fish broth with roasted duck breast. comes with dinner salad

$15.00

Tempura Soba
buckwheat noodles in a fish broth served with shrimp and vegetable tempura comes with dinner salad

Sushi Platter
Comes With Miso Soup And Dinner Salad

$14.00

Vegetarian Sushi Dinner
eggplant (1pc) and mushroom (1pc) sushi, cucumber roll (3pc), avocado roll (3pc), and vegetable roll (5pc)

$23.00

Sushi Dinner
tuna, yellowtail, salmon, white fish, scallop, crab, shrimp, and octopus (1 pc. each) sushi with a choice of tuna roll (6 pc.) or california roll (5 pc.)

$24.00

Tekka Don
tuna sashimi served over a bowl of sushi rice

$26.00

Chirashi
chef's selection sashimi served over a bowl of sushi rice

$28.00

Deluxe Sushi Platter
tuna, yellowtail, salmon, and shrimp (1 pc. each) sushi, tuna, yellowtail, octopus (2 pc. each) sashimi, tuna and yellowtail (1 pc. each) hand roll, and a california roll (6 pc.)

$28.00

Sashimi Dinner
three pieces each of tuna, yellowtail, salmon, white fish, and octopus

Tempura
Additional Items For Large Tempura Dish - Rice $1.00, Miso Soup $2.00 Dinner Salad $2.50

$10.00
Large $18.50

Shrimp And Vegetable Tempura
shrimp and assorted seasonal vegetables

$12.00
Large $18.50

Assorted Tempura
shrimp, calamari, chicken, white fish and assorted seasonal vegetables

$8.50
Large $12.50

Vegetable Tempura
assorted seasonal vegetables

Signature Dishes
Additional Items - Rice $1.00, Miso Soup $2.00, Dinner Salad $2.50

$14.00

Diver Scallops
served over creamy risotto with a sauté of wild mushrooms, peas and pea tendrils in a carrot-ginger gastrique.

$16.00

Miso Black Cod
broiled miso marinated black cod

$11.00

Garlic Calamari
tender calamari, asparagus, and mushrooms sautéed in a sake garlic butter sauce.

$13.00

Soft Shell Crab
soft shell crab prepared in sapporo beer and cilantro tempura batter served with daikon, mushroom and tricolor bell pepper salad.

$9.00

Grilled Kama
mesquite grilled shake (salmon) or hamachi (yellowtail) collar seasoned with sea salt served with your choice of ponzu, lemon-garlic or teriyaki sauce.

$7.00

Japanese Eggplant
japanese eggplant and julienne vegetables sautéed in a honey sesame miso glaze.

$14.00

Taste Of Sashimi
maguro, hamachi and shake (2 pc. each) served with daikon radish & shiso.

$7.00

Egg Rolls
home-made crispy egg rolls filled with savory pork and vegetables served with spicy yellow mustard.

$7.00

Yakitori
mesquite grilled chicken and vegetable skewers glazed with our house teriyaki sauce.

$8.50

Shumai
home-made steamed dumplings filled with a mixture of seafood, ground pork, water chestnuts, onion and shiitake mushrooms served with chinese style hot mustard.

$15.00

Kobe Beef Kushiyaki
with shemiji mushrooms and a port wine reduction

$12.00

Short Ribs
sweet korean marinade, jalapenos, sesame seeds, mushroom, haricot verts.

$22.00

Waygu Ny Strip Steak
with wild mushroom ragout, whipped potatoes, port wine pink peppercorn demi

$18.00

Fresh Alaskan Halibut
served with whipped potatoes, asparagus tips, heirloom tomatoes, miso honey butter.

$16.00

Sweet Tamari Glazed Salmon
drizzled with umeboshi plum purée served with crispy sushi rice cake over sautéed pea tendrils and spinach.

$16.00

Roasted Duck Breast
baby bok choy, snap peas, roasted yam potatoes in an orange-ginger sauce.

$14.00

Beef Carpaccio
thinly sliced ny strip steak and micro-greens served with a ponzu sauce. prepared raw or seared.

$20.00

Sriracha-garlic Shrimp
mesquite grilled spicy jumbo tiger shrimp drizzled with a roasted red pepper togarashi chili sauce atop whipped potatoes and mango salsa.

$17.00

Teriyaki Chicken
mesquite grilled chicken in a homemade teriyaki sauce, with arugula plum potato salad. comes with miso soup and rice.

$15.00

Sushi Den Lamb Chop
colorado lamb chop marinated in garlic and lemongrass, served with whipped potatoes and miso sautéed mild shishito peppers

$20.00

Sukiyaki Hot Pot
thinly sliced ny strip steak, asian vegetables and tofu cooked in a sweet soy broth and served in a traditional cast iron pot. comes with rice.

$24.00

Bento Box
4 pc california roll, shrimp and veggie tempura, miso salmon, beef teriyaki

$13.00

Tofu Steak
flash-fried silky tofu drizzled with your choice of a soy-ginger sauce or wild mushroom infused sake garlic butter sauce served with asian vegetables

$14.00

Steamed Vegetables
steamed seasonal vegetables served with a ponzu sauce

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Sushi Den

1487 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80210

303-777-0826

Description

2010 | Best Sushi Restaurant

2009 | Best Expense-Account Lunch

2009 | Best Sushi

2008 | Best Sushi

2007 | Best Raw Fish

2006 | BEST DINNER ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DIME

2006 | BEST SUSHI

2005 | Best Sushi

2004 | Best Sushi Selection for the Pros

2001 | Best Sushi

2000 | Best sushi restaurant

By Laura Shunk | Thu, March 22, 2012

By Cafe Society | Fri, March 9, 2012

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, November 01, 2007

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 23, 2007

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 02, 2007

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