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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.

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

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... 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... 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... 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... 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... More >

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Westword Reviews and News

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 >
Sushi Den

By Patrick Osborn | Thu, January 26, 2006

In honor of a visit from someone who will soon fill the post of Italian Representative to the Institute of Drinking Studies -- should he actually get hired here in Denver after more than one representative burst into his interview to make drinking... More >
Raw Power

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, February 10, 2005

Life so rarely lives up to your expectations. The Big Three -- prom night, losing your virginity and your wedding day (which, in this ever-accelerating culture, can all happen in one 24-hour period if you really try hard) -- have become so built... More >

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User Reviews

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alpinebluesky

| Mon, November 15, 2010

Extremely fresh fish and great people watching. They do not take reservations.

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smelonywos

| Tue, June 29, 2010

Pretty pricey, great sushi in Denver, extensive sake menu Izakaya Den is still my favorite place for sushi in Denver.. their venue is more intimate, better for date nights

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RubenP

| Thu, May 20, 2010

Sushi

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ThiL

| Tue, May 18, 2010

The best sushi in Colorado eaten there two times. the prices are pretty expensive, but its probably because they don't fill there sushi with tilapia and other fish fillers.

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DarcyK

| Mon, April 05, 2010

Amazing....absolutely loved eating at their bar and have things made a la carte....

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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. * gluten free option

$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 abed 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 Miso Soup $2 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 Miso Soup $2 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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1487 S. Pearl St.
Denver, CO 80210

303-777-0826 | Website

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2010 | Best Sushi Restaurant

2009 | Best Expense-Account Lunch

2009 | Best Sushi

2008 | Best Sushi