Yutaka Sushi Bistro

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Tucked in a tiny, post-industrial mall space, this Japanese restaurant is perhaps the finest of its ilk in Dallas. Sushi is impeccably fresh. Dishes, such as foie gras on a daikon pedestal, are creative and exacting. Other Japanese mainstays are tipped on their ear. Baby octopus tempura, flavor-rich tangles of tentacles and bodies in a crisp blond cloak, arrives on a severed bamboo stalk. Uni (sea urchin) is tops in Dallas. Yutaka is precise and restrained, and the result is a thing of beauty.

Cuisine(s): Japanese

Hours: Mon-Thu 5:45pm-10pm, Tue-Sat 11:45am-2pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm

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

Features: Takeout, Catering, Family Style

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

Parking: Lot Available

2011 | Best Sushi

We're a little picky about our sushi 'round the Observer. We know the fish dish has become ubiquitous, available in grocery store refrigerators, convenience stores ... shoot, it's probably free with a fill-up at some gas station somewhere in the... More >
2008 | Best Cheap Trip to Japan

Starting with the décor, Yutaka is impeccable and authentic. Shelves behind the hostess stand bear beautiful Japanese vases, and walls are accented by bright wooden box frames that hold delicate Japanese maples. This place is the best relief in... More >
2007 | Best Sushi

As sushi restaurants spread like black mold across DFW, blooming in strip malls and grocer cases, transforming sushi rolls from the exotic to the silly (with names like crazy, mermaid, grasshopper), rolled with fake shellfish, it's easy to forget... More >
2007 | Best Martini

There are innumerable ways to formulate a martini. Fuel it with vodka, gin or tequila. Treat it with green apple, cranberry, chocolate or whatever chick drink accoutrement you can dream up; or kick it with pickled okra and a Nicorette patch for... More >

Dallas Observer Reviews and News

Sharaku Sake Lounge Gets Refit Because Dallasites Not Sake Fans

By Hanna Raskin | Fri, July 16, 2010

Dallas diners aren't sake drinkers. So says Yutaka Sushi Bistro's Yutaka Yamato, who's rejiggering his Sharaku Sake Lounge to better accommodate local tastes. "I tried to sell sake because it More >
Seriously Speaking

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, November 02, 2006

Yutaka is nothing if not a hole in the wall—a postmodern orifice at that. Bored out of a strip mall just north of the Hard Rock Café on McKinney Avenue, Yutaka has massive floor-to-ceiling pipes with huge bolts secured to fittings with large nuts.... More >

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Mallory19

| Fri, May 14, 2010

great sushi!

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dallasobserverbestof

| Wed, May 06, 2009

Starting with the d�cor, Yutaka is impeccable and authentic. Shelves behind the hostess stand bear beautiful Japanese vases, and walls are accented by bright wooden box frames that hold delicate Japanese maples. This place is the best relief in town from the disappointment of cheap, Americanized sushi. Their fish is incredibly fresh�the salmon and yellowtail unagi melt in your mouth�and the chefs use Binchotan charcoal, renowned in Japan for cooking the inside of the food while sealing the outside to hold in the juices. You'll be hard-put to find a better appetizer than the tuna tataki, bathed in an outrageously flavorful cilantro sauce, and they change up the menu with things like roasted eggplant and seared foie gras. Lunch offers affordable bento boxes, and if you want to pretend you're at a Tokyo bistro, you can order the whole squid.

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Dinner Menu

Cold Dishes

$15.00

Summer Sashimi
cucumber-wrapped fresh salmon and king crab served with ponzu sauce

$12.00

Tuna Tataki
served with cilantro dressing

$13.00

Yellowtail Sashimi
with jalapeno and yuzu-soy

$15.00

Japanese Antipasto
chef’s surprise

$10.00

Poki Ahi
with wakame seaweed

$15.00

Kobe Beef Tataki
with micro greens and white truffle oil

$6.00

Seaweed Salad
with cucumber and gobo root

$9.50

Okinawa Mozuku “seaweed”
with king crab and tosa vinaigrette

$6.00

Hari Hari Salad
spring mix with ginger dressing

Hot Dishes

$4.00

Edamame

$6.00

Flash Fried Shishito Peppers

$7.00

Spicy Tuna Gyoza
with water chestnut

$8.00

Black Cod Shumai
with karashi miso vinaigrette

$15.00

Maitake Mushrooms
with asparagus , sake and soy sautéed

$16.00

Seared Foie Gras
with braised furofuki daikon and yuzu marmalade

$9.00

Eel Crepe Roll
with yamamomo and karashi miso vinaigrette

$15.00
$19.00

Ishiyaki Kobe Beef
cooked on a hot river stone bowl with oriental vegetables or with kobe beef only

$9.50

Sake Steamed Asari Clam
with sansho pepper

$2.50

Miso Soup

$5.00

Asari Clam Soup
miso based

Specialty Tempura

$7.00

Kaki Age
mixed veggies , shrimp and scallop

$8.00

Shinjo
shrimp and white fish stuffed shiitake mushroom

$15.00

Isobe
rainbow fish roll with cream cheese

$6.00

Baby Octopus
sake and soy marinated

$12.00

King Crab
with jalapeno vinaigrette

Vegetable Of The Day

Grilled

$6.00

Japanese Eggplant
with bonito flakes and ginger soy

$15.00

Black Cod
with blonde miso

$12.00

Hamachi Kama
with grated daikon

$15.00

Toro Steak
with yuzu soy sauce

$14.00

Whole Squid
with ginger soy sauce

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2633 McKinney Ave.
Dallas, TX 75204

214-969-5533 | Website

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