Akira Japanese Restaurant
Akira Japanese Restaurant
2 pieces of nigiri. Freshwater barbequed eel.
2 pieces of nigiri. Sea eel.
2 pieces of nigiri. Sweet shrimp.
2 pieces of nigiri. Steam red crab.
2 pieces of nigiri. Squid.
2 pieces of nigiri. Steam tiger prawn.
2 pieces of nigiri. Fresh scallop from Hokkaido.
2 pieces of nigiri. Scallop mix with spicy mayo tobiko.
2 pieces of nigiri. Cured salmon roe in red wine.
2 pieces of nigiri. Flying fish roe.
2 pieces of nigiri. Japanese omelet.
2 pieces of nigiri. Sweet tofu skin.
2 pieces of nigiri. Blue fin tuna belly.
2 pieces nigiri. Blue fin tuna.
2 pieces nigiri. Sea urchin from Japan.
2 pieces nigiri. Sea urchin from Santa Barbara.
2 pieces nigiri. Big eye tuna.
2 pieces nigiri. Yellotail belly.
2 pieces. Yellowtail.
2 pieces nigiri. Halibut.
2 pieces nigiri. Salmon belly
2 pieces nigiri. Salmon.
2 pieces nigiri. Young yellowtail
2 pieces nigiri. Seabream.
2 pieces nigiri. Albacore tuna belly.
2 pieces nigiri. Albacore.
2 pieces nigiri. Butterfish.
2 pieces nigiri. Norway Mackeral.
2 pieces nigiri. Octopus.
15 pieces. Chef's choice.
Blue fin tuna belly
Blue fin tuna
Sea urchin from Hokkaido, Japan
Uni from Santa Barbara
Big eye tuna.
Yellowtail belly.
Yellowtail.
Halibut.
Salmon belly.
Salmon.
Amber jack
Seabream.
Albacore.
Butterfish.
Norway mackerel.
Octopus.
Big eye tuna.
Albacore tuna belly.
Halibut fin.
Halibut fin.
Tuna, hamachi, sake, shiso leaf, avocado wrapped with cucumber and ponzu sauce.
Spicy tuna, cucumber, topped with salmon and sliced lemon.
BBQ eel, cucumber topped with avocado and tobiko.
Fresh salmon, avocado topped with big eye tuna.
Spicy tuna, avocado deep fried in panko topped with spicy mayo, spicy sauce, scallion and sweet sauce.
Asparagus tempura, gobo, kaiware, shiso leaf topped with kobe beef garlic, scallion and ponzu sauce.
Shrimp tempura, snow crab, topped with barbecued eel and avocado.
Tempura battered soft shell crab with unagi, lettuce, avocado, shiso leaf, gobo, kaiware, black tobiko and sweet soy sauce.
Tuna, sake, hamachi, unagi, gobo, ikura, cucumber roll in soy paper.
Shrimp tempura, avocado topped with albacore tuna, garlic chip, scallion and ponzu sauce.
Japanese pumpkin tempura topped with fresh albacore, fresh garlic, scallion and sweet soy sauce.
Snow crab, avocado with 5 variety of raw fish on top.
Snow crab, avocado topped with seared salmon belly and jalapeno.
Yellowtail scallion, avocado, house spicy sauce topped with mango.
Tempura battered soft shell crab, lettuce, cucumber, avocado, gobo, kaiware and tobiko.
Monkfish pate, onions, spicy radish, scallions, and ponzu sauce.
Grilled medium-rare beef with thinly sliced onions, spicy radish scallions, and tataki sauce over a spring salad.
Spicy tuna or tako over spring salad with special Hawaiian sauce.
Cold tofu with soy ginger dipping sauce topped with bonito.
Seaweed salad.
Organic salad with homemade miso ginger dressing.
Cucumber and seaweed with vinaigrette dressing.
Cucumber and seaweed with vinaigrette dressing.
Thinly sliced fresh squid with yuzu and wasabi chips.
Blanched spinach and soy broth topped with bonito.
Thinly sliced hamachi, sliced avocado with ponzu sauce and truffle oil.
Horseradish.
Tempura battered black cod belly with fresh chili pepper and fried garlic over spring salad.
Deep-fried tofu in dashi sauce topped with bonito.
Soy bean sprinkled with sea salt.
Grilled marinated miso black cod.
Grilled yellowtail collar with ponzu sauce.
Grilled squid with lemon ginger sauce.
Tempura battered whole soft shell crab with fresh chili pepper and fried garlic over spring salad.
Grilled eggplant with special miso sauce.
Tiger prawns and assorted vegetable tempura.
Grilled jalapeno stuffed with spicy albacore tuna topped with spicy mayo sauce.
Marinated fried chicken.
Grilled fresh asparagus with olive oil sea salt and black pepper.
Braised pork belly simmered in sweet soy sauce.
Red miso soup with mistuba, sansyo, and nameko mushroom.
With tofu, seaweed, and scallion.
Cooked using moist heat.
Sushi Rice
Sea eel and assorted vegetable tempura.
Panko battered fried oysters
Tuna, spicy sauce, cucumber, and sprout.
Snow crab, avocado, and Japanese mayo.
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, and Japanese mayo.
Fresh salmon and avocado.
Chopped hamachi, spicy sauce, scallion, and sprouts.
Grilled fresh water eel and cucumber.
Grilled fresh water eel and avocado.
Grilled salmon skin, gobo, cucumber, scallion, shiso, and kaiware.
Bluefin tuna belly and green onion.
Hamachi and green onion.
Tuna and sesame seeds.
Norway mackerel with pickled ginger.
Omelette, shiitake, spinach, gobo, and cucumber
Fresh salmon, avocado, and cream cheese.
Tuna and avocado.
Avocado and sesame seed.
Pickled burdock root, pickled plum, and shiso leaf.
Boil spinach and sesame seed.
Cucumber and sesame seeds.
Fermented soy bean.
Japanese pickle radish and sesame seed.
Mushroom and sesame seed.
Japanese pumpkin and sweet yam tempura.
Shrimp tempura, chicken, egg, fishcake, and vegetables in dashi broth.
Beef and dashi broth.
Poultry.
Tiger prawn and vegetable tempura on the side, noodles in dashi broth.
Vegetables in dashi broth.
Tiger prawn and vegetable tempura with cold buckwheat noodle and dipping sauce.
Cold buckwheat noodle with dipping sauce.
Our sushi combination includes 6 pieces of nigiri, California roll, spicy tuna roll, or Salmon Avocado Roll. Serve with salad and miso soup.
Served with salad, miso soup and rice. Choose one protein item and one roll.
Grilled marinated beef short ribs. Served with salad, miso soup and rice.
Grilled beef ribeye steak with teriyaki sauce.
Breaded chicken fried and served with special tonkatsu sauce.
Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce.
Grilled mackerel with sea salt.
Grilled salmon with sea salt.
Grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce.
Tiger prawns and assorted vegetable tempura.
Breaded pork loin fried and served with special tonkatsu sauce.
Please choose any 2 items.
Chef's selection of sashimi over sushi rice served with salad and miso soup.
fresh salmon sashimi over sushi rice served with salad and miso soup.
Big eye tuna sashimi over sushi rice served with salad and miso soup.
Barbecued eel with special sauce over rice served with salad and miso soup.
Tiger prawn and assorted vegetable tempura with special sauce over rice.
Japanese curry chicken cutlet or pork cutlet over rice served with salad and miso soup.
Pork cutlet, egg, and onion with special sauce over rice served with salad and miso soup.
Chicken, egg, and onion with special sauce over rice served with salad and miso soup.
Red bean wrapped in rice flour.
Japanese carbonated soft drink.
Ginger beer, imported from Australia
Must be 21 to purchase. Rich and fragrant with gold leaf sakura blossoms. 180ml
Must be 21 to purchase. 300 ml. Crisp, fragrant, delicate, and aromatic.
Must be 21 to purchase. 720 ml. Clean, light, aromatic, and smooth.
Must be 21 to purchase. 300 ml. Refreshing aroma, natural sweetness, and smooth aftertaste.
Must be 21 to purchase. 300 ml. Dry, light, refreshing, and sweet.
Must be 21 to purchase. 300 ml. Light, clear, smooth, and sharp dry.
Must be 21 to purchase. 720 ml. Crisp and dry premium sake.
Must be 21 to purchase. 720 ml. Smooth and fragrant with a floral aroma.
Must be 21 to purchase. Rich, deep and well-balanced. 300ml
Must be 21 to purchase. Hot or cold. Light, smooth, and fragrant. 1.8L
Must be 21 to purchase. Soft, semi dry and semi sweet. 1.8L
Must be 21 to purchase. 250 ml. Citrus flavor surrounded with tiny, tight bubbles, refreshingly delicious, and mildly sweet.
Must be 21 to purchase. 300 ml. Softly sweet sparkling sake with notes of peach, cucumber, watermelon, and just a hint of marshmallow creme.
Must be 21 to purchase. Large. Fresh, crisp, and clear.
Must be 21 to purchase. Unfiltered wheat beer, refreshing, and smooth taste.
Must be 21 to purchase. Unfiltered amber ale, slight biter, and sweet round taste.
Must be 21 to purchase. Clean, refreshing, and slightly dry lager.
Must be 21 to purchase. Crisp, refreshing, and clean finish.
Must be 21 to purchase. Malt, smooth, rich taste.
Ale from Kawaba Japan.
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Amazing lunch sets for $26++ each. Miso soup included. Huge portions!. For the nigiri, pick a California or spicy tuna roll.
Eel Tempura
Rainbow row and eggplant at the back. Both tasted awful. Fish was not fresh. Everything was small portion and it was a extremely over priced
Spicy Mango Roll, Seared Salmon Belly Roll, Cherry Blossom Roll
Spider rolll, tempura roll, Cali roll
Unagi bowl
Karaage
Wallu sashimi. Very small cuts. Very overprice. Fish was not fresh and small portions
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Christina L.
Jan 13, 2025
Last time I went, I talked more to the chef at sushi bar and the one woman show who was holding the fort down in the restaurant. Both incredibly sweet and kind.I had a few fresh options and what stood out the most was the fresh wasabi. I'm find myself craving it every so often and tempted to pop in whenever I walk by.I would recommend for a casual / pretty food quality sushi spot!
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Derek R.
Nov 9, 2024
We finally tried their season special Matsutaki dobin mushi, a seasonal dish with Pac Northwest matsutaki mushrooms, so good! Get it! The mushroom and seafood broth is perfect for a cold day and has lots of yummy things inside including a shrimp, crabmeat, mushrooms, and tofu.Our other favorites lately have been their beef teriyaki bento, udon, and mixed green salad. Their rolls are great too, try the salmon belly roll.Service is so friendly, and ambiance is relaxing, good to get away from the hustle and bustle of Japantown mall.
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Lynnette N.
Sep 1, 2024
Came for lunch on a Saturday afternoon and we were seated quickly by a very welcoming waitress! - Calamari: seasoned and fried well, sauce was also good and good portion size for $11- Teriyaki Chicken Set: chicken skin was crispy, salad was fresh, miso soup had a lot of seaweed and tofu- Teriyaki Beef Set: meat was tender and flavorful, same sides as the chicken teriyaki set - Pink Dragon Roll, Seared Salmon Belly Roll: both solid rolls, no complaints - Mixed Tempura: batter was on the lighter side but good variety of vegetables
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Jazmine H.
Feb 24, 2025
Incredible culinary experience!!! 10/10 would recommend sitting at the bar, service was amazing and we were chatting with the super funny and charismatic chef, Kenji. The food was incredible and we let Kenji have full creative freedom but didn't do the omakase menu. Ended up with the sashimi platter (chef's choice), peacock roll, hokkaido uni shooters, and a traditional daikon/tuna roll!!
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Claire R.
Jun 25, 2024
Excellent sushi spot. Clean, and seated right away. They have a very large selection of veggie roll options for all the vegetarian sushi lovers, rolls, sashimi and appetizers. The staff is very friendly and the fish was fresh. I got the oishi roll and both the salmon and hamachi were delicious. Would have snapped some pics of the food, but ate it all so fast because it was so good!
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Raymond Y.
Nov 4, 2024
Sushi is really good sushi here. I was in the area and was craving sushi, so I found Akira Japanese Restaurant and was pleasantly surprised. It was nearing closing time on Saturday afternoon (3 PM), so decided to order takeout. Both items I ordered, Unagi Nigiri and Dragon Roll, were delicious.
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Mahima R.
Jun 21, 2024
Great friendly neighborhood sushi spot! Came here for the happy hour deal from 5-6pm and had excellently priced food with kind and quick service.The edamame was regular, nothing special, but the wakame salad was SOO good! Miso soup was a nice big portion and warmed me up. The fish was super fresh and the sushi rice was also not too sweet or sour, very fresh food all around. Spicy tuna roll was my favorite by far because it had a perfect spice level to it. So glad we found this chill neighborhood spot. And the $15 bottomless sake is a STEALL
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Lauren L.
Oct 17, 2024
Was on a search for sushi from Japantown, but it was already the late afternoon. This was open and a short walk from there. We got three rolls and the unagi donburi. The simple sushi was small and had a lot of rice. The fish was ok, the negi toro roll could've had more fish, it was quite small. The other rolls were pretty decent. The unagidon was big and had lots of fish and was tasty! Service was great, the server was very attentive and often came to fill water or check in.
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Jenny N.
Mar 30, 2024
The restaurant was pretty empty when we go there. I'm not sure why the service was so slow. They didn't get us water until all the food came out. Our order was supposed to come with salad and miso soup but they forgot them until they brought out the main course. It was a little awkward. My favorite thing here is the salad dressing. It is amazing. I wish they sold them in bottles. My husband normally doesn't finish his salad but he did here. He also got the Chirashi don and it's okay. The fish was small and thinly sliced. The egg had a day-old texture so it wasn't that good. However, the teriyaki eel bowl was flavorful and not too salty. It came with a large bowl of rice so I was pretty full by the time I ate half of it. There's a bit of a cute casual vibe here with real candle burning on each table. I'd say it's good place for date night if you don't mind waiting for the food to arrive.
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Madison M.
Sep 29, 2024
We sat at the bar and we could watch the chef make all the sushi which was nice-great vantage point with an unobstructed view. The waitresses were nice and the food came out quick. The sushi was good quality, the spicy tuna roll was pleasantly spicy, the cooked salmon was well seasoned, and the presentation was very nice.
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