Takara Sushi
Takara Sushi
Light and dry with a smooth taste. Must be 21 to purchase.
Refreshing aroma, natural sweetness and smooth aftertaste. Must be 21 to purchase.
Robust, well balanced complex and crisp finish. Must be 21 to purchase.
Smooth light refreshing taste. Must be 21 to purchase.
Light and breezy delight. Must be 21 to purchase.
Rich with mellow flavor. Smooth & light body. Gentle bubbles only from fermentation. Must be 21 to purchase.
Slightly sweet, floral flavors. Must be 21 to purchase.
Clean and mild sweetness lightly carbonated, in creamy nigori style. Must be 21 to purchase.
Light and dry with a smooth taste. Must be 21 to purchase.
Dry Sake, Rich & Full-bodied. Must be 21 to purchase.
Fragrant and taste smooth with a hint of caramel. Must be 21 to purchase.
Short finish and not too heavy a rice flavor. Must be 21 to purchase.
Light and breezy delight. Must be 21 to purchase.
Soft nuanced bouquet of white flowers herb and rice aroma. Must be 21 to purchase.
Silky smooth and fades with crisp refreshing end. Must be 21 to purchase.
Clean, soft and very subtle. Balanced aroma and a mild sweetness. Must be 21 to purchase.
Clean and well-balanced mild sake has a slight sweetness stemming from its elegant aroma and moderate dryness. Must be 21 to purchase.
Clear, balanced and the textbook example of Niigata sake. Must be 21 to purchase.
A refresting and smooth wheat beer. Starts with a soft subtle entry on the palate and develops into a round full bodied weizen with a sweet slightly citrus finish. Must be 21 to purchase.
This red-hued ale, made by Japan's first microbrewery, uses Amarillo hops to create a citrusy aroma and delicious bitterness with medium body and some dark fruit notes. Must be 21 to purchase.
This rice lager made with Niigata Prefecture's celebrated Koshi Hikari rice has fine and persistent carbonation and a clean, crisp flavor from the super-premium rice. Must be 21 to purchase.
Must be 21 to purchase.
Must be 21 to purchase.
Must be 21 to purchase.
Must be 21 to purchase.
Must be 21 to purchase.
Monk fish liver served with ponzu sauce.
Sliced beef lightly grilled served with onion and tosa-zu sauce.
Seared tuna with fried shallot and onion and served with ponzu sauce.
Seared albacore drizzled with truffle oil and garlic with a ponzu sprinkle and garlic chips.
Sliced hamachi with jalapeno tobiko and cilantro, served with yuzu soy sauce.
Tuna with shredded onion and seaweed salad in soy sauce dressing.
Salmon with shredded onion and seaweed salad in soy sauce dressing.
Octopus with shredded onion and seaweed salad in soy sauce dressing.
Chopped tuna with avocado and tomatoes. Served with crispy chips.
Slightly seared escolar with fried shallot and truffle ponzu sauces
Deep fried tofu served with tempura sauce and bonito flake.
Japanese style pot stickers.
Deep fried breaded oyster served with tonkatsu sauce.
Deep fried black tiger prawn with creamy spicy sauce.
Deep fried shrimp and assorted vegetables served with tempura sauce.
Deep fried spicy tuna wrapped in shiso leaf.
Deep fried soft shell crab.
Baked mussel in house garlic sauce.
Grilled yellowtail collar.
Eggplant topped with scallop and shrimp baked with spicy miso sauce.
Breaded pork loin, lightly fried and served with tonkatsu sauce.
Grilled marinated beef ribs.
Stir-fried Japanese peppers with XO sauce.
Octopus & veggie ball with katsu sauce & mayo
Japanese shrimp dumpling
Japanese Style seasoned fried chicken served w/spicy mayo
Deep fried squid tentacles served spicy mayo
Grilled salmon collar served with ponzu sauce and spicy daikon
Boiled soybeans served with salt. Vegetarian.
Soybeans sauteed in garlic, butter and soy sauce. Vegetarian.
Boiled spinach & bonito flake served with sesame sauce
Marinated seaweed salad. Vegetarian.
Mixed green salad served in house dressing.
Cucumber served in vinegar dressing. Vegetarian.
Choice of seafood with cucumber in vinegar dressing.
Seared tuna with mixed green salad with soy Maui onion dressing.
Salmon skin with mixed greens, radish and gobo with soy Maui onion dressing.
White rice
Assorted Japanese pickles.
Veggie. Stir-fried Japanese peppers with salt & peppers.
Deep fried eggplant in a hot broth with grated daikon, ginger and fried onion.
Grilled asparagus served with ponzu sauce.
Sweet bean curd skin.
Cucumber roll.
Black mushroom roll.
Plum paste and mint leaf roll.
Pickled daikon roll.
Tempura sweet potato roll.
Avocado roll.
Tempura vegetable wrapped in soy bean paper.
Tempura yam roll topped with avocado and eggplant.
Japanese style vegetable pot stickers.
Cucumber, avocado, lemon roll topped with Avocado
Sweet shrimp.
Yellowtail.
Scallop.
Squid.
Tuna.
Albacore.
Mackerel.
Fresh salmon.
Octopus.
Escolar.
Cooked tiger prawn.
Homemade sweet Omelette
Flying fish roe.
Salmon roe.
Freshwater eel
Snow crab with mayo
Imitation crab.
Raw shrimp
Tasmanian Salmon
Seared w/ponzu and shallot
Black seabream seared with soy
Sea Urchin
Wild red Snapper
Wild horse mackerel (Japan)
Marinated King Salmon
Seared snow crab leg nigiri with mayo on top
Wild Goldeneye snapper (Imported directly from Japan)
Imitation crab with avocado.
Real crab with avocado.
Tuna roll.
Yellowtail with green onion.
Spicy tuna with cucumber.
Spicy scallop with cucumber and tobiko.
Salmon skin with cucumber and green onion.
Shrimp tempura with avocado, cucumber and tobiko.
Eel with avocado.
Smoked salmon with cream cheese.
Soft shell crab with avocado, cucumber and tobika.
Chef's choice of 10 pieces assorted sashimi.
Chef's choice of 10 pieces assorted nigiri.(including Toro & special fish)
Chefs choice 4 pieces nigiri & 4 pieces sashimi + Dragon roll.
Assortedo 18 pieces sashimi.
Assorted chef's choice 10 pcs nigiri
5 piece nigiri directly imported from Japan
1 piece. Vegetarian.
1 piece.
1 piece.
1 piece.
1 piece.
1 piece.
1 piece.
1 piece.
Deep fried pork cutlet.
Deep fried chicken cutlet.
Grilled sea bass marinated with miso and sake.
Deep fried tiger prawns mixed with vegetables.
Grilled eel over rice served with unagi sauce.
Assorted sashimi on sushi rice.
Seafood, veggies and udon served in broth.
Chicken, veggies and udon served in broth.
Shrimp and veggie tempura with udon served in broth.
Beef, veggies and udon served in broth.
Shrimp tempura with spicy creamy sauce. Spicy.
Eel and cucumber roll topped with avocado, tobiko and unagi sauce.
Deep fried spicy tuna roll topped with tobiko and spicy house dressing. Spicy.
Deep fried spicy tuna roll topped with spicy scallop and unagi sauce. Spicy.
Deep fried California roll with honey mustard and unagi sauce and topped with tobiko.
Shrimp tempura roll topped with unagi, avocado and tobiko.
Soft shell crab and avocado roll topped with unagi, tobiko and unagi sauce.
Spicy tuna and crispy flakes roll topped with avocado, tobiko and unagi sauce.
Spicy tuna and asparagus roll topped with albacore, green onion and ponzu sauce.
Baked salmon over a California roll and topped with scallion and spicy dressing.
Spicy scallops wrapped in fresh salmon and topped with scallions and tobiko. 2 pieces.
Shrimp tempura roll topped with spicy tuna, avocado and unagi sauce.
Crab and avocado roll topped with assorted fish.
Salmon skin and cucumber roll topped with salmon and salmon roe.
Shrimp tempura and crab meat topped with tuna, tobiko and spicy sauce.
Shrimp tempura and crab meat topped with tuna, tobiko and spicy sauce.
Salmon, tuna, escolar, avocado, tobiko and cucumber wrapped in soy paper.
Tuna, salmon, albacore, hamachi, scallop and escolar baked with spicy sauce.
Avocado, cucumber and lemon roll topped with tuna, sesame oil and sea salt.
Deep fried unagi, crab meat, avocado and cream cheese topped with unagi sauce.
Eel and mango topped with tuna, king crab, crunch flake and spicy sauce.
Yellowtail and avocado roll topped with tuna, salmon, tobiko and spicy sauce.
Spicy tuna, tobiko and jalapeno served on a rice cracker.
Grilled spicy salmon and avocado with crunch flake.
Shrimp tempura tempura and avocado roll topped w Walu and tataki sauces
Deep fried spicy tuna and asparagus roll topped with albacore, jalapeo, garlic chips and house trio sauces
Crab meat and avocado roll, topped with salmon, slice lemon, jalapeo and spicy Mayo sauces
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2 oz cup
2 oz cup
King California / Salmon & Avocado Roll / Spicy Tuna Roll / Philly Roll / Avocado & Cucumber Roll / X Roll / Rainbow Roll / Tempura Roll / Spider Roll
Unagi Donburi
Fire Cracker Roll (spicy tuna, tobiko, and jalapeño served on a rice cracker)
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Spicy Salmon Hand Roll, Spicy Tuna Hand Roll and Chicken Katsu
External face of the building
Chirashi sushi
the front of the restaurant
a red ribbon hanging from a christmas tree
Sushi platter... Rainbow Roll, dragon roll ... many more
This Sake is very smooth
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X Roll
Chicken Karaage
Sake nigiri
Walu Carpaccio
Walu Carpaccio
Himatchi
Fried Squid
Menu
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Volcano Roll (trust me, there's a roll under there)
Sashimi
Volcano Roll (rolls hiding in the "volcano") & Summer Roll in the background.
Chicken Ton Katsu
Andres N.
Jun 20, 2024
Really enjoyed my time and meal at Takara. Walked in shortly after they opened and were immediately seated by the window overlooking the busy area. This made it a great people watching spot.We ordered the karaage, veggie gyoza, and the SF roll. Everything was incredibly fresh and delicious. The karaage was some of the best I have had with a unique and light crispness. It was served with just a lemon which was fine but would have liked a nice sauce to dip it into. Service was pleasant, music was fun and prices were fair. I def recommend if you're looking for sushi in the Castro area.
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Robert D.
Dec 23, 2023
Really nice service, really high quality sushi, but I cannot emphasize this enough: way overpriced. Two items cost over $40 with tip. It's a nice ambiance, though very small. I enjoyed the flavor of these items - but sticker shock smacked me hard here.
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Christi K.
Mar 23, 2024
3.5/5 went at ~8 PM on Friday for a party of 2 and we got seated right away. It was a cute place and had a very attentive staff. Sushi was pretty good, but thought it was expensive for the portion size. We got the rock n roll, salmon & avocado roll, the negi hamachi maki, and the rainbow roll.
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Dina G.
May 11, 2023
Note: Contrary to what Yelp has listed as of May 2023, there is NO outdoor or rooftop seating here anymore.Very friendly staff. Loud, very upbeat music playing when we visited.This was decent take-out sushi, we were not blown away but we'd certainly get it again for take-out. I'm curious what dine-in is like.Really Yummy: - Walu Nigiri (topping is delicious!)- Salmon, Avocado & Cucumber Roll- Spicy Scallop Hand Roll- Saba NigiriOK:- Hamachi Nigiri- Sake Nigiri- Rock'n RollWouldn't order again:- Negi Hamachi roll - Ikura (very strange tasting to me.)
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Jessica R.
Apr 9, 2023
Fast, helpful service. Friendly staff. A regular sushi joint with reasonable pricing compared to other spots in the area. They even do omakase if you're into that. We ordered the Volcano Roll, Summer Roll, and Tempura. I thought it was a bit comical they made a literal volcano out of crunchy flakes atop my sushi. I dug the rolls out and used whatever part of the "volcano" I wanted, haha. The Summer Roll and Tempura were good too. But we liked the volcano best.We got full from the sushi alone, so we kind of wasted the tempura which they brought to our table last. We still had a good nibble at everything: shrimp, carrot, broccoli, etc. Maybe if we were hungrier, we'd finish everything.All in all, I'd say this is a solid place for a quick sushi lunch. It is a small space inside, but they still had a couple of good spots for privacy, and only one other couple was dining here when we came in on a Saturday mid-afternoon.
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Shaun W.
Jun 10, 2023
Popped in for the first time. The place is really small, so it's good for couples or small groups. We were greeted and sat immediately. The staff were friendly and attentive.As for food, I had the chicken karaage and the Fire Cracker Roll (spicy tuna, tobiko, and jalapeño served on a rice cracker.) The karaage was good and I'll order that again. The Fire Cracker Roll was not stellar. It wasn't spicy, and the shape and size made it awkward to eat. It wasn't bad or terrible - I ate it all - but was just underwhelmed with it. Next time, I'll order something different.I had a good experience, and my friends ate up everything they ordered, so I think I just need to come back and try a different roll.If you don't know the area, street parking is available and is only like a block - block and a half from Castro Muni.
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Simone O.
Apr 6, 2023
A Japanese restaurant run by Cantonese folk. We came for dinner and as a party of 6 they seated us pretty fast even though the restaurant was pretty full. It was also pretty small, so not many tables and a small bar in front of the sushi chef. I ordered the chicken tonkatsu which came with miso soup and salad and the breading was kinda falling off the chicken. The pork tonkatsu that my partner got was a lot better quality of breading. I also got a bowl of rice but it wasn't that much food and I still felt hungry after. My friend got the salmon sashimi which he said was pretty good! My other friend also got the unagi donburi which had pretty good unagi and was actually a decent portion. Nothing too special, but might not come again due to food quality not being too great.
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Shell J.
Aug 14, 2021
Typically people do takeout from the restaurant they had good in person dining experiences. Surprisingly this time it's the opposite, the first takeout makes me want to try it in person next time. We did takeout for a small gathering. The sushi's and rolls are very fresh! Check!! I am pleased by the look and amazed by the taste. These sushi's are worth trying, I made sure I had at least one piece of everything. Five star! Last but not least, Betty, the owner called to check if everything was good. Oh wow, that's a new level of service quality for takeout!
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Emily R.
Mar 14, 2024
Excellent food, excellent service and we had a perfect pretty private table for two. Hot tea was excellent! Ordered the volcano roll, Walu nigiri and Takara special, really enough food for 3 so did take some home. Very cool little button on table that press for service. Would definitely go back.
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Gianna B.
Jul 21, 2023
This place is a Castro Neighborhood staple. From the moment we entered, Betty greeted us with a smile & makes us feel very welcome. The ambiance is very inviting & the decor harmonizes with the Japanese cuisine. We ordered seaweed salad & carpaccio ponzu to start. Then we finished with the Volcano roll & the X roll. The fish was fresh & the rolls were both super tasty. We will definitely be back soon.
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