Joy Sushi
Joy Sushi
Lightly salted boiled green soybeans.
Deep-fried oyster.
5 pieces. Grilled mussels with special sauce.
5 pieces. Spicy. Baked mussels with spicy sauce.
Asparagus wrapped in grilled beef, with teriyaki sauce.
Charbroiled whole calamari.
1 piece. Lightly salted charbroiled yellowtail neck.
2 pieces. Lightly salted charbroiled salmon neck.
Korean BBQ short ribs.
4 pieces. Steamed shrimp dumpling.
slice of grilled spam on top of a block of rice, wrapped together with seaweed.
slice of grilled spam, tamago(egg) on top of a block of rice, wrapped together with seaweed.
slice of grilled spam on top of a block of rice & hot cheeto flakes, wrapped together with seaweed.
Deep-fried seaweed with sweet and spicy sauce on the side.
Japanese-style deep-fried potstickers.
Battered tofu with sauce.
Japanese-style fried chicken nuggets.
3 pieces.
An assortment of battered vegetables.
4 pieces. Battered prawns.
Battered prawns and vegetables.
Breaded whole crab.
Deep-fried vegetable potstickers.
5 pieces. Spicy. Deep-fried spicy tuna with Parmesan cheese.
5 pieces. Deep-fried vegetable spring roll.
Deep-fried octopus ball.
Battered & deep fried scallop topped with joy spicy sauce.
Spicy. Grilled ahi tuna covered with spicy chili pepper and sauce.
Monk fish liver with ponzu sauce.
6 pieces. Spicy. Deep-fried jalapeno with spicy tuna, cream cheese and joy spicy sauce inside.
Tuna, salmon, albacore, hamachi, red snapper, unagi.
Soup that is made from miso paste.
Basic vegetable salad.
Seaweed salad.
Cucumber with sweet vinegar sauce.
Real crab meat, shrimp, octopus and cucumber with sweet vinegar sauce.
Seaweed, wakame and spicy tuna.
Chef recommended and spicy. Spring mix with spicy salmon and joy special sauce.
Scattered sashimi with onions, seaweed salad and sauce.
Soup with fermented vegetables.
deep fried Korean style chicken w/ house special sauce.
stir fried wheat cake w/ fish cake in korean chili sauce
tokbokki w/ melted cheese on top
marinated thinly sliced beef on yellow onion bed w/ green onion on top
marinated spicy tender pork on yellow onion bed w/green onion on top
spicy tofu soup w/ choice of beef, chicken, or pork
Sushi laid top of rice.
Sushi laid top of rice.
Sushi laid top of rice.
Sweet shrimp.
Spanish mackerel.
Baked lobster with joy special sauce.
Shrimp.
Super white tuna.
Yellowtail.
Fatty yellowtail.
Scallop.
Scallop with spicy mayonnaise, green onion and tobiko.
Squid.
Salmon roe.
Salmon roe with quail eggs.
Real crab meat.
Tuna.
Mackerel.
Top seller. Salmon.
Smoked salmon.
White tuna.
Chef recommended. Fatty white tuna.
Striped bass.
Grilled spam with steamed rice.
Cooked egg.
Red snapper.
Octopus.
Flying fish egg.
Flying fish egg with quail eggs.
Fatty tuna.
Fresh water eel.
Crab meat, salmon, tobiko, quail egg.
Whelk clam.
Halibut
Avocado.
Asparagus.
Broccoli.
Cucumber.
Pickled radish.
Mushroom.
Mushroom,cucumber, oshinko, kanpyo.
Deep-fried asparagus, sweet potato and squash.
Deep-fried vegetable gyoza.
Asparagus, cream cheese, avocado and wakame topped with inari.
Grilled salmon skin and cucumber.
Crab meat and avocado.
Assorted vegetables and cooked eggs.
Yellowtail with green onion.
Seaweed and rice.
Ebi shrimp and avocado.
Salmon and avocado.
Fresh salmon.
White tuna with green onion.
Fatty albacore tuna with green onion.
Unagi, avocado and tobiko with unagi sauce.
Shrimp, avocado, cucumber and unagi sauce.
Smoked salmon, cream cheese and asparagus.
Whole soft-shell crab with avocado, cucumber and unagi sauce.
Spicy hamachi and green onion.
Spicy salmon and cucumber.
Spicy scallop with mayonnaise, green onion and tobiko.
Spicy tuna and cucumber.
Fresh tuna.
Unagi and cucumber.
Avocado.
Asparagus.
Mushroom.
Mushroom. kanpyo, oshinko, cucumber.
Deep-fried asparagus, sweet potato and squash.
Grilled salmon skin.
Crab, avocado and tobiko.
Spicy tuna, eel and crunch.
Super white tuna.
Real crab and cucumber.
Yellowtail and green onion.
Tuna.
Shrimp and avocado.
Salmon.
White tuna.
Spicy salmon and cucumber.
Spicy tuna and cucumber.
Soft-shell crab, avocado and cucumber.
Flying fish egg.
Eel and avocado.
Brown rice, avocado and cucumber.
Brown rice, avocado, asparagus and oshinko.
Brown rice, avocado and mushroom.
Brown rice, avocado and unagi.
Brown rice, crab meat and avocado.
Brown rice, deep-fried asparagus, cucumber and crab meat topped with avocado and unagi sauce.
Soy paper, spicy crab, shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, avocado w/ unagi sauce & spicy mayo on the side.
Spicy. Shrimp tempura and cucumber, topped with unagi, avocado, spicy crab and joy sauce.
#2: Top 10 Best Rolls. Spicy. Tuna, salmon, tobiko and avocado, topped with spicy joy special sauce.
#10: Top 10 Best Rolls. Seven kinds of fish and tobiko over a California roll.
Deep-fried roll and spicy. Deep-fried spicy tuna, unagi and cream cheese, topped with spicy crab meat and spicy sauce.
#8: Top 10 Best Rolls. Tuna, unagi, cucumber and crab meat, topped with salmon, avocado, tobiko and joy sauce.
Deep-fried roll. Deep-fried smoked salmon, cream cheese and avocado.
Deep-fried roll and spicy. Deep-fried white tuna, salmon, tuna and joy special sauce.
Deep-fried roll and spicy. Deep-fried spicy tuna, topped with spicy tuna and joy special sauce.
Deep-dried roll and spicy. Deep-fried spicy tuna and joy special sauce.
Deep-fried roll. Deep-fried salmon, tuna, white tuna, avocado and joy special sauce.
Deep-fried roll and spicy. Deep-fried spicy salmon, topped with spicy salmon and joy special sauce.
#7: Top 10 Best Rolls. Baked roll. Crab meat and avocado, topped with baked scallop, tobiko, green onion and joy special sauce.
#3: Top 10 Best Rolls. Baked roll. Crab meat and avocado, topped with baked salmon, tobiko and joy special sauce.
#6: Top 10 Best Rolls. Baked roll. Crab meat and avocado, topped with baked lobster, tobiko and joy special sauce.
Soy paper, crab meat, tuna, hamachi, salmon, avocado with spicy Joy sauce on the side.
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado and cucumber.
Deep-fried roll. Deep-fried salmon, crab meat and cucumber, topped with salmon, tobiko and joy special sauce.
California roll, topped with avocado.
Spicy. Spicy salmon, topped with salmon and tobiko.
Shrimp tempura, cucumber and avocado, with lobster, tobiko and mango sauce.
Yellowtail, avocado and unagi, with unagi sauce.
Grilled chicken, cucumber and unagi sauce.
Spicy. Crab meat, shrimp, crunch, cucumber and spicy unagi sauce.
Softshell crab, crab meat, cucumber topped with tuna, salmon, hamachi, unagi, jalapeo, unagi sauce, spicy mayo & joy spicy sauce.
#9: Top 10 Best Rolls. Salmon and avocado, topped with tuna and tobiko.
Tuna and avocado, topped with salmon and tobiko.
#5: Top 10 Best Rolls. Shrimp tempura, soft-shell crab, cucumber, crab meat, avocado, tobiko, unagi and unagi sauce.
Tuna, hamachi, salmon, avocado, cucumber and tobiko.
California roll, topped with unagi and unagi sauce.
Spicy. Spicy tuna, topped with unagi, avocado, tobiko and unagi sauce.
Unagi and cucumber, topped with avocado, tobiko and unagi sauce.
#1: Top 10 Best Rolls. Shrimp tempura and cucumber, topped with unagi, crab meat, avocado, tobiko and unagi sauce.
Spicy. Spicy tuna, topped with avocado and tobiko.
Shrimp tempura, cucumber and crab, topped with ebi, avocado, tobiko and joy special sauce.
Crunch, crab meat and cucumber, topped with white tuna, tobiko, sliced mango, mango sauce and tobiko.
Soft-shell crab, avocado, cucumber and crab meat, topped with unagi, tobiko and unagi sauce.
#4: Top 10 Best Rolls. Shrimp tempura, cucumber and crab meat, with salmon, avocado, tobiko and Joy special sauce.
Shrimp tempura, real crab meat and cucumber, topped with salmon, sliced lemon, tobiko and joy special sauce.
California roll, topped with fresh salmon and sliced lemon.
Spicy. Shrimp tempura, cucumber and crab meat, with spicy tuna and a side of joy sauce.
Spicy. Spicy yellowtail, topped with albacore, tobiko and green onion.
Spicy. Spicy tuna and cucumber, with seaweed salad.
Deep-fried gyoza with unagi sauce.
Chef recommended. Spicy crab meat, soft-shell crab, unagi, green onion, kaiwarei tobiko and unagi sauce.
Chef recommended and spicy. Shrimp tempura, topped with yellowtail, albacore, tobiko and joy special sauce.
Spicy. Spicy tuna, cucumber and unagi, topped with crunch and unagi sauce.
California roll, topped with yellowtail, sliced mango, tobiko and joy special sauce.
Spicy. Deep-fried jalapeno, spicy tuna and cream cheese, topped with spicy scallop and joy spicy sauce.
Crab meat and avocado, topped with salmon, tuna, tobiko and joy special sauce.
Deep-fried salmon & asparagus topped with tuna, hamachi, salmon, unagi, spicy crab, jalapeno, unagi sauce, spicy mayo & spicy joy sauce.
Ama-ebi, shrimp tempura and cucumber, topped with tuna, salmon, white tuna, tobiko and a side of joy special sauce.
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, crab meat top with white tuna, avocado, tobiko & joy special sauce.
Crab meat, shrimp tempura, cucumber, top with white tuna, escolar, tobiko, scallion & joy special sauce.
Spicy tuna, cucumber, shrimp tempura top with tuna, avocado, jalapeno, tobiko, unagi sauce & spicy sauce.
Spicy crab, cucumber, crunch top with escolar, jalapeno, unagi sauce & spicy sauce.
Deep-fried asparagus, unagi, spicy tuna with unagi sauce, spicy sauce & lemon.
shrimp tempura, cucumber, spicy tuna top w/ several kind of fishes, crunch, unagi sauce, spicy sauce
shrimp tempura, grilled beef, cream cheese, deep fried jalapeno, crab meat top w/ avocado, unagi sauce, spicy mayo.
smoke salmon, cream cheese, mango top w/ mango, avocado, tobiko, unagi sauce, mango sauce.
crab meat, avocado top w/ salmon, salmon roe.
Sliced beef with assorted vegetables and clear vermicelli noodles, with sweet sukiyaki broth.
Sliced chicken with assorted vegetables and clear vermicelli noodles, with sweet sukiyaki broth.
Assorted vegetables and clear vermicelli noodles, with sweet udon broth.
10 pieces of house selected nigiri sushi.
12 pieces of house selected nigiri sushi.
8 pieces of house selected sushi, 6 pieces of a California roll and 9 pieces of sashimi.
Large assortment of sashimi over sushi rice.
An assortment of sashimi over sushi rice.
Sliced tuna sashimi over sushi rice.
Scattered sashimi salad over rice, with spicy sauce on the side.
An assortment of sashimi.
Fresh slices of tuna.
Fresh slices of yellowtail.
Fresh slices of salmon.
Large assortment of sashimi.
Large variety of sashimi.
Tuna hand roll, tuna roll, 2 pieces of tuna nigiri and 8 pieces of tuna sashimi.
Salmon hand roll, salmon roll, 2 pieces of salmon nigiri and 8 pieces of salmon sashimi.
Hamachi hand roll, hamachi roll, 2 pieces of hamachi nigiri and 8 pieces of hamachi sashimi.
Choice of 2 items, served with tempura. Additional bento box choices are not permitted for this item.
Choice of sashimi, served with tempura. Additional bento box choices are not permitted for this item.
Choice of 2 items, served with vegetable tempura.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
4 pcs tuna sashimi, 4 pcs salmon sashimi, 6 pcs california roll, 5 pcs sushi.
Charbroiled chicken filet with teriyaki sauce.
Charbroiled strips of beef with teriyaki sauce.
Chicken filet with sliced vegetables and scrambled eggs, simmered with house sauce.
Breaded lean pork loin, sliced vegetables and scrambled eggs simmered with house sauce.
Breaded chicken loin, sliced vegetables and scrambled eggs simmered with house sauce.
Broiled fresh water eel with unagi sauce.
Plain udon in broth. Thick wheat flour noodles.
Thinly sliced beef with vegetables.
Thinly sliced chicken with vegetables.
Noodles cooked in broth, with tempura and vegetables.
Assorted vegetables in broth.
Shrimp tempura, chicken, fish cake, egg and vegetables.
Assorted seafood and vegetables.
Cold buckwheat noodles with dipping sauce, plus vegetables on the side with an order of mixed tempura.
Battered prawns and vegetables.( 4 pcs shrimp, 7 pcs veggie)
Battered prawns.( 8 pcs prawn shrimp)
An assortment of battered vegetables.
Breaded lean pork loin with tonkatsu sauce.
Breaded skinless, boneless chicken with tonkatsu sauce.
Charbroiled skinless, boneless chicken filet in teriyaki sauce.
Charbroiled spicy chicken filet in spicy sauce.
Korean BBQ ribs.
Charbroiled strips of beef in teriyaki sauce.
Charbroiled filet of salmon in teriyaki sauce.
Lightly salted charbroiled mackerel.
5 pieces of house selected nigiri sushi and 6 pieces of a California roll.
9 pieces of house selected nigiri sushi.
5 pieces of house selected sushi, 6 pieces of a California roll and sashimi.
An assortment of sashimi over sushi rice.
Sliced tuna sashimi over sushi rice.
Scattered sashimi salad over rice, with spicy sauce on the side.
An assortment of sashimi.
Fresh slices of tuna.
Fresh slices of yellowtail.
Fresh slices of salmon.
Large assortment of sashimi.
Choice of 3items.
Poultry.
6 pieces. Potstickers.
Deep-fried prawns and vegetables.
3 pieces. Deep-fried prawns.
3 pieces.
3 pieces. Cooked egg.
Ray-finned fish.
3 pieces.
Serves 3. Nigiri sushi and or sashimi.
Serves 4. Nigiri sushi and or sashimi.
Serves 5. Nigiri sushi and or sashimi.
Cold buckwheat noodles with dipping sauce, plus vegetables on the side.
Japanese style chicken nugget.
Tree top
Minute maid.
Sparkling water.
Minute maid.
Japanese marble soda.
Bottle water.
Sprinkling on tobiko.
sushi boat
Thunder storm roll
Hmmmmmmmm
Fire dragon roll
Sushi platter
Drunken Dragon
special catering
Some of the sake offered. They are lined up pretty nicely across the sushi bar.
sashimi, food, sushi, sushi and sashimi
sashimi
More sashimi.
baked scallop roll
Gourmet sashimi platter ~$30
island roll and giant roll
Candy cane roll
Another sushi chef putting on sauce.
Mercy Roll & 1st Ave. Yummmmmm
Mercy Roll (front) & i forgot the name of the one at the back =(
Shrimp tempura Deluxe
One of the friendly sushi chefs.
Geisha Roll
mengzi w.
Feb 26, 2025
My choice of sushi in the crowded sushi choices in San Mateo downtown.Good variety, portion, decently fresh, and good prices. It's not top quality but very good quality and taste for a meal.
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Jimmy C.
Feb 8, 2025
Who got food poisoning today? You guessed right! We've been coming here for well over 10 years and never had a problem. Food is what you'd expect from your typical Japanese restaurant, nothing amazing but nothing terrible. I don't know if it was the spicy tuna roll or salmon skin but oh man. It's especially fun when you're taking a timed exam and have to get up and use the restroom for awhile . . . I may be overreacting, but why take a chance? The food tasted normal too. Oh well good luck!
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Theresa B.
Feb 4, 2025
Food is Always Good!! Got the seafood soup tonight..It tasted good..But..you guys should take the tips off the shrimp!! I asked for no mussels in my soup, but it had some..Not a terrible review..just do better next time!! Thank you..
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Maurine S.
Jan 22, 2025
Came here with some gfs for a nice bento box lunch on a Wednesday afternoon. Got here around 11:30 and was surprised to find it so empty! We wanted to sit upstairs but i guess cuz it was so empty they wanted to keep everyone downstairs which is understandable. It was pretty mellow since most of the tables were empty. The staff was nice and the food wasn't bad. Especially for 14.95 for two items. Can't find a deal like that nowadays. I guess they stopped the $10 lunch deal which would have been a nice choice. I had a mixed tempura and chicken katsu. The tempura was crispy and I not too battery and there was even an onion! The katsu was nicely breaded and moist. Friends had salmon and sushi and they commented that the salmon was moist. The staff was accommodating as they were nice enough to give us small containers to bring the salad dressing (on the side) and tempura sauce to bring home with our leftovers. Will definitely come back for lunch when craving a bento in downtown San Mateo. It's give it a 3.5 star total for lunch.
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Allison W.
Dec 26, 2024
Came here on a Tuesday evening and the restaurant was not super crowded. The menu is very large with a good variety of different types of rolls. The inside is not that loud so conversation is easy to hear. The waitstaff checked in with us and kept our water glasses full consistently.I got the Paul Blossom Roll, and wow are the rolls large at this restaurant! The roll was wrapped in so much salmon, and they do not overpack their rice. I was very satisfied just after the one roll. The quality was fine, nothing to write home about but it was tasty and plentiful. Pretty solid sushi spot without breaking the bank!
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Paolo B.
Jul 15, 2024
Came to Joy Sushi for a quick lunch and saw they had a $10 lunch special being promoted on the window, so decided to give it a try. When I sat down and was given the menu, I didn't see the $10 special, and honestly was too lazy to go back out to look at it again, and decided to go with the two item bento box with my favorite combo, beef teriyaki and pork tonkatsu for $14.99.The food came out pretty quick, and when it arrived, I was amazed at how big the portions were. For my big appetite, this was plenty of food. It was enough for two small meals, but I ate it all in one sitting anyways. The beef teriyaki was tasty but a tad chewy. The pork tonkatsu was crunchy and the meat was still a little juicy. I think for the price point though, this a one of the better values for lunch in the area. Definitely wouldn't hesitate to come back
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Clarence A.
Dec 4, 2024
3.5 on overall for this establishment. Eaten here once, but during covid this was one of the regular spots for sushi for pick up, let me breakdown everything we had and how it all fairedIf you are sitting inside spot is homey, clean, not loud. The staff was polite and responsiveChili Garlic Edamame - good filler as an appetizer, not spicy for my taste but for my kids especially my daughter said it was spicy mind you she is 9yrs old lolMiso soup - for my daughter, standard taste, piping hot Chicken Kaarage - piping hot, flavorfulSweet & crispy chicken wings - flavorful, definite something you get to share for parties of 4 or morePaul Blossom - tuna, avocado, salmon to pretty to eat, delicious roll a definite must sampleTiger Roll - standard, filling and flavorulPrawn tempura - piping hot, airy, if you love tempura sample their'sTuna sashimi - decent flavor, portion also decentfood ***1/2 most part decent food all aroundprice $$service **** helpful and attentiveambiance **** clean, not loud
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Trixxi T.
Jan 12, 2025
Continues to leave out items from orders. I keep hoping they will get it right because they used to be better. It's my own fault hoping that yesterday I would have had all the items in my order.Just say no
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Yvonne Y.
Mar 24, 2024
Joy is a safe bet for sushi in San Mateo. We used to go there quite often when the kids were younger as they love their sushi rolls and pricing is fair. Last Friday night, we went to Joy for dinner as the other two restaurants that we wanted to go have 10 - 15 tables in the waitlist ahead of us. We were too hungry to wait and decided to go to Joy. Kiddo had a poke bowl which he likes it, although it's surprisingly spicy even for me. The spicy tuna is indeed spicy!! I had a Tonkatsu which is alright. Hubby ordered two rolls and he likes both of them. All in all, it's a quick and decent dinner. The servers are nice and efficient. 4/5
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Olivia M.
Aug 16, 2024
Joy sushi has been a staple for me year over year! My husband is allergic to fish and he can still find a variety of items to eat. While there might be a slight wait during dinner, it's definitely worth it! My faves here are the spicy salmon roll, lion king roll, kappa sashimi and the vegetable tempura. While it's very laid back and no fuss it's a solid casual dinner spot!
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