Sushi Bistro Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Sushi Bistro, a hidden gem nestled at 452 Balboa St, San Francisco. This intimate establishment brings the vibrant flavors of Japan right to your plate, showcasing an array of exquisite sushi selections. From the signature Billie Jean Langostino roll to the crisp Watermelon-Man, each dish is a testament to fresh, high-quality ingredients thoughtfully combined to create a memorable dining experience.
With options ranging from classic rolls like the Philadelphia to specialty creations such as the Albacore Dream, there’s something for every palate. Guests rave about the freshness of the fish and the creativity behind each roll, particularly the deliciously unique Red Devil and the Caterpillar rolls. The warm, attentive service enhances the relaxed ambiance, making it a perfect spot for both casual dining and special occasions.
Whether you choose to dine in or take out, your craving for quality sushi will undoubtedly be satisfied at Sushi Bistro.
Bistro Signature Rolls
African Spider
Tempura soft shell crab, fried cajun yellowtail and salmon, topped with avocado and drizzled with a sweet and spicy eel sauce.
Albacore Dream
Spicy tuna and avocado topped with albacore, served with a creamy garlic and spicy sauce.
Billie Jean
Langostino, avocado, and cucumber topped with salmon wrapped in soy paper
Big Island
assorted sashimi, spicy tuna, kanikama, tobiko and avocado wrapped in cucumber (no rice)
C-2
Langostino, avocado, and cucumber topped with shrimp tempura, drizzled with eel sauce.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Grilled eel with shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber and aioli topped with eel sauce.
49er
Avocado & tobiko topped with salmon & lemon.
Hawaiian Breeze
Avocado and fuji apple topped with tuna, macadamia nuts and drizzled with cilantro pesto.
M&L Forever
Spicy tuna, fresh tuna, fried cajun yellowtail, kanikama, avocado rolled in tempura flakes and topped with green onions and garlic sauce.
Monster In-Laws
Fresh yellowtail, chopped spicy albacore, cucumber, topped with jalapenos, ponzu, and spicy sauce.
Omega-3
Deep fried cajun salmon and yellowtail, avocado, topped with albacore, salmon, tobiko, scallions and a spicy garlic sauce.
Oshinko Hama
Fresh Yellowtail, pickled radish, avocado, ginger sauce and green onions
Presidio Roll
Salmon and tuna sashimi, avocado, oshinko topped with tempura flakes, wasabi aioli and scallions
Rock N Roll
Chopped Hokkaido spicy sea scallop baked on a California roll with aioli.
Ruby Rainbow
Spicy tuna roll topped with an assortment of fish.
Sexy Scallop
Spicy albacore, salmon, cucumber and avocado topped with chopped Hokkaido scallop, tobiko and scallions wrapped in soy paper.
The New Legend
Albacore tataki, shrimp tempura, avocado, aioli, and cucumbers topped with spicy garlic sauce and scallions.
Red Devil
Spicy tuna, tempura yellowtail, aioli, avocado & cucumber, topped with scallions and a spicy ginger sauce.
Watermelon-Man
Spicy tuna, spicy albacore, fuji apple topped with avocado, macadamia nuts served over aioli.
Dave's Legacy
albacore tataki, tempura sweet potato and kubocha squash, green onions, spicy garlic aioli
Crunchy
Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber and aioli rolled with tempura flakes drizzled with eel sauce.
Rainbow Roll
California roll topped with an assortment of fish.
Spider Roll
Soft shell crab tempura, avocado, cucumber, sprouts, tobiko.
Caterpillar
Grilled eel and cucumber topped with avocado
Spicy Tuna
California
Philadelphia
Negi Hama Hand/Roll
Negi-Hama Cut Roll
Tekka Maki
Sake Maki
Baby Lobster
chilled langostino and avocado
Classic Rolls
Veggie Sushi
Crunchy Veggie Roll
Vegetable tempura rolled with tempura flakes drizzled with sweet soy.
Veggie Vixen
avocado, cucumber, shitake, oshinko, tempura sweet potato
Notorious V.E.G.
avocado, cucumber, oshinko, garlic ponzu
Avocado Roll
Cucumber Roll
Shitake Roll
Oshinko Roll
Inari 2pc
2pc sweet tofu pocket
6pc Sashimi Omakase
Six pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
6pc Nigiri Omakase
Six pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
6pc Chirashi Omakase
Six pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
10pc Sashimi Omakase
Ten pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
10pc Nigiri Omakase
Ten pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
10pc Chirashi Omakase
Ten pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
Omakase Nigiri/Sashimi
Something Unique
Y.T. Jalapeno
Yellowtail sashimi topped with thinly sliced jalapenos, sea salt and lemon juice.
Tuna Crudo
tuna sashimi, wasabi aioli, garlic soy, chopped greens
Ahi Tuna Poke Special
Cubes of garlic soy marinated ahi tuna served over organic baby greens, avocado, house salad dressing, and crispy potato vermicelli.
Double Jeopardy
Salmon, albacore and avocado tartar mixed with wasabi aioli, spicy garlic soy & served with shrimp chips.
Caucasian Afro
Spicy tuna mixed with Japanese salsa, avocado topped with crispy potato vermicelli.
Tuna (Maguro)
fresh big eye tuna choose nigiri or sashimi.
Salmon
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Yellowtail
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Albacore
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Albacore Tataki
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Scallop Whole (Hokkaido)
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Unagi
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Tobiko
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigri or sashimi.
Chopped Spicy Scallop
Two pieces per order.
Ikura
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Ebi
Cooked Shrimp. Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Aburi Toro
Seared Tuna Belly topped with yuzu kosho Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Bluefin Tuna
Hon Maguro - 2 pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi
Uni (sea urchin roe)
Premium sea urchin roe 2 pieces per order.
Kurodai
Black Sea Bream - Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi
Red Snapper
Japanese Ainan Tai Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi
Yellowtail Belly
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigri or sashimi.
Branzino
Mediterranean Sea Bass. Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
King Salmon
Ora King (New Zealand) Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Salmon Belly
Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
O-Toro (Fatty Tuna)
Bluefin Tuna Belly Two pieces per order. Please choose nigiri or sashimi.
Sushi Nigiri or Sashimi
Lettuce Wraps
Spring Lettuce Wrap
Shrimp tempura, sushi rice, avocado & house sauce.
Summer Lettuce Wrap
Unagi, salmon, albacore, avocado, sushi rice, aioli and eel sauce.
Winter Lettuce Wrap
Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, avocado and aioli.
Equinox Lettuce Wrap
Shrimp tempura, unagi, avocado, sushi rice, spicy and eel sauce.
Pork Gyoza
8 pcs.
Sesame Chicken
Tempura chicken with sweet dipping sauce.
Tempura Appetizer
2 pieces shrimp & mixed vegetables or vegetables only.
Veggie Gyoza
8 pc
Miso Soup
Organic white miso
Seaweed Salad
Edamame
Rice
Soft Shell Crab Appetizer
Salmon Kama
Grilled Salmon Collar
Hamachi Kama
Grilled Yellowtail Collar
Cucumber Sunomono
Bistro Salad
mixed greens, avocado, cucumber, creamy house dressing
Baby Lobster Salad
Chilled langostino, avocado, mixed greens, creamy house dressing.
Tofu Salad
Mixed greens, tempura tofu, ginger carrot dressing.
Dumpling Soup
pork dumplings, market vegetables, mushroom broth
Veggie Spring Rolls
6 pcs.
Agedashi Tofu
Lightly fried tofu topped with scallions, bonito flakes, tempura sauce on the side
Side Shrimp Chips
fried shrimp chips
Small Plates & Salads
Rice Bowls
Classic Teriyaki
Served with market vegetables and teriyaki sauce. Choice of protein.
Chicken Katsu
fried chicken breast cutlet served with side salad
Japanese Curry
spice level medium
Nabeyaki Udon
Chicken, shrimp tempura, vegetables, fishcake & egg.
Tempura Udon
Udon with shrimp and vegetable tempura on the side
Chicken Udon
Grilled chicken breast with vegetables.
Beef Udon
Grilled rib eye beef with vegetables.
Vegetarian Udon
Seaweed, Japanese pumpkin, spinach, grilled zucchini and shiitake mushrooms.
Curry Udon
Grilled chicken breast, Japanese curry
Udon Noodle Soups
Beverages
Ramune
Japanese Marble Soda
Lilikoi Passion
Aloha Maid Hawaiian Juice
Limonata
San Pellegrino Sparkling Lemonade
Aranciata
San Pellegrino Sparkling Orange Beverage
Soda Can
Sparkling Water
Perrier 330ml
Hot Green Tea
Genmai (brown rice green tea)
Iced Green Tea
Iced Matcha Green Tea (unsweetened)
Pineapple Orange
Aloha Maid Hawaiian Juice
Iced Tea
Iced Black Tea (unsweetened)
Saporro Large
Premium Japanese Beer
Echigo Flying IPA
herbal, piney and light Japanese IPA in a can
Saporro Reserve
all-malt lager, expertly brewed to deliver a full-bodied flavor with complex intensity and layers of delicious lager flavor.
Echigo Koshihikari
(500ml) Clean, crisp and refreshing. Has a quiet intensity not found in most other rice lagers.
Beer
Sake
Hot SAKE
Shochikubai. 8 oz. locally brewed in Berkeley.
188ml Bushido Junmai Genshu Filtered
Undiluted - This Sake has flavors of tart raspberry, Asian pear, and watermelon with a hint of white flowers on the nose.
300ml Kurosawa Nigori Unfiltered
The nose on the semi-cloudy Ginjo nigori that is milled to 50% is a light collection of creamcycle, star fruit, citrus, and cream aromas. Talk about a suave and very elegant slightly misty sake, this brew is a gateway sake to get nigori drinkers to gravitate to filtered sakes. It is very easy on the palate with layers of gentle flavors such as melon, star fruit, cream, and hint of citrus. And as nigoris go this delicate brew is semi-dry and that is a rarity in the unfiltered category.
300ml Kikusui (chrysanthemum mist)
Junmai Gingo - light, comfortably dry and medium-bodied. Cantaloupe and banana aromas followed with mandarin orange like overtones
300ml Makiri (Demon Cutter)
Junmai Gingo. Deep, sharp and super dry. Kimoto style sake
375ml Tomoju Junmai Daigingo
Premium sake with a splendid flavor and rich aroma with a refreshing aftertaste.
720ml Kurosowa (Black Creek) Filtered
Junmai Kimoto. Brewed using the traditional kimoto method, this sake is smooth, clear and flavorful.
720ml Karatamba (Dry Wave)
Classic dry sake.
300ml Suigei (Drunken Whale) Filtered
Tokubetsu Junmai. Medium dry, semi-sweet with a flavor packed finish
720ml Denshin Yuki
Junmai Gingo.
720ml Nabeshima
Tokubetsu Junmai
720ml Born Gold Junmai Daigingo
Layered, clean and drinkable with light citrus notes. Single Pasteurized with an elegant nose.
300ml Kirakucho (Fox Bottle)
Junmai Gingo. Light and smooth with floral notes. Pairs great with sashimi.
Rose Bottle
Summer Water Central Coast
Pinot Noir Bottle
Bread and Butter - Napa
Sauvignon Blanc Bottle
Hess Shirtail Ranches - Sonoma
Prosecco Rose
(187ml) Zonin - Extra Dry Sparkling Wine from Italy
Wines by the Bottle
Dessert
Yuzu Cheesecake
Mango Cheesecake
traditional cheesecake with mango chunks