Kai Ola Sushi
918 N Coast Hwy 101 #2049, Encinitas
(760) 452-2493
Customers' Favorites
Stone Steps and Moonlight Specialty Rolls
Specailty Sushi Rolls 8pc
Edamame Sweet & Spicy
Yellowtail - Hamachi
Rainbow Poke Bowl
Moonlight Sushi
Moonlight Roll
Seaweed Salad
Sushi Rice
Miso Soup
Picked for you
BTL Kinka
PIT Kombucha
BTL Tenth Degree
BTL Heart & Soul
BT Cab Sauv
NA Beverages
Sprite
Watermelon Green Tea
Lemonade
Cucumber Lime Infusion
Green Tea
Surf Water Still
Topo Chico
Coke
Diet Coke
Coconut Water
Beer
DR Kook Slams
DR Kombucha
DR Sapporo
DR Hazy IPA
Karl Strauss Ipa
DR Pilsner
PIT Sapporo
PIT Kombucha
PIT Hazy IPA
Can Booch
Can Seltzer
DR Harland
Sake Glass
Hot Sake
GL Silver Mountain
GL Tenth Degree
GL Summer Breeze
GL Heart & Soul
Sake Flight
Sake Carafe
CAR Silver Mountain
CAR Tenth Degree
CAR Summer Breeze
CAR Heart & Soul
Sake Bottle
BTL Kurosawa
BTL Silver Mountain
BTL Tenth Degree
BTL Summer Breeze
BTL Heart & Soul
BTL Kinka
BTL Ozeki
Nigori
Ozeki House
Kurosawa
Wine Glass
GL Cab Sauv
GL Pinot Noir
GL Rose
GL Chardonnay
Wine Bottle
BT Cab Sauv
BT Pinot Noir
BT Rose
BT Chardonnay
Picked for you
Moonlight
Krab and avocado topped with yellowtail and thinly sliced jalapeno and lemon
Grandview
Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado topped with salmon, eel sauce, fried onion, tempura crunch
Cali Roll
Beacons Roll
Tempura shishito peppers, cucumber, and avocado topped with tuna, house made su-miso sauce, and furikake
Crispy Rice
Deep fried rice patty topped with spicy tuna, spicy mayo, eel sauce, masago, and
green onions
Appetizers
Edamame
Edamame served with sea saltAdditional $1 charge for garlic butter,spicy garlic butter, or sweet and spicy sauce.
Miso
Cup of miso soup served with seaweed, tofu, and green onions
Gyoza.
Fried shrimp and vegetable potstickers
Jalapeno Bomb
Deep fried jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese, topped with spicy tuna, spicy mayo, eel sauce, and masago.
Tempura Veggies
Mixed Vegetable Tempura
Hamachi Kama
Fried Yellowtail cheek served with ponzu sauce
Coconut Shrimp
Black Cod
Miso marinated black cod baked then grilled with vegetables
Tempura Shrimp
5 pc Shrimp Tempura
Tempura Shishito
Tempura shishito peppers
Mixed Tempura
Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura
Agedashi Tofu
5 pc. deep fried tofu served with ponzu sauce
Lobster Delight
Small pieces of Lobster tempura served with a spicy mayo lobster sauce
Salmon Kama
Fried Salmon cheek served with ponzu sauce
Kurobata Sausage
Japanese sausage served with a hot mustard sauce
Takoyaki
Deep fried dough balls stuffed with octopus and served with eel sauce
Poke Bowls
Poke Bowl Salmon
White rice, soy sauce, sesame oil, hot yellow peppers, ginger, avocado, masago, seaweed, and garlic
Poke Bowl Tuna
White rice, soy sauce, sesame oil, hot yellow peppers, ginger, avocado, masago, seaweed, and garlic
Poke Bowl Yellowtail
White rice, soy sauce, sesame oil, hot yellow peppers, ginger, avocado, masago, seaweed, and garlic
Poke Bowl Rainbow
White rice, soy sauce, sesame oil, hot yellow peppers, ginger, avocado, masago, seaweed, and garlic
Poke Bowl Tofu
White rice, soy sauce, sesame oil, hot yellow peppers, ginger, avocado, masago, seaweed, and garlic
Ramen
Won Ton Min Ramen
Shrimp and Veggie based broth, shrimp and veggie won tons, bok choy, pork belly, ramen noodles, fish cake, and green onion
Hangover Ramen
Shrimp and Veggie based broth, shrimp tempura, egg, shrimp & veggie won tons, bok choy, pork belly, ramen noodles, fish cake, and green onion
Saimin Ramen
Shrimp and Veggie based broth, bok choy, pork belly, ramen noodles, fish cake, and green onion
Salad
Seaweed Salad
Cucumber Salad
Green Salad
Seared Salmon Salad
Tuna and Avo Salad
Rainbow Sashimi Salad
Plates
Teriyaki Chicken
Teriyaki chicken and veggies served with a side of potato salad, white rice, and green salad with sesame or ginger dressing
Chicken Katsu
Fried Chicken katsu served with a side of potato salad, white rice, and green salad with sesame or ginger dressing
Yakisoba
Yakisoba Japanese style stir fried noodles
Mix Tempura Plate
Tempura shrimp and veggies served with a side of potato salad, white rice, and green salad with sesame or ginger dressing
Teriyaki Salmon
Teriyaki salmon served with a side of potato salad, white rice, and green salad with sesame or ginger dressing
Tempura Veggie Plate
Tempura veggies served with a side of potato salad, white rice, and green salad with sesame or ginger dressing
Nigiri
Salmon (Sake) Nigiri
Yellowtail (Hamachi) Nigiri
Yt Belly Nigiri
Bluefin Toro Nigiri
Tuna (Maguro) Nigiri
Salmon Egg (Ikura) Nigiri
Eel (Unagi) Nigiri
Golden Eye Nigiri (Kinmedai)
Tamago (Egg) Nigiri
Albacore (Shiro) Nigiri
Sea Urchin (Uni) Nigiri
Scallop (Hotate) Nigiri
Halibut (Hirame) Nigiri
Nz King Salmon Nigiri
Snow Crab Nigiri
Kurodai (Black Seabream) Nigiri
Kampachi Nigiri
Mackerel (Aji) Nigiri
Octopus (Tako) Nigiri
Giant Clam (Geoduck) Nigiri
Masago Nigiri
Fb Oysters
Madai (Red Seabream) Nigiri
Squid Nigiri
Sashimi
Yellowtail (Hamachi) Sashimi
Salmon (Sake) Sashimi
Combo Sashimi
Tuna Belly (Toro) Sashimi
Albacore (Shiro) Sashimi
Nz King Salmon Sashimi
Chutoro Sashimi
Yt Jalapeno Sashimi
Scallop (Hotate) Sashimi
Tuna (Maguro) Sashimi
Octopus (Tako) Sashimi
Golden Eye Snapper (Kinmedai) Sashimi
Kampachi Sashimi
Halibut (Hirame) Sashimi
Mackerel (Aji) Sashimi
Yt Belly Sashimi
Trad Roll
Cali Roll
Spicy Tuna Roll
Rainbow Roll
Philly Roll
Yellowtail Roll
Salmon Roll
Crunchy Roll
Spider Roll
Avo Roll
Dragon Roll
Eel Roll
Caterpillar Roll
Temp Shrimp Roll
Temp Veggie Roll
Cuc Avo Roll
Cucumber Roll
Scallop Roll
Tuna Roll
Deluxe Veggie Roll
Dynamite Roll
Albacore Roll
Roma Roll
Fried tofu, beets and carrots, cucumber and avocado topped with tomato, crunchy garlic, and sweet miso sauce
(vegan)
Specialty Roll
Moonlight
Krab and avocado topped with yellowtail and thinly sliced jalapeno and lemon
Grandview
Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado topped with salmon, eel sauce, fried onion, tempura crunch
Beacons Roll
Tempura shishito peppers, cucumber, and avocado topped with tuna, house made su-miso sauce, and furikake
Kook
Coconut crusted shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, topped with seared albacore, spicy mayo, mango salsa
Protein
tuna, salmon, yellowtail, krab,
avocado, soy paper and cucumber
wrap, ponzu, togarashi, microgreens
(wrapped in cucumber and soy paper- no rice)
Crispy Rice
Deep fried rice patty topped with spicy tuna, spicy mayo, eel sauce, masago, and
green onions
Swamis
spicy tuna, cucumber, and gobo, kaeware, topped with seared albacore, fried
garlic, spicy mayo
Sunset
spicy tuna, tempura shrimp, cucumber, avocado, topped with seared scallops,
ponzu, and truffle oil
Ultimate Hamachi
Flaming Ahi
Tempura shrimp, spicy tuna, cucumber, avocado topped with tuna seared with spicy mayo, jalapeno, eel sauce, and green onions
Special Hawaiian
Krab, shrimp tempura, cucumber, and avocado topped with spicy tuna, tempura crunch, eel
sauce, spicy mayo, scallions, masago, and sriracha
Stone Steps
salmon skin, kaiware, gobo topped with salmon, ikura, white onion,
ponzu sauce
Dirty Blonde
Spicy krab, tempura shrimp, cucumber, avocado topped with yellowtail, cajun fried onion, masago, green onions, and eel sauce
Sunshine Roll
Ponto
asparagus and krab topped with salmon, green onion, bonito flakes, masago
Gavin Roll
Roma Roll
Fried tofu, beets and carrots, cucumber and avocado topped with tomato, crunchy garlic, and sweet miso sauce
(vegan)
Deluxe Veggie Roll
Omakase
Lite Omakase
Med Omakase
Big Omakase
Dessert
Mochi
Tempura Ice Cream
Side
Extra Ginger
Steamed Rice
Spicy Mayo
Sushi Rice
Eel Sauce
Kizami Wasabi
Potato Salad
Side Avo
Sriracha
HR
Salmon Hr
Toro Hr
Negitoro Hr
Yellowtail Hr
Temp Shrimp Hr
Spicy Tuna Hr
Scallop Hr
Cali Hr
Soft Shell Crab Hr
Albacore HR
YT Belly Hr
Eel Hr
Ikura Hr
Salm Skin Hr
Salm Skin Roll
Tako Hr
Tuna Hr
Kids
Kids Ramen
Kids Terry Chik
Kids Katsu
Kids Terry Salmon
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Recent Reviews
I was visiting Carlsbad and had lunch there. The place was super cute and bright. Very friendly staff with an amazing playlist (yes, every song was good 😂) . And the sushi… was divine! We loved our Philadelphia rolls. The tuna special was great and the sashimi combo too! A good tip is their Bento lunch box! A very good portion and delicious!
January 2026
This lower rating is due to the experience I had. I placed an online order for 5:15 pick up. I did not receive the order until 6:20 after waiting in the front forever. Multiple employees went to see if it was ready yet the last fellow that finally brought it out said the chef lost the ticket? All I received to compensate was a free beer and fresh wasabi? The food was fine yet I feel I deserve more when the order was over an hour late and waiting there ruined my evening.
August 2025
We tried their top 3 best-sellers. Moonlight was the highlight; fresh, balanced, and really refreshing. Grandview had a great crisp texture, but it leaned a bit too sweet for my taste. Swamis, unfortunately, missed the mark since it lacking both in presentation and flavor.
If these are their best, I expected a bit more. One solid roll, one okay, and one disappointing. It was an average experience overall.
If these are their best, I expected a bit more. One solid roll, one okay, and one disappointing. It was an average experience overall.
July 2025
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