Sushi Bistro
452 Balboa St, San Francisco
(415) 933-7100
Customers' Favorites
Nigiri or Sashimi or Chirashi
The Presidio Roll
Custom Sushi Tray
Pieces Sushi
Sushi Rice
Avocado
Tempura
Rolls
Salad
Fish
NA Drinks
Genmai Hot Tea
Mint Tea
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Aranciata
Limonata
Sparkling Water
Ramune Original
Ramune Strawberry
Ramune Grape
Ramune Peach
Ramune Melon
Iced Green Tea
Lilikoi
Pineapple Orange
Hot Dishes and Salads
Miso Soup
Seaweed Salad
Rice
Pork Gyoza
8 pieces.
Tempura Appetizer
2 pieces shrimp & mixed vegetables.
Sesame Chicken
Tempura chicken with sweet dipping sauce.
Veggie Gyoza
8 pieces.
Agedashi Tofu
Lightly fried tofu topped with scallions, bonito flakes, tempura sauce on the side.
Baby Lobster Salad
Chilled langostino, avocado, mixed greens, creamy house dressing.
Bistro Salad
Mixed greens, avocado, cucumber, creamy house dressing.
Cucumber Sunomono
Dumpling Soup
Pork dumplings, market vegetables, mushroom broth.
Hamachi Kama
Grilled Yellowtail Collar.
Salmon Kama
Grilled Salmon Collar.
Soft Shell Crab Appetizer
Fried soft shell crab served with mixed greens and ponzu dipping sauce.
Tofu Salad
Mixed greens, tempura tofu, ginger carrot dressing.
Veggie Spring Rolls
Lightly fried with sweet chili dipping sauce.
Side Salad
Edamame
Veggie Temupura Appetizer
Mixed vegetable tempura.
Something Unique
Ahi Tuna Poke Special
Cubes of garlic soy marinated ahi tuna served over organic baby greens, avocado, house salad dressing, and crispy potato vermicelli.
Y.T. Jalapeno
Yellowtail sashimi topped with thinly sliced jalapeños, sea salt and lemon juice.
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 Crudo
Tuna sashimi, garlic soy, wasabi aioli, mixed greens, sesame seeds.
Bistro Signature Rolls
49er
Avocado & tobiko topped with salmon & lemon.
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.
Big Island
Assorted sashimi, spicy tuna, kanikama, tobiko and avocado wrapped in cucumber (no rice or seaweed).
Billie Jean
Langostino, avocado, and cucumber topped with salmon wrapped in soy paper.
Presidio Roll
Salmon and tuna sashimi, avocado, oshinko topped with tempura flakes, wasabi aioli and scallions.
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.
Red Devil
Spicy tuna, tempura yellowtail, aioli, avocado & cucumber, topped with scallions and a spicy ginger sauce.
Hawaiian Breeze
Avocado and fuji apple topped with tuna, macadamia nuts and drizzled with cilantro pesto.
M & L Forever
Spicy tuna, fresh tuna, kanikama, fried yellowtail, and 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.
The Legend
Albacore tataki, shrimp tempura, avocado, aioli, and cucumbers topped with spicy garlic sauce and scallions.
Omega-3
Deep fried cajun salmon and yellowtail, avocado, topped with albacore, salmon, tobiko, scallions and a spicy garlic sauce.
Rock N Roll
Chopped Hokkaido spicy sea scallop baked on a California roll with aioli.
S*** Scallop
Spicy albacore, salmon, cucumber and avocado topped with chopped Hokkaido scallop, tobiko and scallions wrapped in soy paper.
Watermelon Man
Spicy tuna, spicy albacore, fuji apple topped with avocado, macadamia nuts served over aioli.
Ruby Rainbow
Spicy tuna roll topped with an assortment of fish.
Dave's Legacy
Hirame Fusion
halibut sashimi, fresh salmon, cucumber, ginger sauce, green onions
Classic Rolls
Rainbow
California roll topped with an assortment of fish.
Crunchy
Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber and aioli rolled with tempura flakes drizzled with eel sauce.
Spider
Soft shell crab tempura, avocado, cucumber, sprouts, tobiko.
Caterpillar
Grilled eel and cucumber topped with avocado.
Spicy Tuna Cut Roll
California Cut Roll
Philadelphia Cut Roll
fresh salmon, avocado, cream cheese
Negi-Hama Cut Roll
yellowtail, cucumber, green onions
Sake Maki
Baby Lobster Cut Roll
Chilled langostino and avocado.
Spicy Tuna Hand Roll
Tekka Maki
California Hand Roll
Philadephia Hand Roll
Negi-Hama Hand Roll
Baby Lobster Hand Roll
Spicy Scallop Hand Roll
Shrimp Tempura Hand Roll
Veggie Sushi
Notorious V.E.G
Cucumber, oshinko, topped with avocado and garlic ponzu.
Veggie Vixen
Avocado, cucumber, shitake, oshinko, tempura sweet potato.
Crunchy Veggie
Sweet potato and seasonal veggie tempura rolled with tempura flakes drizzled with sweet soy.
Avocado Cut Roll
Cucumber Cut Roll
Shitake Cut Roll
Oshinko Cut Roll
Inari 2pc
Sweet tofu sack.
Classic Veggie Cut Roll
Avocado Hand Roll
Cucumber Hand Roll
Shitake Hand Roll
Oshinko Hand Roll
Pickled radish.
Classic Veggie Hand Roll
Kappa Maki
Avocado Maki
Lettuce Wraps
Spring
Shrimp tempura, sushi rice, avocado & house sauce.
Summer
Unagi, salmon, albacore, avocado, sushi rice, aioli and eel sauce.
Winter
Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, avocado and aioli.
Equinox
Shrimp tempura, unagi, avocado, sushi rice, spicy and eel sauce.
Omakase
6pc Nigiri Omakase
Six pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
6pc Sashimi Omakase
Six pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
6pc Chirashi Omakase
Six 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.
10pc Sashimi Omakase
Ten pieces. Chef's choice assorted premium fish.
Sushi Nigiri
Albacore Nigiri
Salmon Nigiri
Yellowtail Nigiri
Japanese hamachi.
Yellowtail Belly Nigiri
Tuna Nigiri
Big eye tuna.
Chopped Spicy Scallop Nigiri
Chopped hokkaido sea scallop.
Ikura Nigiri
Salmon roe.
Hokkaido Scallop Nigiri
Hokkaido sea scallop.
Tobiko Nigiri
Flying fish roe.
Toro Nigiri
Fatty tuna.
Unagi Nigiri
BBQ Freshwater eel.
Shrimp Ebi Nigiri
Cooked shrimp.
Amaebi Nigiri
Raw sweet shrimp served with fried shrimp heads.
Salmon Belly Nigiri
Uni Nigiri
Premium Japanese Sea Urchin Roe (Hokkaido)
Gindara Nigiri
Sablefish from Canada. Lightly seared topped with ponzu and green onions
King Salmon Nigiri
Ora King Salmon (New Zealand)
Halibut Nigiri
wild California halibut
Hiramasa Nigiri
Yellowtail Kingfish from Japan
Albacore Tataki Nigiri
Sashimi 2pc
Albacore Sashimi
2 pieces per order.
Salmon Sashimi
2 pieces per order.
Tuna Sashimi
2 pieces per order - Big Eye Tuna.
Yellowtail Sashimi
2 pieces per order.
Toro Sashimi
Fatty Tuna 2 pieces per order.
Hokkaido Scallop Sashimi
King Salmon Sashimi
Ora King from New Zealand
Albacore Tataki Sashimi
2 pieces per order.
Yellowtail Belly Sashimi
2 pieces per order.
Chopped Spicy Scallop Sashimi
Chopped Hokkaido sea scallop.
Ebi Sashimi
2 pieces per order.
Ikura Sashimi
Salmon roe.
Amaebi Sashimi
2 pieces per order - Sweet Shrimp served with fried shrimp heads.
Tobiko Sashimi
Flying fish roe.
Salmon Belly Sashimi
Gindara Sashimi
sablefish from Canada
Halibut Sashimi
wild California halibut
Uni Sashimi
premium Japanese sea urchin roe (hokkaido)
Rice Plates
Chicken Katsu
Fried chicken breast cutlet served with side salad.
Chicken Bowl
Beef Bowl
Salmon Bowl
Chicken Curry Katsu
Spice level medium.
Chicken Curry
Grilled chicken breast, japanese curry, rice.
Tofu Curry
Fried Tofu , Spice level medium.
Unagi Donburi
bbq eel rice bowl with steamed veggies
Udon Noodle Soups
Chicken Udon
Grilled chicken breast with vegetables.
Nabeyaki Udon
Chicken, shrimp tempura, vegetables, fishcake & egg.
Tempura Udon
Udon with shrimp and vegetable tempura on the side.
Vegetarian Udon
Seaweed, Japanese pumpkin, spinach, grilled zucchini and shiitake mushrooms.
Beef Udon
Grilled rib eye beef with vegetables.
Curry Udon
Grilled chicken breast, Japanese curry.
Side Orders
Side Eel Sauce
Side Aioli
Side Ginger
Side Beef Teriyaki
Side Salmon Teriyaki
Side Chicken Teriyaki
1 Pc Shrimp Tempura
Side Avocado
Desserts
Strawberry Mochi Ice Cream
Chocolate Mochi Ice Cream
Mango Mochi Ice Cream
Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream
Red Ben Mochi Ice Cream
Vanilla Mochi Ice Cream
Mango Cheesecake
Yuzu Cheesecake
Black Sesame Cheescake
Sake
Hot Sake
Shochikubai - brewed locally in Berkeley.
Bushido Junmai Genshu 188ml
Fukuju Junmai Gingo 300ml
Kikusui Junmai Gingo 300ml
Suigei Tokubetsu Junmai 300ml
Kurosawa Nigori 300ml (Unfiltered)
Tomoju Junmai Daigingo 375ml
Denshin Yuki Junmai Gingo 720ml
Karatamba Honjozo 720ml
Nabeshima Tokubetsu Junmai 720ml
Born Gold Junmai Daigingo 720ml
Shochikubai Nigori 750ml (Unfiltered)
Mio Sparkling Sake 750ml
Lively and delicately fruity.
Beer
Large Saporro
Large Asahi
Saporro Reserve
Echigo Koshihikarri Rice Lager
White Ale Reneu
Echigo Flying IPA
Saporro Black (22oz)
Baeren Classic
Baeren Schwarz
Athletic Beer Blonde (NA)
Athletic Beer Hazy IPA (NA)
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Recent Reviews
We LOVE Sushi Bistro — it has been a go-to for us in the Inner Richmond and we still love going back for very fresh, high quality and delicious sushi with the details just right. The house special rolls (49er and Presidio are our faves), appetizers (Karagi, Caucasian Afro, miso soup and tempura) and wide range of sushi and sashimi options are consistent crowd pleasers. Friendly staffs and family-friendly to dine in or take-out
October 2025
Our favorite Japanese restaurant in San Francisco, which has its share of Japanese restaurants! The food is always fresh, delicious, and fairly priced. Their speciality rolls are creative and yummy.
David and his staff are always very friendly and accommodating to special requests.
David and his staff are always very friendly and accommodating to special requests.
September 2025
Love the basic sushi rolls here (spicy tuna 4 life), the staff is great and the happy hour deals are awesome! Their specialty rolls are also fun for groups to share, lots of variety. 5⭐
May 2025
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