ARI Sushi Japanese Restaurant
1285 Elmhurst Rd, Des Plaines
(847) 228-8810
Customers' Favorites
Smoked White Tuna Special
Spicy Tuna Rice Crispy
Ari Signature Nigiri
Sashimi Combination
Sushi Firebird
Salad Dressing
Salmon Sashimi
Shrimp Tempura
Signature Maki
Crunch Salmon
Appetizers From The Sushi Bar
Spicy Tuna Rice Crispy
Spicy tuna, crispy rice and garnished with thinly sliced jalapenos.
Maui Island
Fresh tuna and yellowtail tartar mixed with scallion. Minced garlic black and red tobiko in citrus mayo sauce.
Flounder & Sea Urchin
Fresh sea urchin rolled with slices of uke served with scallion, chili radish splashed with ponzu sauce.
Seared White Tuna
Thinly sliced of super white tuna seared with an olive garlic sauce, massago and scallion served on a bed of radish in creamy citrus sauce.
Oyster Shooter
Fresh oyster in sake, ponzu served with quail egg and hint of chili and scallion.
Uni Shooter
Fresh sea Urchin in sake, ponzu, served with quail egg and scallion.
Sunomono
Your choice wrapped with cucumber sheet and served sweet vinaigrette.
Oyster Motoyaki
2 fresh oysters baked with Romano cheese, egg yolk sauce. Drizzled with ponzu, topped with crashed garlic chips, scallion, and citrus.
Jalapeno Bomb
Deep fried jalapeno stu ed with spicy salmon and cream cheese with unagi sauce, and spicy mayo.
Appetizers From The Kitchen
Edamame
Steamed soybean.
Agedashi Tofu
Deep fried tofu with special sauce.
Gyoza
Pan fried pork dumplings served with soy dipping sauce.
Shrimp Tempura Ap
2 pieces shrimp tempura, sweet potato, onion, carrot, and butternut squash tempura served with tempura sauce.
Vegetable Tempura
Asparagus, sweet potato, onion, carrot, butternut squash, and mushroom tempura served with tempura sauce.
Coconut Shrimp
Coconut crusted, deep fried shrimp with sweet chili sauce.
Shumai
Steamed shrimp dumplings served with citrus soy dipping sauce.
Miso Soup
Soup that is made from miso paste.
Steamed Rice
Salads
House Salad
Fresh spring greens served with creamy ginger dressing.
Seaweed Salad
Marinated seaweed and cucumber served with sweet vinaigrette.
Cucumber & Mint Salad
Thin slices of cucumber and Japanese mint leaves served with creamy ginger dressing.
Cucumber & Cilantro Salad
Thin slices of cucumber and cilantro served with sweet vinaigrette.
Tuna & Avocado Salad
Diced fresh tuna and avocado with organic spring green served with citrus garlic olive vinaigrette.
A Large Carte
Tuna
Super White Tuna
Salmon
Yellowtail
Fluke
Fresh Water Eel
Sea Eel
Red Snapper
Mackerel
Fresh Scallop
Tiger Shrimp
Sweet Shrimp
Sweet Egg
Octopus
Squid
King Crab
Surf Clam
Sea Urchin
Smoke Salmon
Smelt Roe
Salmon Roe
Black Tobiko
Wasabi Tobiko
Red Tobiko
Citrus Tobiko
Oyster
Ari Signature Nigiri
Big Eye Tuna Nigiri
Served with shiitake mushroom sauteed in butter and soy.
Seared Tuna Nigiri
Tuna seared with garlic olive oil.
Zuke Salmon Nigiri
Seared salmon marinated in house special sauce and served with enoki mushroom soaked in white truffle oil.
Seared Salmon Nigiri
Fresh salmon seared with garlic olive oil and sea salt.
Hamachi Nigiri
Hamachi. Served with banana peppers sauteed in butter.
Madai Nigiri
Fresh red snapper from Japan served with chilly daikon radish, chives and citrus soy.
Ama Ebi Nigiri
Ama ebi. Served with garlic sauteed in butter.
Saba Nigiri
Saba. Served with grated ginger, green onion and marinated with white seaweed.
Seared Ika Nigiri
Seared squid served over sea urchin with house soy.
Kani Nigiri
King crab. King crab served with butter and lemon soy.
Classic Maki
California Maki
Tuna Maki
Tekka.
Spicy Tuna Maki
Shrimp Tempura Maki
Philadelphia Maki
Fresh Water Eel Maki
Spicy Octopus Maki
Salmon Skin Maki
Sweet Potato Tempura Maki
Tuna & Avocado Maki
Yellow Tail & Scallion Maki
Spicy Salmon Maki
Soft-shell Crab Maki
Calamari Tempura Maki
Crunch Salmon Maki
Spicy Crunch Maki
Spicy Scallop Maki
Salmon & Avocado Maki
Choice of Vegetable Maki
Cucumber, avocado, shitake mushroom, oshinko, or kampyo.
Specialty Maki
Rainbow Maki
Assorted fish over California.
Dragon Maki
Eel over shrimp tempura topped with red tobiko.
White Dragon Maki
Super white tuna over shrimp tempura.
Black Dragon Maki
Eel over spicy scallops topped black tobiko.
Kamikaze Maki
Tuna over spicy tuna.
California Sunset Maki
Fresh Salmon over California, served with sweet miso sauce.
Tataki Tuna Maki
Seared spicy tuna over spicy tuna.
Caterpillar Maki
Avocado over snow crab meat and shrimp tempura topped with black and red tobiko.
Smoky Maki
Seared smoke salmon over shrimp tempura and cream cheese served with unagi sauce.
Alaskan Maki
Spicy salmon over California.
Deep Fried Maki
King Kong Maki
Spicy tuna snow crab meat shrimp tempura masago, avocado served with spicy mayo and unagi sauce.
Fire Cracker Maki
Spicy tuna with avocado and cucumber served spicy mayo and unagi sauce.
Vegas Maki
Shrimp tempura, snow crab meat, mozzarella and cream cheese, avocado served with spicy mayo, unagi sauce and creamy mayo.
California Tempura Maki
Snow crab meat, cucumber, avocado served with unagi sauce and creamy mayo.
Volcano Maki
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, crabmeat, and cucumber topped with crabmeat, and spicy sauce.
Ari Signature Maki
Ari Maki
Yellowtail, jalapeno, avocado inside with fresh tuna served with tru ed vinaigrette, topped with ground black pepper and radish sprouts.
Hamachi & Yellowtail Maki
Chopped fresh yellow tail mixed with wasabi tobiko, scallion, wasabi mayo, avocado inside with fresh yellow tail, served with cucumber, red onion, bacon salsa with chive oil and radish sprout.
Angry Mango Maki
Super white tuna, strawberries and avocado inside with fresh tuna drizzled Wasabi aioli, served with mango jalapeno salsa and red tobiko.
Ocean Drive Maki
Tuna, yellowtail, avocado, green pepper, cilantro and massago wrapped mamenori. Drizzled chili oil and fresh lime juice.
Dragon Festiva Maki
Whole soft-shell crab, cucumber, avocado topped freshwater eel and red tobiko.
Rainbow Dragon Maki
Lightly battered spicy tuna, cream cheese, cucumber, avocado and snow crabmeat topped with fresh assorted sh and citrus tobiko drizzled citrus mayo chili sauce.
Crunchy Melt Maki
Melted mozzarella cheese over shrimp tempura, cucumber, tempura crunch and cream cheese, drizzled with unagi sauce.
Spicy Tataki Maki
Soft-shell crab, cucumber, avocado topped with seared spicy tuna and red tobiko, drizzled chili oil and unagi sauce.
Fire Bird Maki
Spicy tuna, cucumber, avocado with thin slices of jalapeno and uke, topped with red tobiko and drizzled with wasabi mayo, chili sauce and citrus mayo and chili sauce.
Tropical Maki
Fresh tuna with mixture of scallop, snow crab meat, shrimp and masago, mango, wrapped with mamenori and topped with sweet vinaigrette and drizzle of citrus mayo and chili sauce.
Pink Snow Maki
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado wrapped with pink mamenori topped with mixture scallop, snow crab meat, shrimp and unagi sauce and red tobiko.
Millennium Maki
Shrimp tempura with cream cheese, cucumber, masago, avocado and spicy chili sauce rolled in crunch, drizzied with creamy wasabi and unagi sauce.
White Sox Maki
Seared super white tuna over spicy tuna and shrimp tempura, cucumber topped with black tobiko drizzled citrus soy and olive garlic sauce.
Tuna & Hamachi Shrimp Maki
Fresh tuna, yellowtail jalapeno inside layered tiger shrimp topped with spicy mayo, served with pico de gallo.
Sunny Maki
Mixed scallop, snow crab meat, shrimp, cucumber and avocado layered with fresh salmon and thinly sliced of lemon topped with pico de gallo and spicy sweet vinaigrette.
Green Turtle Maki
Fresh water eel, avocado and tempura crunch topped with Tiger shrimp and wasabi tobiko drizzled wasabi mayo and unagi sauce.
Golden Lobster Maki
Fresh water lobster tempura, cucumber, avocado topped with citrus tobiko, and drizzled unagi sauce.
Mackerel Mania Maki
Mackerel covered with marinated white seaweed, chopped sushi ginger and oba mixed sushi rice topped with chopped cucumber.
Salad Maki
Mixed organic green, oshinko, Shiitake mushroom, asparagus, cucumber and avocado wrapped with mamenori. Served with house ginger dressing.
White Blossom Maki
Spicy tuna, Pico de gallo inside topped with creamy mayo and slices of jalapeno.
Salmon Mania Maki
Ligttly battered spicy salmon, cream cheese, cucumber, avocado and snow crabmeat topped fresh salmon and red tobiko drizzled citrus mayo chili sauce.
King Dragon Maki
Jumbo soft-shell crab, cucumber, avocado and snow crabmeat topped with fresh salmon, micro green, served creamy with citrus sauce.
Sushi Bar Entrees
Sushi Combination
4 pieces chef 's choice nigiri, California roll and shrimp tempura roll.
Nigiri Combination
9 pieces chef 's choice assorted nigiri.
Chef Supreme
6 pieces chef 's choice sashimi, 6 pieces nigiri sushi and caterpillar.
Sashimi Combination
Chef 's choice of assorted cut of fresh fish.
Chirashi
Assorted fresh cuts of sh over sushi rice and served with Japanese pickled veggies.
Tekka-Don
Fresh cuts of tuna over sushi rice served with Japanese pickled veggies.
Salmon-Don
Fresh cuts of salmon over sushi rice served with Japanese pickled veggies.
Una-ju
Sweet broiled fresh water eel over rice served with Japanese picked veggies.
Spicy Veggies Don
Hoedeopbab. Assorted slices of fish and vegetables served with rice and spicy house sauce.
Kitchen Entrees
Chicken Teriyaki
Grilled chicken teriyaki with vegetables.
Donkatsu
Pork cutlet. Deep fried pork tenderloin with a cabbage salad.
Salmon Teriyaki
Grilled salmon teriyaki with grilled asparagus and vegetables.
Beef Teriyaki
6 oz. grilled steak teriyaki with grilled asparagus and vegetables.
Lunch Special
Sushi & Sashimi Combo Lunch Special
5 pieces chef 's choice of sashimi, 3 pieces chef 's choice of nigiri and 3 pieces of California maki.
Sushi Lunch Special
5 pieces chef 's choice of nigiri and any 1 choice of maki listed below.
Maki Lunch
Any choice of 3 makis listed below.
Spicy Veggie Don Lunch Special
Hoedeopbab. Assorted sliced sh and vegetables served with rice and spicy house sauce.
Donkatsu Lunch Special
Pork cutlet.
Chicken Teriyaki Lunch Special
Salmon Teriyaki Lunch Special
Beef Teriyaki Lunch Special
Lunch Entree Bento Boxes
Lunch Chicken Box
Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce, vegetable stir fry and rice.
Lunch Salmon Box
Grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce, vegetable stir fry and rice.
Lunch Beef Box
Grilled steak with teriyaki sauce, vegetable stir fry and rice.
Dinner Box
Dinner Chicken Box
Grilled chicken teriyaki, vegetable stir fry and rice.
Dinner Salmon Box
Grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce, vegetable stir fry and rice.
Beef Box
Grilled steak with teriyaki sauce, vegetable stir fry and rice.
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Recent Reviews
Had an amazing meal at Ari Sushi. I got the Chef's Supreme and loved it. The fish was very fresh and prepared perfectly. If you like sushi, do yourself a favor and go to Ari.
July 2025
Very good sushi. I lived in Okinawa so I’m a sushi snob. Family owned. Smaller venue. Very good sushi and nigiri. Servers were pleasant and knowledgeable. I let them pick for us. We weren’t disappointed.
July 2025
Love this place! The food was delicious with amazing presentation. It's very clear the chefs put careful detail into every menu item and is one of the best veggie maki rolls I've ever had from a restaurant. The service was great and staff made my experience enjoyable along with the amazing food prepared, I highly recommend trying this restaurant!
July 2025
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