It's in Japantown & Fillmore, San Francisco. Address: Bush Street, 1634, San Francisco

Do I need reservations?

Book for dinner, especially Fri-Sat. Resy and OpenTable are standard. Casual spots: just walk in.

Akira — Japantown & Fillmore, San Francisco

🕐 Hours

We-Mo 12:00-15:00; We-Mo 17:00-22:00

About this spot

Akira is one of the standout spots in Japantown & Fillmore, San Francisco. It's the kind of place locals argue about on Reddit and food bloggers can't stop posting about.

💡 Tips before you go

Tip 20% — it's expected and servers depend on it
Book ahead for dinner on weekends, especially popular spots
Portions are large — sharing is common and welcome

Menu176 items

Beer

Asahi - Large

Fresh, crisp and clear

$10

Kawaba Snow Wizen

Unfiltered amber ale, slight bitter and smooth taste

Kawaba Sunrise Ale

Unfiltered amber ale, slight bitter and smooth taste

Kawaba Twilight Ale

Refreshing, crisp, and soft bitterness

Sapporo

Crisp, refreshing, and clean finish

Bento Specials

Akira Bento

Served with salad, miso soup and rice Choose one item: kalbi, beef ribeye teriyaki, chicken katsu, chicken teriyaki, saba shioyaki, salmon shioyaki or teriyaki, shrimp tempura or tonkatsu. Choose one roll: California roll, spicy tuna roll or salmon avocado roll

$28

Shokado Bento

Traditional Japanese dishes served in a Japanese box includes chef's selection of sashimi, broiled fish, shrimp tempura, nimono, miso soup, pickles, and rice

$30

Sushi Bento

Sushi combination includes 6 pieces of nigiri, and choice of California roll, spicy tuna roll, or salmon avocado roll. Serve with salad and miso soup

$30

Cold Dish

Ankimo

Monk fish pate, onion, spicy radish, scallion and ponzu sauce

$14

Beef Tataki

Grilled medium rare beef ribeye with thinly sliced onion, spicy radish, scallion and taaki sauce over spring salad

$17

Hamachi Carpaccio

Thinly sliced Hamachi, sliced avocado with ponzu sauce and truffle oil

$24

Hawaiian Poke

Spicy tuna or tako over spring salad with special Hawaiian sauce

$20

Hiyayakko

Cold tofu with soy ginger dipping sauce topped with bonito

Kaiso Salad

Seaweed salad

Kumamoto Oyster

Half shell oyster topped with ponzu sauce, scallion and spicy radish

Mixed Green Salad

Organic salad with homemade miso ginger dressing

Oshitashi

Boiled spinach, soy broth topped with bonito

Oyster Shooter

Oyster and shot of sake with uni, quail egg in mini Moscow mug

Spoon Special

Quail egg, scallop, ankimo with ponzu and scallion topped with uni

Sunomo Ebi or Tako

Shrimp or octopus, cucumber, seaweed with vinaigrette dressing

$11

Wasabi Squid

Thinly sliced fresh squid with yuzu and wasabi chips

$14

Dessert

Daifuku Mochi

Red bean wrapped in rice flour

Ginger Crème Brûlée

Rich custard with hint of ginger topped with a layer of caramelized sugar and fresh fruit

Green Tea Cheesecake

Green tea cheesecake

Mochi Ice Cream

Choice of 3 flavors

Yuzu Sherbert

Citrus flavor, light ice cream

Donburi

Chirashi Don

Chef's selection of sashimi over sushi rice

$35

Curry Don

Japanese curry chicken or pork cutlet over rice

$20

Katsu Don

Pork cutlet, egg and onion with special sauce over rice

$20

Oyako Don

Chicken, egg and onion with special sauce over rice

$18

Sake Don

Salmon sashimi over sushi rice

$35

Tekka Don

Big eye tuna sashimi over sushi rice

$35

Ten Don

Tiget prawn and assorted vegetable tempura with special sauce over rice

$21

Unagi Don

Barbecued eel with special sauce over rice

$25

Honjozo

Oni Koroshi Genbie (Hot or Cold)

Soft, semi-dry, and semi-sweet

Hot Dish

Agedashi Tofu

Deep fried tofu in dashi sauce topped with bonito

$10

Dobin Mushi Seafood Soup

Crab, shrimp, organic mushroom dashi broth served in Japanese teapot

Edamame

Soy bean sprinkled with sea salt

Gindara Miso

Grilled marinated miso black cod

$18

Hamachi Kama

Grilled yellow tail collar with ponzu sauce

$20

Ika Sugataki

Grilled squid with lemon ginger saucе

$12

Kaisen Chawanmushi

Steam egg custard with seafood simmered in chef's broth

$15

Kakuni Pork Belly

Braised pork belly simmered in sweet soy sauce

$14

Nasu Dengaku

Grilled eggplant with special miso sauce

$11

Shrimp Tempura

2 tiger prawns and assorted vegetable tempura

$14

Spicy Black Cod Belly or Soft Shell Crab Appetizer

Tempura-battered black cod belly or soft shell crab fresh chili pepper and fried garlic over spring salad

$20

Stuff Jalapeño

Grilled jalapeño stuffed with spicy albacore tuna topped with spicy mayo sauce

$13

Tori Karaage

Marinated fried chicken

$10

Yaki Asparagus

Grilled fresh asparagus with olive oil, sea salt, and black pepper

$11

Junmai Ginjo

Hakutsuru

Smooth, fragrant with floral aroma

Ozeki Karatamba

Light, clear, smooth, and sharp dry

Nigori Sake

Dassai Nigori

Dry, light, refreshing, and sweet

Sayuri

Refeshing aroma, natural sweetness and smooth aftertaste

Noodles

Beef Udon or Soba

Beef ribeye and vegetables in dashi broth

$17

Chicken Udon or Soba

Chicken and vegetables in dashi broth

$15

Nabeyaki Udon or Soba

Shrimp tempura, chicken, egg, fish cake, clam, and vegetables

$19

Shrimp Tempura Udon or Soba

Tiger prawn, vegetable tempura on the side, noodles in dashi broth

$18

Ten Zaru Soba

Tiger prawn, vegetable tempura, cold buckwheat noodle with dipping sauce

$18

Vegetable Udon or Soba

Vegetables in dashi broth

$15

Zaru Soba

Cold buckwheat noodle with dipping sauce

$14

Omakase

Our omakase consists of 7 pre-fixed courses in kaiseki style. We use the best ingredients, including fresh seafood and seasonal vegetables, which may vary occasionally depending on season

$120

Other Beverages

Apple Juice

None

Bundaberg Ginger Beer

None

Coca Cola

None

Diet Coca Cola

None

Green Tea

None

Orange Juice

None

Perrier Sparkling Water

None

Ramune

Japanese carbonated soft drink

Roasted Rice Tea

None

Sprite

None

Reds

Carmel Road, Carmel

Vibrant blank cherry aromas with layers of vanilla bean

House Cabernet Sauvignon

None

House Point Noir

None

Rolls

California

Snow crab, avocado, Japanese mayo

$10

Futo

Omelette, shitake, spinach, gobo and cucumber

$11

Neg Hama

Hamachi, scallion

$10

Negi Toro

Blue fin tuna belly, scallion

$13

Philly

Fresh salmon, avocado, cream cheese

$12

Saba Gari

Norway mackerel with pickled ginger

$10

Salmon Avocado

Fresh salmon avocado

$10

Salmon Skin

Grilled salmon skin, gobo, cucumber, scallion, shiso and kaiware

$10

Shrimp Tempura

Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, Japanese mayo

$11

Spicy Hamachi

Chopped hamachi, spicy sauce, scallion, sprout

$10

Spicy Tuna

Tuna, spicy sauce, cucumber, sprout

$10

Tekka

Tuna, sesame

$10

Tuna Avocado

Tuna, avocado

$12

Unagi Avocado

Grilled fresh water eel, avocado

$12

Unagi Cucumber

Grilled fresh water eel, cucumber

$11

Sake

Sake Flight - 3 Shots

Sampling of sweet, fragrant and smooth sake

$15

Sashimi and Nigiri

Amaebi

Sweet shrimp

Anago

Sea eel

Bincho Maguro

Albacore

Bincho Maguro Toro

Albacore tuna belly

Ebi

Steam tiger prawn

Engawa

Halibut fin

Hamachi

Yellowtail

Hamachi Toro

Yellowtail belly

Hirame

Halibut

Hokkaido Hotate

Fresh scallop from Hokkaido

Hon Maguro

Blue fin tuna

Ika

Squid

Ikura

Cured salmon roe in red wine

Inari

Sweet tofu skin

Kani

Steam red crab

Kanpachi

Young yellowtail

Madai

Seabream

Maguro

Big eye tuna

Otoro

Blue fin tuna belly

Saba

Norway mackerel

Sake

Salmon

Sake Toro

Salmon belly

Sashimi Moriawase

15 pieces - Chef's choice

$66

Spicy Hotate

Scallop mix with spicy mayo tobiko

Tako

Octopus

Tobiko

Flying fish roe

Tomago

Japanese omelet

Unagi

Fresh water barbequed eel

Uni

Sea urchin

Uni Hokkaido

Sea urchin, Japan

Wallu

Butterfish

Sets

Beef Teriyaki

Grilled beef ribeye steak with teriyaki sauce

$26

Chicken Katsu

Breaded fried chicken and served with special tonkatsu sauce

$18

Chicken Teriyaki

Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce

$18

Kalbi

Grilled marinated beef short ribs

$28

Saba Shioyaki

Grilled mackerel with sea salt

$19

Salmon Shioyaki or Teriyaki

Grilled salmon with sea salt or teriyaki sauce

$20

Set Combination

Please choose any two items from sets above

$26

Shrimp Tempura

2 Tiger prawns and assorted vegetable tempura

$20

Tonkatsu

Breaded pork loin fried and served with special tonkatsu sauce

$18

Sides

Fresh Wasabi

Housemade fresh wasabi

Miso Soup

Dashi broth with tofu, seaweed and scallion

Steamed Rice

Side of fresh rice

Sushi Rice

Side of sushi rice

Sparkling Sake

Awayuki

Sofly sweet sparkling sake with notes of peach, cucumber, and watermelon

Hana Awaka

Citrus flavor surrounded with tiny, tight bubbles, refreshingly delicious and mildly

Special Rolls

Akira Cucumber

Tuna, hamachi, sake shiso leaf, avocado wrapped with cucumber and ponzu sauce

$19

Atlantic

Spicy tuna, cucumber, topped with salmon and sliced lemon

$18

Black Spider Roll

Tempura battered soft shell with unagi, lettuce, cucumber, avocado, shiso leaf, gobo, kaiware, black tobiko and sweet soy sauce

$21

Caterpillar

Barbecued eel, cucumber, topped with avocado and tobiko

$18

Cherry Blossom

Fresh salmon, avocado, topped with big eye tuna

$19

Crunch Spicy Tuna

Spicy tuna, avocado deep-fried in panko topped with spicy mayo, spicy sauce, scallion and sweet sauce

$18

Dragon

Shrimp tempura, snow crab, topped with barbecued eel and avocado

$19

Extras

Additions in roll add $2.00 or more

Kobe Dragon

Asparagus tempura, gobo, kaiware, shiso leaf, topped with Kobe beef garlic, scallion and ponzu sauce

$21

Peacock Roll

Tuna, sake, hamachi, unagi, gobo, ikura, cucumber roll in soy paper

$20

Pink Dragon

Shrimp tempura, avocado, topped with albacore tuna, garlic chip, scallion, and ponzu

$19

Pumpkin Tempura

Japanese pumpkin tempura topped with fresh albacore, fresh garlic, scallion, and sweet soy sauce

$19

Rainbow

Snow crab, avocado with 5 variety of raw fish on top

$19

Seared Salmon Belly

Snow crab, avocado topped with seared salmon belly and jalapeño

$19

Spicy Mango

Yellowtail scallion, avocado, house spicy sauce, topped with mango

$18

Spider

Tempura battered soft shell crab, lettuce, cucumber avocado, gobo, kaiware, and tobiko

$18

Vegetarian Rolls

Avocado

Avocado, seasame seed

Gobo Ume Shiso

Pickled burdock root, pickled plum, shiso leaf

Horenso

Boiled spinach, sesame seed

Kappa

Cucumber, sesame seed

Natto

Fermented soy bean

Oshinko

Japanese pickle radish, sesame seed

Shiitake

Mushroom, sesame seed

Vegetable Tempura

Japanese pumpkin, sweet yam tempura

$10

Whites

Benvolio Prosecco Sparkling, Italy

Light and refreshing bubbly with floral aromas and notes of honey and citrus

Details, Sonoma County

Earthy with notes of melon, and citrus

Hakusutru Plum Wine

Fresh plum, bright, tangy notes and a pleasing fruity aroma

House Sauvigon Blanc

None

Matanzas Creek, Sonoma County

Crisp with notes of grapefruit and green grass

Other

250ml

300ml

720ml

Dessert

Kobachi - Appetizer

Nigiri

Nigiri - 7 pieces

Nimono - Warm

Owan - Soup

Tsukuri - Appetizer

Yakimono - Grilled

Akira

About this spot

💡 Tips before you go

Beer

Bento Specials

Cold Dish

Dessert

Donburi

Honjozo

Hot Dish

Junmai Ginjo

Nigori Sake

Noodles

Omakase

Other Beverages

Reds

Rolls

Sake

Sashimi and Nigiri

Sets

Sides

Sparkling Sake

Special Rolls

Vegetarian Rolls

Whites

Other

Common Questions

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Do I need reservations?

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