Ukai Japanese Bistro Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Ukai Japanese Bistro, a splendid addition to the San Ramon culinary scene that marries quality with a casual dining experience. The menu is a treasure trove of authentic Japanese flavors, featuring exquisite sashimi options like O-Toro with edible gold flakes and Masunosuke King Salmon. Their lunch specials are delightfully affordable, served with rice, salad, and miso soup, making it perfect for a quick yet satisfying meal.

  • Appetizers like soft shell crab and baked mussels stand out for their rich flavors.
  • Do not miss the mouthwatering Crazy Crab roll, renowned for its perfect balance of spice and texture.
  • Vegetarians will appreciate the mixed tempura and Agedashi tofu, showcasing a commitment to inclusivity.

With a focus on fresh ingredients and enriching flavors, Ukai is not just a meal; it’s an experience you'll want to relive again and again.

Special Sashimi

Shima Aji

White Trevally

$21.00

Madai

Red Snapper

$24.00

Masunosuke

King Salmon

$26.00

Kohada

Gizzard Shad

$23.00

Jumbo Ama Ebi

Sweet Shrimp

$31.00

Toro

fatty bluefin tuna belly with truffle salt

$29.00

O-Toro

the fattest bluefin tuna belly with truffle salt and edible gold flakes

$32.00

Marbled Toro

the marbled part of O-toro with caviar, edible gold flakes, truffle and truffle salt

$40.00

Isaki

Japanese Grunt

$26.00

Hon Kanpachi

Amberjack

$24.00

Inada

Young Yellowtail

$23.00

Suzuki

Sea Bass

$21.00

Wagyu

Japanese Wagyu beef

$32.00

Kani

Real Snow Crab

$21.00

Uni

Sea Urchin

$27.00

Kazunoko

Herring Roe

$36.00

Engawa

Halibut fin

$21.00

Lunch Special

Served with rice salad and miso soup.

$20.00

Lunch Special

Appetizers

Mix Tempura

Assorted deep fried veggies with shrimp.

$17.00

Shrimp Tempura

Deep fried shrimp.

$16.00

Baked Mussel

Baked green mussels with cream sauce.

$15.00

Baked Scallop

Baked scallop with cram sauce.

$16.00

Gyoza

Deeply fried pork or veggie dumplings.

$11.00

Agedashi Tofu

Deep tofu with sweet soy sauce.

$13.00

Tsuyu Tofu

Cold soft tofu with soy sauce.

$12.00

Baked Avocado

Baked avocado with spicy salmon.

$18.00

Crab cake

Deep fried crab meat.

$15.00

Ika Karaage

Japanese style fried calamari

$18.00

Karage

Deep fried chicken with honey Mayo.

$16.00

Salmon Kama

Grilled salmon collar.

$17.00

Hamachi kama

Grilled yellowtail collar.

$19.00

Deep Fried Oyster

Deep fried oyster with tempura sauce.

$17.00

Bacon Shrimp

Bacon wrapped shrimps.

$17.00

Creamy Shrimp

Wrapped shrimp with cream cheese and deep fried.

$15.00

Soft Shell Crab

Deep fried soft shell crab with tempura sauce.

$15.00

Takoyaki

Japanese style deep fried octopus ball

$15.00

Croquette

Japanese deep fried mashed potato

$12.00

Spicy Karaage

Japanese style spicy fried chicken

$20.00

VeggieTempura

Deep fried assorted vegetables

$15.00

Sashimi

Four pieces of sashimi.

$18.00

Salmon Caprese

Avocado, salmon, fresh Mozzarella cheese with glazed balsamic and olive oil.

$19.00

Shiro Kai Bouquet

Fresh sashimi, daikon, and kaiwarea spicy ponzu sauce.

$17.00

Ceviche

Fresh meat fish, scallop with shallot.

$21.00

Tataki

Fresh white meat fish, scallop with shallot.

$20.00

Ankimo

Steamed monkfish liver with sauce.

$19.00

Tradito Albacore

Albacore, Jalapeno, Tobiko, Greens with Peruvian sauce

$22.00

Hamachi Carpaccio

Yellow tail or Albacore carpaccio with jalapeno and lemon ponzu sauce

$22.00

Sweet Orange

Crabmeat, Avocado, Mango rolled with SalmonMango sauce, Orange sauce and Ponzu sauce

$23.00

Chanel

Seared white tuna, salmon, deep fried seaweed, avocado, shallot and sauce

$20.00

Appetizers from Sushi-Bar

Salad

Edamame

Steamed soy bean.

$8.00

Garlic Edamame

Pan-fried garlic with soybean.

$11.00

Wakame

Mixed seaweed salad.

$10.00

Sunomono

Pickled cucumber with cooked shrimp or octopus.

$13.00

Ahi Poke

Japanese Hawaiian style tuna and seaweed salad.

$20.00

Oshitashi

Steamed spinach with ponzu sauce.

$12.00

Sashimi Salad

Assorted with fish and salad.

$25.00

Ukai salad

Greens and tomato with salmon skin and Feta cheese.

$21.00

Tofu Teriyaki

Battered Tofu with Teriyaki Sauce.

$19.00

Chicken Teriyaki

Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce.

$23.00

Chicken Katsu

Egg wash and battered chicken.

$23.00

Ton Katsu

Egg wash and battered pork.

$23.00

Fish Katsu

Egg wash and battered pollack.

$24.00

Mixed Tempura

Assorted veggies with shrimp tempura.

$24.00

Saba Shioyaki

Grilled mackerel.

$23.00

Salmon Steak

Grilled salmon with butter teriyaki sauce.

$34.00

Beef Steak

Grilled ribeye with butter teriyaki sauce.

$34.00

Spicy Chicken/Beef

Sauteed choice of protein with house spicy sauce.

$23.00

Beef Teriyaki

Thin slices of beef with Teriyaki sauce

$25.00

Veggie Tempura

Assorted vegetable tempura

$22.00

Entrée

Classic Nigiri Sushi

Ama Ebi

Sweet shrimp.

$26.00

Ebi

Cooked shrimp.

$10.00

Hamachi

Yellowtail.

$12.00

Hotategai

Scallop.

$11.00

Inari

Fried soybean skin.

$8.00

Ika

Squid.

$11.00

Ikura

Salmon Roe.

$14.00

Maguro

Tuna.

$12.00

Saba

Vinegar cured mackerel.

$12.00

Shiro Maguro

Albacore.

$12.00

Ono

Escolar.

$11.00

Tamago

Egg Omelet.

$9.00

Tako

Octopus.

$11.00

Tobiko

Flying fish roe.

$11.00

Unagi

Fresh water eel.

$15.00

Sake

salmon

$12.00

Hirame

Halibut

$15.00

Tobiko Tama

Flying fish roe with quail yolk.

$15.00

Ikura Tama

Salted salmon roe with quail yolk.

$16.00

Spicy Hotate

Chopped scallop with tobiko, and green onion.

$14.00

Sake Dressed Up

Seared salmon with shallot

$14.00

Special Nigiri Sushi

Rolls

Kappa

Cucumber roll.

$8.00

Avocado

Avocado roll.

$10.00

Renkon Nari

Fried lotus root wyn inari.

$12.00

Yammy

Fried veggies.

$14.00

Veggie swamp

Avocado, cucumber seaweed salad.

$16.00

Negihama

Hamachi with green onion.

$13.00

Sake roll

Salmon.

$11.00

Tekka

Tuna.

$13.00

Alaska

Salmon with avocado.

$13.00

Philly

Salmon, avocado with cream cheese.

$14.00

California

Snow crab with avocado.

$10.00

Spicy Tuna

Mixed spicy tuna with cucumber.

$13.00

Rock & Roll

Cucumber, avocado, sauce with eel.

$16.00

Cherry Blosseom

Salmon avocado with tuna on top.

$21.00

Salmon Skin

Fried salmon skin with cucumber, gobo, and kaiware.

$13.50

49ER

California with salmon and lemon on top.

$19.00

Salmon Lover

Salmon and avocado inside, and spicy salmon and sauce on top.

$19.00

Dragon

Fried shrimp, cucumber, crab eel sauce and avocado on top.

$20.00

Mamma Mia

Spicy crab, avocado, sauce, crunch with soy wrap.

$13.00

Caterpillar

Cucumber, eel, sauce with avocado on top.

$19.00

Spider

Deep fried sorr shell crab, avocado, cucumber, sauce, and crab meat

$18.00

Double Shrimp

Fried Shrimp, crab meat with avocado cooked shrimp and sauce on top.

$19.00

Hot King

Spicy crab, fried shrimp with tuna, avocado, and sauce on top.

$22.00

Mangoster

Fried shrimp, lobster, crab meat with mango, and sauce.

$23.00

Ukai

Fried shrimp, spicy crab, salmon, sauce, and salted pollack roe.

$22.00

Wild One

Fried shrimp, avocado, salmon, sauce, and spicy crab meat.

$22.00

Mango Paradise

Fried asparagus, mango, cooked shrimp, sauce, and mango on top.

$21.00

Madagascar

Spicy hamachi, fried shrimp, seared salmon, shallot, and Macadamia on top.

$24.00

Tiger

Spicy tuna, crab meat, fried shrimp, seared salmon, sauce, avocado, and shallot.

$24.00

Chef's Kick!

Chefs Creation. Huge Random Roll.

$48.00

Hurricane

Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, inside, and unagi, avocado, sauce, and dried fish flake, on top.

$22.00

Lollipop

Tuna, salmon, spicy crab, ebi, ponzu wrapped in cucumber.

$21.00

Aloha

Spicy tuna, cucumber with tuna, avocado on top

$19.00

Red Dress

Unagi, Cream Cheese, Cucumber, Shrimp temp inside, Spicy Tuna, Crunch & Sauce on Top

$22.00

Crazy Horse

Yellow tail, cooked shrimp, tuna, cucumber and kaiware

$19.00

Cha Cha

Deep fried sweet potato, asparagus, cream cheese inside, avocado and sauce on top

$19.00

Pink Dragon

Unagi, avocado, cucumber inside, salmon tuna and sauce on top

$21.00

Mrs. White

Spicy tuna, albacore, salmon inside, ono, hamachi and sauce on top

$22.00

Tri Fish

shrimp tempura, crab meat inside, tuna, salmon, yellow tail and sauce on top

$19.00

Rainbow

California roll topped with assorted sashimi

$21.00

Pacific Paradise

Panko deep fried, shrimp tempura and crab inside, tuna, salmon, hamachi and black truffle oil

$27.00

Dynamic Duo

shrimp tempura, asparagus and unagi inside, wagyu beef, truffle salt and edible gold flakes on top

$30.00

Lion King

Baked California roll fish sauce, and salmon on top.

$20.00

Volcano

Baked California roll with sauce, and scallop on top

$19.00

Love It!

Baked salmon, hamachi, avocado sauce, scallop and on top.

$23.00

Baby Lobster

Baked California roll wr1h sauce, and lobster on top.

$22.00

Hailey

Shrimp tempura, crab meat inside, seared albacore with sweet spicy sauce on top

$22.00

Baked Roll

Deep Fried & Crunch Roll

Tempura Roll

Deep fried shrimp, sauce, avocado, and cucumber.

$14.00

Deep Fried CA

Snow crab, avocado, sauce, deep fried.

$14.00

Deep Fried Philly

Salmon, avocado, cream cheese, sauce, deep fried.

$15.00

Godzilla

Deep fried eel, avocado, crab meat, and sauce.

$17.00

Dynamite

Deep fried spicy tuna and sauce.

$16.00

Ashby

Deeply fried hamachi, salmon, green onion, and sauce.

$17.00

Vegas

Deep fried salmon, cream cheese, sauce, and spicy crab.

$22.00

Fire Crackers

Stuffed jalapeno with spicy tuna, crab meat and cream cheese

$20.00

Crow Canyon

Deep fried Spicy Crab roll with Spicy Salmon, Scallop, Sauce and Avocado on Top

$24.00

Hawaiian

Deep fried CA roll topped with spicy tuna and sauce

$22.00

Sushi Moriawase

Chef's choice of nigiri and California roll.

$28.00

Nigiri Mix

Chef's choice of nigiri.

$32.00

Mix & Match

Chef's choice of sashimi and nigiri California roll.

$39.00

Chirashi

Chef's choice of assorted sashimi over rice.

$33.00

Hwe Dup Bob

Diced sashimi with mixed green.

$29.00

Unagi Don

Eel over rice.

$35.00

Sake Don

Salmon over rice.

$31.00

Green Combo

Avocado roll and kappa roll with Inari.

$20.00

Combo Sashimi

Nine pieces of tuna, salmon, and hamachi.

$32.00

Choice Sashimi

Nine pieces one type of fish selected sashimi.

$33.00

Ukai Special Combo Small

Assorted mix sashimi. Good for two people.comes with poky and Tempura ,miso

$115.00

Ukai Special Combo Medium

Assorted mix sashimi. Good for two to three People.serve with miso , poky salad ,Tempura(ap), baked mussels

$150.00

Ukai Special Combo Large

Assorted mix sashimi. Good for four or more.serve with miso , poky salad ,Tempura(ap) baked mussels 5pc, baked scllops 5pc.

$220.00

Ukai Special Combo X-large

Assorted mix sashimi. Good for six or more.serve with miso , poky salad tepura (ap), baked mussels 6pc, baked scallop 6pc

$275.00

Ukai Family Combo

Sashimi, ca spider roil, chicken, mixed tempura, and lobster pop.

$135.00

Ukai Couple Combo

Dragon roll, spicy tuna roll, 8pcs assorted sashimi and 6pcs assorted nigiri

$110.00

Ukai Jumbo Combo

Assorted sashimi, sushi and four special rolls

$215.00

Ukai Don

Chef's choice special fish over sushi rice

$68.00

Premium Nigiri Plate

Chef's choice 9pc special fish nigiri

$78.00

Premium Sashimi Plate

Chef's choice 9pc special fish sashimi

$63.00

Combo from Sushi Bar

Noodles

Spicy Ramen

Korean style spicy noodle with meat, egg and vegetables

$18.00

Veggie Udon

Assorted veggies with udon noodle soup.

$17.00

Tempura Udon

Assorted veggie udon soup with mixed tempura.

$21.00

Tori Udon

Assorted veggie with chicken noodle soup.

$21.00

Beef Udon

Assorted veggie with beef noodle soup.

$21.00

Seafood Udon

Assorted veggie and seafood noodle soup.

$23.00

Nabeyaki Udon

Assorted veggie, chicken, egg noodle soup.

$23.00

Yaki Soba

Stir-fried soba noodle with veggies, chicken and shrimp

$21.00

Seafood Pasta

Assorted sashimi, with cold noodles.

$28.00

Miso Ramen

Pork, egg, bean sprouts, spinach, green onion with miso broth

$20.00

Chashu Ramen

Pork, egg, bean sprouts, spinach, green onion with house broth

$20.00

Zaru Soba

Cold Buckwheat noodle

$18.00

Ten Zaru

Cold Buckwheat noodle with Mixed Tempura

$23.00