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
Madai
Red Snapper
Masunosuke
King Salmon
Kohada
Gizzard Shad
Jumbo Ama Ebi
Sweet Shrimp
Toro
fatty bluefin tuna belly with truffle salt
O-Toro
the fattest bluefin tuna belly with truffle salt and edible gold flakes
Marbled Toro
the marbled part of O-toro with caviar, edible gold flakes, truffle and truffle salt
Isaki
Japanese Grunt
Hon Kanpachi
Amberjack
Inada
Young Yellowtail
Suzuki
Sea Bass
Wagyu
Japanese Wagyu beef
Kani
Real Snow Crab
Uni
Sea Urchin
Kazunoko
Herring Roe
Engawa
Halibut fin
Lunch Special
Served with rice salad and miso soup.
Lunch Special
Appetizers
Mix Tempura
Assorted deep fried veggies with shrimp.
Shrimp Tempura
Deep fried shrimp.
Baked Mussel
Baked green mussels with cream sauce.
Baked Scallop
Baked scallop with cram sauce.
Gyoza
Deeply fried pork or veggie dumplings.
Agedashi Tofu
Deep tofu with sweet soy sauce.
Tsuyu Tofu
Cold soft tofu with soy sauce.
Baked Avocado
Baked avocado with spicy salmon.
Crab cake
Deep fried crab meat.
Ika Karaage
Japanese style fried calamari
Karage
Deep fried chicken with honey Mayo.
Salmon Kama
Grilled salmon collar.
Hamachi kama
Grilled yellowtail collar.
Deep Fried Oyster
Deep fried oyster with tempura sauce.
Bacon Shrimp
Bacon wrapped shrimps.
Creamy Shrimp
Wrapped shrimp with cream cheese and deep fried.
Soft Shell Crab
Deep fried soft shell crab with tempura sauce.
Takoyaki
Japanese style deep fried octopus ball
Croquette
Japanese deep fried mashed potato
Spicy Karaage
Japanese style spicy fried chicken
VeggieTempura
Deep fried assorted vegetables
Sashimi
Four pieces of sashimi.
Salmon Caprese
Avocado, salmon, fresh Mozzarella cheese with glazed balsamic and olive oil.
Shiro Kai Bouquet
Fresh sashimi, daikon, and kaiwarea spicy ponzu sauce.
Ceviche
Fresh meat fish, scallop with shallot.
Tataki
Fresh white meat fish, scallop with shallot.
Ankimo
Steamed monkfish liver with sauce.
Tradito Albacore
Albacore, Jalapeno, Tobiko, Greens with Peruvian sauce
Hamachi Carpaccio
Yellow tail or Albacore carpaccio with jalapeno and lemon ponzu sauce
Sweet Orange
Crabmeat, Avocado, Mango rolled with SalmonMango sauce, Orange sauce and Ponzu sauce
Chanel
Seared white tuna, salmon, deep fried seaweed, avocado, shallot and sauce
Appetizers from Sushi-Bar
Salad
Edamame
Steamed soy bean.
Garlic Edamame
Pan-fried garlic with soybean.
Wakame
Mixed seaweed salad.
Sunomono
Pickled cucumber with cooked shrimp or octopus.
Ahi Poke
Japanese Hawaiian style tuna and seaweed salad.
Oshitashi
Steamed spinach with ponzu sauce.
Sashimi Salad
Assorted with fish and salad.
Ukai salad
Greens and tomato with salmon skin and Feta cheese.
Tofu Teriyaki
Battered Tofu with Teriyaki Sauce.
Chicken Teriyaki
Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce.
Chicken Katsu
Egg wash and battered chicken.
Ton Katsu
Egg wash and battered pork.
Fish Katsu
Egg wash and battered pollack.
Mixed Tempura
Assorted veggies with shrimp tempura.
Saba Shioyaki
Grilled mackerel.
Salmon Steak
Grilled salmon with butter teriyaki sauce.
Beef Steak
Grilled ribeye with butter teriyaki sauce.
Spicy Chicken/Beef
Sauteed choice of protein with house spicy sauce.
Beef Teriyaki
Thin slices of beef with Teriyaki sauce
Veggie Tempura
Assorted vegetable tempura
Entrée
Classic Nigiri Sushi
Ama Ebi
Sweet shrimp.
Ebi
Cooked shrimp.
Hamachi
Yellowtail.
Hotategai
Scallop.
Inari
Fried soybean skin.
Ika
Squid.
Ikura
Salmon Roe.
Maguro
Tuna.
Saba
Vinegar cured mackerel.
Shiro Maguro
Albacore.
Ono
Escolar.
Tamago
Egg Omelet.
Tako
Octopus.
Tobiko
Flying fish roe.
Unagi
Fresh water eel.
Sake
salmon
Hirame
Halibut
Tobiko Tama
Flying fish roe with quail yolk.
Ikura Tama
Salted salmon roe with quail yolk.
Spicy Hotate
Chopped scallop with tobiko, and green onion.
Sake Dressed Up
Seared salmon with shallot
Special Nigiri Sushi
Rolls
Kappa
Cucumber roll.
Avocado
Avocado roll.
Renkon Nari
Fried lotus root wyn inari.
Yammy
Fried veggies.
Veggie swamp
Avocado, cucumber seaweed salad.
Negihama
Hamachi with green onion.
Sake roll
Salmon.
Tekka
Tuna.
Alaska
Salmon with avocado.
Philly
Salmon, avocado with cream cheese.
California
Snow crab with avocado.
Spicy Tuna
Mixed spicy tuna with cucumber.
Rock & Roll
Cucumber, avocado, sauce with eel.
Cherry Blosseom
Salmon avocado with tuna on top.
Salmon Skin
Fried salmon skin with cucumber, gobo, and kaiware.
49ER
California with salmon and lemon on top.
Salmon Lover
Salmon and avocado inside, and spicy salmon and sauce on top.
Dragon
Fried shrimp, cucumber, crab eel sauce and avocado on top.
Mamma Mia
Spicy crab, avocado, sauce, crunch with soy wrap.
Caterpillar
Cucumber, eel, sauce with avocado on top.
Spider
Deep fried sorr shell crab, avocado, cucumber, sauce, and crab meat
Double Shrimp
Fried Shrimp, crab meat with avocado cooked shrimp and sauce on top.
Hot King
Spicy crab, fried shrimp with tuna, avocado, and sauce on top.
Mangoster
Fried shrimp, lobster, crab meat with mango, and sauce.
Ukai
Fried shrimp, spicy crab, salmon, sauce, and salted pollack roe.
Wild One
Fried shrimp, avocado, salmon, sauce, and spicy crab meat.
Mango Paradise
Fried asparagus, mango, cooked shrimp, sauce, and mango on top.
Madagascar
Spicy hamachi, fried shrimp, seared salmon, shallot, and Macadamia on top.
Tiger
Spicy tuna, crab meat, fried shrimp, seared salmon, sauce, avocado, and shallot.
Chef's Kick!
Chefs Creation. Huge Random Roll.
Hurricane
Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, inside, and unagi, avocado, sauce, and dried fish flake, on top.
Lollipop
Tuna, salmon, spicy crab, ebi, ponzu wrapped in cucumber.
Aloha
Spicy tuna, cucumber with tuna, avocado on top
Red Dress
Unagi, Cream Cheese, Cucumber, Shrimp temp inside, Spicy Tuna, Crunch & Sauce on Top
Crazy Horse
Yellow tail, cooked shrimp, tuna, cucumber and kaiware
Cha Cha
Deep fried sweet potato, asparagus, cream cheese inside, avocado and sauce on top
Pink Dragon
Unagi, avocado, cucumber inside, salmon tuna and sauce on top
Mrs. White
Spicy tuna, albacore, salmon inside, ono, hamachi and sauce on top
Tri Fish
shrimp tempura, crab meat inside, tuna, salmon, yellow tail and sauce on top
Rainbow
California roll topped with assorted sashimi
Pacific Paradise
Panko deep fried, shrimp tempura and crab inside, tuna, salmon, hamachi and black truffle oil
Dynamic Duo
shrimp tempura, asparagus and unagi inside, wagyu beef, truffle salt and edible gold flakes on top
Lion King
Baked California roll fish sauce, and salmon on top.
Volcano
Baked California roll with sauce, and scallop on top
Love It!
Baked salmon, hamachi, avocado sauce, scallop and on top.
Baby Lobster
Baked California roll wr1h sauce, and lobster on top.
Hailey
Shrimp tempura, crab meat inside, seared albacore with sweet spicy sauce on top
Baked Roll
Deep Fried & Crunch Roll
Tempura Roll
Deep fried shrimp, sauce, avocado, and cucumber.
Deep Fried CA
Snow crab, avocado, sauce, deep fried.
Deep Fried Philly
Salmon, avocado, cream cheese, sauce, deep fried.
Godzilla
Deep fried eel, avocado, crab meat, and sauce.
Dynamite
Deep fried spicy tuna and sauce.
Ashby
Deeply fried hamachi, salmon, green onion, and sauce.
Vegas
Deep fried salmon, cream cheese, sauce, and spicy crab.
Fire Crackers
Stuffed jalapeno with spicy tuna, crab meat and cream cheese
Crow Canyon
Deep fried Spicy Crab roll with Spicy Salmon, Scallop, Sauce and Avocado on Top
Hawaiian
Deep fried CA roll topped with spicy tuna and sauce
Sushi Moriawase
Chef's choice of nigiri and California roll.
Nigiri Mix
Chef's choice of nigiri.
Mix & Match
Chef's choice of sashimi and nigiri California roll.
Chirashi
Chef's choice of assorted sashimi over rice.
Hwe Dup Bob
Diced sashimi with mixed green.
Unagi Don
Eel over rice.
Sake Don
Salmon over rice.
Green Combo
Avocado roll and kappa roll with Inari.
Combo Sashimi
Nine pieces of tuna, salmon, and hamachi.
Choice Sashimi
Nine pieces one type of fish selected sashimi.
Ukai Special Combo Small
Assorted mix sashimi. Good for two people.comes with poky and Tempura ,miso
Ukai Special Combo Medium
Assorted mix sashimi. Good for two to three People.serve with miso , poky salad ,Tempura(ap), baked mussels
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.
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
Ukai Family Combo
Sashimi, ca spider roil, chicken, mixed tempura, and lobster pop.
Ukai Couple Combo
Dragon roll, spicy tuna roll, 8pcs assorted sashimi and 6pcs assorted nigiri
Ukai Jumbo Combo
Assorted sashimi, sushi and four special rolls
Ukai Don
Chef's choice special fish over sushi rice
Premium Nigiri Plate
Chef's choice 9pc special fish nigiri
Premium Sashimi Plate
Chef's choice 9pc special fish sashimi
Combo from Sushi Bar
Noodles
Spicy Ramen
Korean style spicy noodle with meat, egg and vegetables
Veggie Udon
Assorted veggies with udon noodle soup.
Tempura Udon
Assorted veggie udon soup with mixed tempura.
Tori Udon
Assorted veggie with chicken noodle soup.
Beef Udon
Assorted veggie with beef noodle soup.
Seafood Udon
Assorted veggie and seafood noodle soup.
Nabeyaki Udon
Assorted veggie, chicken, egg noodle soup.
Yaki Soba
Stir-fried soba noodle with veggies, chicken and shrimp
Seafood Pasta
Assorted sashimi, with cold noodles.
Miso Ramen
Pork, egg, bean sprouts, spinach, green onion with miso broth
Chashu Ramen
Pork, egg, bean sprouts, spinach, green onion with house broth
Zaru Soba
Cold Buckwheat noodle
Ten Zaru
Cold Buckwheat noodle with Mixed Tempura