AVERAGE ENTREES: up to $9.99: $, $10-$19.99: $$, $20 or more: $$$
AUSTIN/LAKELINE
Nagoya Steak and Sushi $-$$ 11630 N. RM 620 512-258-9888 www.eatnagoya.com Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Sat. noon-11 p.m., Sun. noon-10 p.m.
Customers can experience a personal hibachi chef preparing their course at the sushi and Japanese steakhouse. Happy hour is offered every day from 3-6 p.m., and some selections include flavored martinis, sake cocktails and mojitos. Lunch specials are offered Monday through Saturday.
Snow Pea Chinese Restaurant and Sushi Bar $-$$ 14028 N. US 183, Ste. 170 512-257-7669 www.snowpealakeline.com Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
The Asian-fusion eatery offers a variety of Korean, Chinese and Japanese dishes. House rolls include the Red Devil ($13), made with tempura, cream cheese, crab, spicy mayo and sesame seeds. Other special rolls include the Honey Honey Roll, which includes tuna, salmon, avocado, tempura flakes and honey sauce. Happy hour includes choice of three sushi rolls for $20 as well as drink specials.
Soto $$-$$$ 11066 Pecan Park Blvd., Ste. 402 512-257-0788 www.sotoaustin.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Mon.-Thu. 5-10 p.m., Fri. 5-11 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.- 9 p.m.
Soto’s lunch and dinner Japanese dishes include varieties of maki—or a dish made with fish, rice and seaweed—such as lobster tempura, Kobe beef, spicy scallop and soft-shell crab. The restaurant’s sushi bar includes tuna, sea urchin, shellfish, yellowtail, salmon, whitefish and eel. Specialties include Kobe Beef Carpaccio with fried shallots, micra greens, soy and jalapeno chips, sakura smoked hamachi sashimi, and seared salmon and tuna with truffle, white truffle oil and mache.
Sushi Bang Bang offers an edible carrot dragon as a garnish to some dishes.[/caption]
Sushi Bang Bang’s Sea Roll ($11.99) includes tuna, salmon, yellowtail and tempura flakes.[/caption]
Sushi Bang Bang $-$$ 14005 N. US 183, Austin 512-609-8185 www.sushibangbangtx.com Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 4:30-10 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 4:30-11 p.m.; Sat. noon-11 p.m.; Sun. noon-10 p.m.
The restaurant includes a regular sushi menu as well as an all-you-can-eat menu on weekdays ($22.99) and weekends and holidays ($25.99). With more than 100 items to choose from, diners can try many types of sashimi, nigiri, bento boxes, ramen and handrolls. The Romance Roll ($11.99), is one of the more popular items and is made with spicy tuna, super white tuna, eel, avocado and special sauce. New specials are made each weekend and feature a new dish made by the chef.
Xian Sushi and Noodle $-$$ 13201 N. RM 620, Ste. U-208 512-219-7070 www.xianfresh.com Hours: Mon.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-9:30 p.m.
The restaurant offers Asian menu items including ramen, sushi rolls, hand-pulled noodle soups, sashimi and nigiri. During happy hour Monday through Saturday from 5-9:30 p.m. and all day Sunday, some sushi rolls and sashimi are $4. Signature rolls include the Mango Lover—made with salmon and avocado and topped with sliced fresh mango, avocado, poke sauce and yuzu tobiko—and the Longhorn Roll, made with salmon tempura, jalapenos, cucumbers, seared spicy escolar, avocado, sweet chill sauce and red tobiko.
CEDAR PARK
Daichi Sushi & Grill $-$$ 2051 Cypress Creek Road 512-249-0338 www.daichisushiandgrill.com Hours: Tue.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. noon-9 p.m., closed Mon.
Diners can choose from a large menu of nigiri and sashimi as well as housemade specials such as the Tomo Roll—made with salmon, avocado and a spicy ponzu sauce—and the Red Eye Roll, made with spicy yellowtail, scallion and chili ponzu sauce.
King Noodle Vietnamese Noodle and Sushi Restaurant $-$$ 500 Cypress Creek Road, Ste. 100 512-219-0006 www.kingnoodlecedarpark.com Hours: Mon.-Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
The menu includes a variety of Vietnamese and Japanese items. Gluten-free sushi rolls include shrimp tempura, eel, California, shrimp avocado and spicy yellowtail rolls. Nigiri and sashimi sushi come in two pieces per order and include crab, freshwater eel, smoked salmon, white tuna and smelt roe. Lunch specials are available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Takara Asian Bistro’s Red Devil Roll ($13, foreground) is made with spicy crawfish, crab and tuna as well as jalapenos. The Spider Roll ($11), is made with soft-shell crab.[/caption]
Takara Asian Bistro $-$$ 1335 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. T-140 512-528-5449 www.takaraonline.com Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., closed Sun.
Takara Asian Bistro’s sushi and sashimi offerings include fatty salmon, bluefin tuna, escolar, freshwater eel and mackerel. The restaurant offers a large menu of specialty and house rolls, such as the oven-baked Cajun Volcano, made with crawfish, crab, jalapeno, avocado, cream cheese and a spicy mayo-unagi sauce. Sashimi platters, which include a variety of fish and rice, are offered for lunch and dinner and are served with the diner’s choice of miso soup or a hot and sour soup. Happy hour runs Monday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. and all day on Tuesday and includes drink specials and sushi roll specials that vary in price from $3-$9.50 per roll. Customers can order bottles of wine for half price on Wednesdays, and jazz music is played Friday and Saturday from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Sushi Fever $-$$ 905 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. F 512-259-1010 Hours: Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 4:30-10 p.m.; Sat. noon-10 p.m.; Sun. noon-9 p.m.
Sushi items are offered on the restaurant’s appetizer, omakase—or chef’s choice—and specialty sushi roll menus. Chef special rolls include the Mango Tango, which includes mango tempura, snow crab, tuna, avocado and yuzu sauce, as well as the Carrot Top, made with garlic shrimp, crab, onions, jalapenos, tuna, salmon and yellowtail topped with crispy carrot.
Umiya Sushi $-$$ 1540 Cypress Creek Road, Ste. 113 512-257-0888 3550 N. Lakeline Blvd., Ste. 100 (coming soon) www.sushiumiya.com Hours: Sun.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Customers can choose seaweed or soybean wraps for sushi rolls. The restaurant’s specialty roll menu includes more than 30 different options, such as the Cedar Park Roll, which is made with shrimp, spicy crab, cucumbers, avocado, lettuce, mango and a spicy sauce. Other menu items include bento boxes, ramen, soup, udon, teriyaki bowls, katsu and sashimi.
LEANDER
Kai Sushi offers an omakase, or chef’s choice, menu, which includes nigiri and sashimi.[/caption]
Kai Sushi’s Avocado Bomb appetizer ($5) is a baked avocado stuffed with crab, shrimp, masago and spicy mayo.[/caption]
Kai Sushi $-$$ 1805 S. US 183, Ste. 400 512-456-0147 www.kaisushiatx.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 4-9 p.m.; Sat. noon-9:30 p.m.; closed Sun.
Kai’s sushi bar offers classic rolls as well as Kai Special rolls such as the Mikey Roll, which is a battered and deep-fried tuna roll topped with a house butter sauce, unagi sauce, Sriracha masago, green onions and toasted sesame seeds. The Leander Roll is made with spicy yellowtail, cucumbers, escolar, jalapenos, tobiko and a housemade ponzu sauce. Other specialty rolls include ingredients such as salmon, crab, unagi and tempura as well as spicy tuna. Sushi and sashimi specials are served with miso soup and a side salad, and some specials also offer rolls.
