Aya Sushi Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Aya Sushi, where traditional Japanese cuisine meets a modern casual dining experience. Located in San Carlos, California, Aya Sushi offers an enticing menu that caters to a variety of tastes, making it a perfect fit for families and groups alike. The restaurant is known for its extensive options, including pescatarian and vegetarian dishes, ensuring that everyone can find something delicious.

A standout feature of their lunch menu is the Bento Box, allowing guests to mix and match items for a personalized dining experience. Sushi enthusiasts will love the Combo options, which offer a delightful assortment of rolls and nigiri, while those preferring vegetarian choices can enjoy a selection of flavorful rolls made from fresh ingredients.

The ambiance is relaxed and quiet, ideal for enjoying a meal with family or friends. With offerings like outdoor seating and efficient waiter service, Aya Sushi promises not just a meal, but a memorable dining experience.

Lunch - Bento Box

Bento Box

Choice of any 1 item from each column.

$23.00

Beef Teriyaki Bowl

Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.

$22.75

Chicken Teriyaki Bowl

Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.

$22.75

Spicy Beef Bowl

Hot.

$22.75

Spicy Chicken Bowl

Hot.

$22.75

Lunch - Rice Bowl

Lunch - Sushi Combo

Aya Sushi Combo

8 pieces California roll and 4 pieces nigiri sushi.

$23.00

Deluxe Combo

8 pieces California roll, 4 pieces nigiri sushi and spicy tuna hand roll.

$29.00

VIP Combo

4 pieces California roll, 4 pieces nigiri sushi, spicy tuna hand roll and 4 pieces of tuna or salmon sashimi.

$34.00

Veggie Combo

8 pieces avocado roll, 8 pieces asparagus roll, 8 pieces pickled radish roll.

$23.00

Chicken Teriyaki

Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.

$23.00

Beef Teriyaki

Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.

$24.00

Salmon Teriyaki

Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.

$24.00

Saba Shioyaki

Mackerel.

$23.00

Lunch - Teriyaki

Appetizers

Agedashi Tofu

Deep fried tofu in soy sauce based dashi with bonito flake.

$9.50

Baked Mussel

5 pieces. Baked mussel with house special sauce.

$18.00

Calamari Tempura

6 pieces. Fried calamari with special sauce.

$18.00

Chicken Karage

Japanese style fried boneless chicken.

$14.50

Chicken Lettuce Wrap

4 pieces. Pan fried chicken, peanut, onion, carrot with lettuce leaf.

$19.00

Edamame

Steamed green soy bean.

$7.00

Gyoza

6 pieces. Deep fried pork pot stickers.

$9.50

Ika Sansai

BBQ squid salad.

$17.00

Jalapeno Papa

Deep fried cream cheese, spicy tuna stuffed in jalapeno.

$17.00

Oyster Tempura

6 pieces. Deep fried oyster.

$20.00

Sashimi Appetizer

6 pieces. Salmon, tuna, yellowtail or mixed.

$21.00

Soft Shell Crab

Deep fried soft shell crab with special sauce.

$20.00

Sunomono

Cucumber salad with shrimp or octopus.

$7.00

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet potato fries with spicy mayo sauce.

$10.00

Tataki

Seared tuna, yellowtail, albacore or escolar.

$23.00

Combination Tempura

Vegetables and shrimp tempura.

$17.50

Vegetable Tempura

Mixed vegetable tempura.

$14.50

Shrimp Tempura

4 pieces.

$19.00

Tuna Poke Salad

Hot. Tuna, avocado, onion, tobiko with special sauce.

$23.00

Wakame Salad

Seasoned seaweed salad.

$12.00

Yakitori

Grilled chicken and vegetables on two skewers.

$12.00

Hamachi Kama

Grilled yellowtail collar (1pc.)

$19.00

Kimchi

12 oz.

$8.00

Spicy Tuna Salad

Hot. Spicy tuna, seaweed salad, onion, avocado and tobiko.

$35.00

Ninja Salad

Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, snapper, shrimp, tobiko with house special sauce.

$35.00

Ultimate Salad

Hot. Assorted fresh raw fish, sesame oil, tobiko, lettuce with house special spicy sauce.

$35.00

Bi Bim Bap

Choice of broiled marinated beef or chicken with carrot, spinach, bean sprout, zucchini, seaweed over rice with sweet and spicy sauce.

$21.00

Veggie Bi Bim Bap

Carrot, spinach, bean sprout, zucchini, seaweed, over rice with sweet and spicy sauce.

$19.00

Aya Green Salad

Avocado, tomato, iceberg lettuce and crab meat.

$18.00

Aya's Signature Salads

Nigiri

Ama Ebi Nigiri

Sweet shrimp.

$18.00

Ebi Nigiri

Shrimp.

$8.50

Hamachi Nigiri

Yellowtail.

$10.50

Hirame Nigiri

Halibut.

$13.00

Hokigai Nigiri

Surf clam.

$10.50

Hotate Nigiri

Scallop.

$14.00

Ika Nigiri

Squid.

$10.50

Ikura Nigiri

Salmon roe.

$14.00

Inari Nigiri

Fried bean curd.

$8.00

Kani Nigiri

Crab.

$11.00

Maguro Nigiri

Tuna.

$10.50

Mirugai Nigiri

Giant clam.

$12.50

Saba Nigiri

Mackerel.

$9.00

Sake Nigiri

Salmon.

$10.50

Siro Maguro Nigiri

Albacore tuna.

$10.50

Smoked Sake Nigiri

Smoked salmon

$10.50

Spicy Hotate Nigiri

Spicy scallop.

$14.00

Tai Nigiri

Snapper.

$12.00

Tako Nigiri

Octopus.

$8.50

Tamago Nigiri

Egg.

$8.50

Tobiko Nigiri

Flying fish roe.

$9.50

Toro Nigiri

Fatty tuna.

$19.00

Unagi Nigiri

Eel.

$10.50

Uni Nigiri

Sea urchin.

$21.00

Iku-Tama

Salmon roe w/ quail egg

$15.00

Chirashi Sushi

12 pieces of assorted sashimi and pickled veggie over sushi rice.

$41.00

Combo Sashimi

Choice of fresh tuna, yellowtail, salmon or mixed.

$41.00

Sushi and Sashimi

Sushi Combo

Combo A

Nigiri (4 pieces of chef's choice), sashimi (4 pieces of tuna or salmon), spicy tuna hand roll.

$39.00

Combo B

California roll (8 pieces) or spicy tuna roll (8 pieces), nigiri (8 pieces of chef's choice).

$44.00

Combo C

4 hand rolls (spicy tuna, salmon skin, unagi and salmon hand roll), nigiri (8 pieces of chef's choice).

$49.00

Combo D

California roll (8 pieces), spicy tuna hand roll, nigiri (8 pieces of chef's choice) and sashimi (4 pieces of tuna or salmon).

$57.00

Alaska Roll

Salmon, avocado.

$15.00

California Roll

Avocado, crab meat.

$9.00

Futo Roll

Avocado, cucumber, egg, inari.

$16.00

Hamachi Roll

Yellowtail, green onion.

$14.00

New York Roll

Shrimp, avocado.

$16.00

Philadelphia Roll

Salmon, cream cheese, avocado.

$16.00

Rock and Roll

BBQ eel, avocado, tobiko.

$15.00

Spicy California Roll

Spicy crab meat, avocado.

$10.50

Spicy Tuna Roll

Tuna with spicy sauce.

$12.00

Spider Roll

DF soft shell crab, avocado.

$17.00

Tempura Roll

DF shrimp, avocado.

$16.00

Tuna Roll (Tekka Maki)

Tuna (seawood outside).

$14.00

Unagi Roll

BBQ eel, avocado.

$16.00

Salmon Roll (Sake Maki)

Salmon (seaweed outside).

$10.50

Chicken Teriyaki Roll

Grilled chicken.

$11.00

Salmon Skin Roll

Grilled salmon skin.

$12.00

Traditional Rolls

Special Rolls

Aloha Roll

Tuna, avocado.

$22.00

Aya's Roll

Crab meat, avocado, smoked salmon, lemon.

$22.00

Caterpillar Roll

BBQ eel, avocado.

$22.00

Crazy Roll

Salmon, hamachi, tuna, avocado, tobiko.

$24.00

Cukani Roll

Crab meat, BBQ eel, salmon, cucumber wrap, tobiko.

$24.00

Dragon Roll

Avocado, crab meat, BBQ eel, tobiko, green onion.

$26.00

Forever Roll

Soft shell crab, tuna, BBQ eel.

$22.00

Golden Gate Roll

Avocado, crab meat, tuna.

$26.00

Ichiban Roll

Tuna, salmon, hamachi in and out, crunch on top, tobiko.

$22.00

Jimmy P Roll

Spicy tuna, BBQ eel, spicy scallop, tobiko.

$22.00

King of Kings Roll

DF shrimp, tuna, salmon, seaweed, tobiko.

$24.00

Lion King (Oven Baked) Roll

Avocado, crab meat, scallop, tobiko, green onion.

$27.00

Lion Queen Roll

Avocado, crab meat, spicy tuna, green onion. [Spicy]

$22.00

MI3 Roll

DF shrimp, salmon, tuna, avocado.

$22.00

Monster Roll

DF salmon avocado roll, BBQ eel, salmon, squid, tobiko.

$22.00

Mountain (Oven Baked) Roll

Crab meat, avocado, salmon, tobiko, green onion.

$24.00

Oakland A's Roll

DF shrimp, avocado, BBQ eel, tobiko.

$22.00

Oakland Raiders Roll

Salmon skin, albacore tuna, BBQ eel, green onion.

$22.00

Ocean's 13 Roll

2 pieces. Tuna, scallop, crab meat, tobiko.

$22.00

OMG Roll

2 pieces. Spicy tuna, avocado, onion, crunch, tobiko in two avocado shells.

$21.00

San Jose Sharks Roll

Yellowtail, green onion, BBQ eel, avocado, tobiko.

$22.00

Sexy Ban Roll

DF shrimp, salmon, scallop, tobiko, green onion.

$22.00

SF 49ers Roll

BBQ eel, avocado, salmon.

$22.00

SF Giants Roll

Crab meat, avocado, albacore, salmon.

$22.00

Simba Roll

Salmon, BBQ eel, avocado.

$22.00

Spring Roll

Salmon, spicy tuna with rice wrap, tobiko. [Spicy]

$22.00

Sunrise Roll

Crab meat, avocado, tuna, crab meat, quail egg, tobiko.

$22.00

Tropicana Roll

DF shrimp, asparagus, pickled cucumber with soy wrap.

$22.00

Volcano Roll

2 pieces. Salmon, quail egg, tobiko.

$22.00

Y2K Roll

DF salmon roll, avocado, BBQ eel, salmon roe, green onion.

$22.00

Penthouse Roll

DF (Yellow tail), avocado, BBQ eel, tobiko, green onion

$22.00

Peter's Roll

DF Shrimp, albacore tuna, fresh garlic, jalapeno

$22.00

Pink Lady Roll

Soft shell crab inside, halibut and salmon on top

$22.00

Playboll Roll

DF Shrimp, BBQ eel, smoked salmon

$22.00

Pop Pop Roll

BBQ eel, salmon, crab meat, crunch

$22.00

Rainbow Roll

(Avocado, crab meat), tuna, salmon, albacore, hamachi, shrimp

$23.00

Red Dragon Roll

(BBQ eel, avocado) spicy tuna

$26.00

Roll Q Roll

(Salmon, BBQ eel, cream cheese)

$22.00

Sakura Roll

(salmon, tuna, yellowtail) cucumber wrap

$23.00

San Carlos Roll

DF (halibut, cream cheese, green onion)

$22.00

Asparagus Roll

$8.00

Avocado Roll

$8.00

Kappa Roll

Cucumber.

$7.00

Oshinko Roll

Pickled radish.

$7.00

Shitake Mushroom Roll

$10.50

Wakame Roll

Seasoned seaweed.

$10.50

Yamagobo Roll

Pickled burdock.

$8.00

Vegetarian Rolls

Dinner - Teriyaki, Steak, Shioyaki

Calamari Steak

Grilled squid.

$29.00

Salmon Shioyaki

Grilled salmon.

$24.00

Hamachi Kama Shioyaki

Grilled yellowtail collar.

$31.00

Salmon Kama Shioyaki

Grilled salmon collar.

$23.50

Bulgogi

Marinated beef.

$29.00

Spicy Pork

Hot. Marinated spicy pork.

$29.00

AYA LA Kalbi

Grilled LA style beef short rib

$39.00

Seafood Tempura

Shrimp, scallop, calamari and snapper.

$31.00

Chicken Katsu

Chicken cutlet.

$27.00

Ton Katsu

Pork cutlet.

$28.00

Dinner - Tempura, Katsu

Dinner - Donburi

Beef Donburi

$24.00

Chicken Donburi

$23.00

Tekka Donburi

Fresh tuna.

$37.00

Tempura Donburi

$22.00

Ton Katsu Donburi

Pork cutlet.

$26.00

Unagi Donburi

BBQ eel.

$37.00

Dinner Combo

Choice of any one item from each column.

$37.00

Dinner - Combo

Udon

Beef Udon

Cabbage, carrot, green onion and beef.

$21.00

Chicken Udon

Cabbage, carrot, green onion and chicken.

$20.00

Nabeyaki Udon

Egg, cabbage, carrot, green onion and deep fried shrimp.

$22.00

Seafood Udon

Cabbage, carrot, green onion, shrimp, snapper and green mussel.

$22.00

Tempura Udon

Cabbage, carrot, green onion and combination tempura on the side.

$22.00

Vegetable Udon

Cabbage, green onion, carrot, zucchini and asparagus.

$19.00

Aya Veggie Ramen

With potato flour noodle. Vegetable base, onion, corn, cabbage, green onion and spinach.

$19.00

Spicy Korean Veggie Ramen

Hot. Seaweed base, onion, corn, cabbage, green onion and spinach.

$19.00

Spicy Korean Ramen

Hot. Beef base, egg, corn, cabbage and green onion.

$19.00

Tonkotsu Ramen

Pork bone base, bamboo shoot, bean sprout, cabbage, green onion and pork.

$20.00

Miso Ramen

Miso base, bamboo shoot, corn, bean sprout, cabbage, green onion and pork.

$19.00

Shoyu Ramen

Soy sauce base, corn, bamboo shoot, bean sprout, green onion, cabbage and pork.

$19.00

Ramen

Add-on sides/Extras

Miso Soup

With tofu, green onion and seaweed

$3.00

House salad

Salad

$4.50

Rice

Steamed rice

$3.50

Brown Rice

$4.50

Kimchee

12oz. serving to share

$8.00

Sushi rice

$5.50