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.
Beef Teriyaki Bowl
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Chicken Teriyaki Bowl
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Spicy Beef Bowl
Hot.
Spicy Chicken Bowl
Hot.
Lunch - Rice Bowl
Lunch - Sushi Combo
Aya Sushi Combo
8 pieces California roll and 4 pieces nigiri sushi.
Deluxe Combo
8 pieces California roll, 4 pieces nigiri sushi and spicy tuna hand roll.
VIP Combo
4 pieces California roll, 4 pieces nigiri sushi, spicy tuna hand roll and 4 pieces of tuna or salmon sashimi.
Veggie Combo
8 pieces avocado roll, 8 pieces asparagus roll, 8 pieces pickled radish roll.
Chicken Teriyaki
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Beef Teriyaki
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Salmon Teriyaki
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Saba Shioyaki
Mackerel.
Lunch - Teriyaki
Appetizers
Agedashi Tofu
Deep fried tofu in soy sauce based dashi with bonito flake.
Baked Mussel
5 pieces. Baked mussel with house special sauce.
Calamari Tempura
6 pieces. Fried calamari with special sauce.
Chicken Karage
Japanese style fried boneless chicken.
Chicken Lettuce Wrap
4 pieces. Pan fried chicken, peanut, onion, carrot with lettuce leaf.
Edamame
Steamed green soy bean.
Gyoza
6 pieces. Deep fried pork pot stickers.
Ika Sansai
BBQ squid salad.
Jalapeno Papa
Deep fried cream cheese, spicy tuna stuffed in jalapeno.
Oyster Tempura
6 pieces. Deep fried oyster.
Sashimi Appetizer
6 pieces. Salmon, tuna, yellowtail or mixed.
Soft Shell Crab
Deep fried soft shell crab with special sauce.
Sunomono
Cucumber salad with shrimp or octopus.
Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet potato fries with spicy mayo sauce.
Tataki
Seared tuna, yellowtail, albacore or escolar.
Combination Tempura
Vegetables and shrimp tempura.
Vegetable Tempura
Mixed vegetable tempura.
Shrimp Tempura
4 pieces.
Tuna Poke Salad
Hot. Tuna, avocado, onion, tobiko with special sauce.
Wakame Salad
Seasoned seaweed salad.
Yakitori
Grilled chicken and vegetables on two skewers.
Hamachi Kama
Grilled yellowtail collar (1pc.)
Kimchi
12 oz.
Spicy Tuna Salad
Hot. Spicy tuna, seaweed salad, onion, avocado and tobiko.
Ninja Salad
Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, snapper, shrimp, tobiko with house special sauce.
Ultimate Salad
Hot. Assorted fresh raw fish, sesame oil, tobiko, lettuce with house special spicy sauce.
Bi Bim Bap
Choice of broiled marinated beef or chicken with carrot, spinach, bean sprout, zucchini, seaweed over rice with sweet and spicy sauce.
Veggie Bi Bim Bap
Carrot, spinach, bean sprout, zucchini, seaweed, over rice with sweet and spicy sauce.
Aya Green Salad
Avocado, tomato, iceberg lettuce and crab meat.
Aya's Signature Salads
Nigiri
Ama Ebi Nigiri
Sweet shrimp.
Ebi Nigiri
Shrimp.
Hamachi Nigiri
Yellowtail.
Hirame Nigiri
Halibut.
Hokigai Nigiri
Surf clam.
Hotate Nigiri
Scallop.
Ika Nigiri
Squid.
Ikura Nigiri
Salmon roe.
Inari Nigiri
Fried bean curd.
Kani Nigiri
Crab.
Maguro Nigiri
Tuna.
Mirugai Nigiri
Giant clam.
Saba Nigiri
Mackerel.
Sake Nigiri
Salmon.
Siro Maguro Nigiri
Albacore tuna.
Smoked Sake Nigiri
Smoked salmon
Spicy Hotate Nigiri
Spicy scallop.
Tai Nigiri
Snapper.
Tako Nigiri
Octopus.
Tamago Nigiri
Egg.
Tobiko Nigiri
Flying fish roe.
Toro Nigiri
Fatty tuna.
Unagi Nigiri
Eel.
Uni Nigiri
Sea urchin.
Iku-Tama
Salmon roe w/ quail egg
Chirashi Sushi
12 pieces of assorted sashimi and pickled veggie over sushi rice.
Combo Sashimi
Choice of fresh tuna, yellowtail, salmon or mixed.
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.
Combo B
California roll (8 pieces) or spicy tuna roll (8 pieces), nigiri (8 pieces of chef's choice).
Combo C
4 hand rolls (spicy tuna, salmon skin, unagi and salmon hand roll), nigiri (8 pieces of chef's choice).
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).
Alaska Roll
Salmon, avocado.
California Roll
Avocado, crab meat.
Futo Roll
Avocado, cucumber, egg, inari.
Hamachi Roll
Yellowtail, green onion.
New York Roll
Shrimp, avocado.
Philadelphia Roll
Salmon, cream cheese, avocado.
Rock and Roll
BBQ eel, avocado, tobiko.
Spicy California Roll
Spicy crab meat, avocado.
Spicy Tuna Roll
Tuna with spicy sauce.
Spider Roll
DF soft shell crab, avocado.
Tempura Roll
DF shrimp, avocado.
Tuna Roll (Tekka Maki)
Tuna (seawood outside).
Unagi Roll
BBQ eel, avocado.
Salmon Roll (Sake Maki)
Salmon (seaweed outside).
Chicken Teriyaki Roll
Grilled chicken.
Salmon Skin Roll
Grilled salmon skin.
Traditional Rolls
Special Rolls
Aloha Roll
Tuna, avocado.
Aya's Roll
Crab meat, avocado, smoked salmon, lemon.
Caterpillar Roll
BBQ eel, avocado.
Crazy Roll
Salmon, hamachi, tuna, avocado, tobiko.
Cukani Roll
Crab meat, BBQ eel, salmon, cucumber wrap, tobiko.
Dragon Roll
Avocado, crab meat, BBQ eel, tobiko, green onion.
Forever Roll
Soft shell crab, tuna, BBQ eel.
Golden Gate Roll
Avocado, crab meat, tuna.
Ichiban Roll
Tuna, salmon, hamachi in and out, crunch on top, tobiko.
Jimmy P Roll
Spicy tuna, BBQ eel, spicy scallop, tobiko.
King of Kings Roll
DF shrimp, tuna, salmon, seaweed, tobiko.
Lion King (Oven Baked) Roll
Avocado, crab meat, scallop, tobiko, green onion.
Lion Queen Roll
Avocado, crab meat, spicy tuna, green onion. [Spicy]
MI3 Roll
DF shrimp, salmon, tuna, avocado.
Monster Roll
DF salmon avocado roll, BBQ eel, salmon, squid, tobiko.
Mountain (Oven Baked) Roll
Crab meat, avocado, salmon, tobiko, green onion.
Oakland A's Roll
DF shrimp, avocado, BBQ eel, tobiko.
Oakland Raiders Roll
Salmon skin, albacore tuna, BBQ eel, green onion.
Ocean's 13 Roll
2 pieces. Tuna, scallop, crab meat, tobiko.
OMG Roll
2 pieces. Spicy tuna, avocado, onion, crunch, tobiko in two avocado shells.
San Jose Sharks Roll
Yellowtail, green onion, BBQ eel, avocado, tobiko.
Sexy Ban Roll
DF shrimp, salmon, scallop, tobiko, green onion.
SF 49ers Roll
BBQ eel, avocado, salmon.
SF Giants Roll
Crab meat, avocado, albacore, salmon.
Simba Roll
Salmon, BBQ eel, avocado.
Spring Roll
Salmon, spicy tuna with rice wrap, tobiko. [Spicy]
Sunrise Roll
Crab meat, avocado, tuna, crab meat, quail egg, tobiko.
Tropicana Roll
DF shrimp, asparagus, pickled cucumber with soy wrap.
Volcano Roll
2 pieces. Salmon, quail egg, tobiko.
Y2K Roll
DF salmon roll, avocado, BBQ eel, salmon roe, green onion.
Penthouse Roll
DF (Yellow tail), avocado, BBQ eel, tobiko, green onion
Peter's Roll
DF Shrimp, albacore tuna, fresh garlic, jalapeno
Pink Lady Roll
Soft shell crab inside, halibut and salmon on top
Playboll Roll
DF Shrimp, BBQ eel, smoked salmon
Pop Pop Roll
BBQ eel, salmon, crab meat, crunch
Rainbow Roll
(Avocado, crab meat), tuna, salmon, albacore, hamachi, shrimp
Red Dragon Roll
(BBQ eel, avocado) spicy tuna
Roll Q Roll
(Salmon, BBQ eel, cream cheese)
Sakura Roll
(salmon, tuna, yellowtail) cucumber wrap
San Carlos Roll
DF (halibut, cream cheese, green onion)
Asparagus Roll
Avocado Roll
Kappa Roll
Cucumber.
Oshinko Roll
Pickled radish.
Shitake Mushroom Roll
Wakame Roll
Seasoned seaweed.
Yamagobo Roll
Pickled burdock.
Vegetarian Rolls
Dinner - Teriyaki, Steak, Shioyaki
Calamari Steak
Grilled squid.
Salmon Shioyaki
Grilled salmon.
Hamachi Kama Shioyaki
Grilled yellowtail collar.
Salmon Kama Shioyaki
Grilled salmon collar.
Bulgogi
Marinated beef.
Spicy Pork
Hot. Marinated spicy pork.
AYA LA Kalbi
Grilled LA style beef short rib
Seafood Tempura
Shrimp, scallop, calamari and snapper.
Chicken Katsu
Chicken cutlet.
Ton Katsu
Pork cutlet.
Dinner - Tempura, Katsu
Dinner - Donburi
Beef Donburi
Chicken Donburi
Tekka Donburi
Fresh tuna.
Tempura Donburi
Ton Katsu Donburi
Pork cutlet.
Unagi Donburi
BBQ eel.
Dinner Combo
Choice of any one item from each column.
Dinner - Combo
Udon
Beef Udon
Cabbage, carrot, green onion and beef.
Chicken Udon
Cabbage, carrot, green onion and chicken.
Nabeyaki Udon
Egg, cabbage, carrot, green onion and deep fried shrimp.
Seafood Udon
Cabbage, carrot, green onion, shrimp, snapper and green mussel.
Tempura Udon
Cabbage, carrot, green onion and combination tempura on the side.
Vegetable Udon
Cabbage, green onion, carrot, zucchini and asparagus.
Aya Veggie Ramen
With potato flour noodle. Vegetable base, onion, corn, cabbage, green onion and spinach.
Spicy Korean Veggie Ramen
Hot. Seaweed base, onion, corn, cabbage, green onion and spinach.
Spicy Korean Ramen
Hot. Beef base, egg, corn, cabbage and green onion.
Tonkotsu Ramen
Pork bone base, bamboo shoot, bean sprout, cabbage, green onion and pork.
Miso Ramen
Miso base, bamboo shoot, corn, bean sprout, cabbage, green onion and pork.
Shoyu Ramen
Soy sauce base, corn, bamboo shoot, bean sprout, green onion, cabbage and pork.
Ramen
Add-on sides/Extras
Miso Soup
With tofu, green onion and seaweed
House salad
Salad
Rice
Steamed rice
Brown Rice
Kimchee
12oz. serving to share