Octopus Japanese Restaurant
925 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA
Menu (As of 10/30)
Classics
- Gyoza (Pork and vegetable potstickers) $10.00
- Edamame (Steamed young soybeans) $8.00Karaage (Japanese style fried chicken or baby octopus
- Korokke $8.00Fried potato and vegetable croquette
- Agedashi Tofu $12.00Deep fried tofu with nori, green onions & sauce
- Hiyayakko $12.00Chilled tofu, bonito flakes & ponzu sauce
- Shrimp Balls $23.004pc deep fried ebi and real crab with furikake & special sauces
- Soft Shell Crab $16.00Deep fried soft shell crab with special dipping sauce
- Jalapeño Poppers 🔥 $20.00Fried jalapeños stuffed with spicy tuna, cream cheese & macadamia nuts
- Baked Mussels $16.00Baked green mussels with special sauces, tobiko & green onions
- Hamachi Kama $19.00Yellowtail collarbone with ponzu sauce
- Carpaccio 🔥 — Hamachi & jalapeños in ponzu $23.00
Sashimi Apps
- 6pc Slices: Maguro $21.00
Tempura Apps
- Vegetable (deep fried mixed vegetables) $15.00
- Shrimp (deep fried shrimp - 5pcs) $17.00
- Combination $17.00deep fried 2pcs shrimp & mixed vegetables
- Oyster (deep fried oysters) $16.00
- Scallop (deep fried scallops) $16.00
- Seafood Combo $18.00deep fried oysters, scallops and 2pcs shrimp
Salads
- Ocean $8.00Wakame) Salad (Marinated savory seaweed
- Shrimp Salad $18.00Shrimp and green salad with house dressing
- Poke Salad 🔥 $21.00Choice of salmon, ahi tuna, or spicy tuna with wakame salad, onions & veggies
- Sunomono $9.00Cucumber) (Tangy vinaigrette salad): Classic (
- Sashimi Salad $21.00Assorted fresh sashimi and green salad with special dressing
- Avocado Salad $16.00Thinly sliced avocado and mixed greens with house dressing
House Specialties
- Tataki $22.00Choice of tuna, albacore, or bonito marinated in special sauce with radish
- Fresh Tataki $23.00Halibut marinated in special sauce with tobiko and shiso-mint leaf
- Unagi Tataki $23.00Barbequed unagi marinated in vinaigrette with fresh cucumbers
- Melting Albacore $23.00Seared albacore wrapped around real crab, finished with ponzu, tobiko, green onion, and furikake 4pcs
- Octopus Special 🔥 $21.00Tako with wakame salad, onions & greens mixed with sesame oil and spicy sauces
- Firecracker 🔥 $20.001pc each of spicy tuna, spicy salmon & spicy albacore over crunchy rice with special sauces & black tobiko on top
- "Hot" Pockets 🔥 $21.00Inari tofu pockets stuffed with spicy albacore, spicy salmon & spicy tuna
Bento Boxes
- Two Item Bento Box $27.00Choose any two options from the dinner selection
- Three Item Bento Box $29.00Choose any three options from the dinner selection
- Veggie Box Bento $29.00Veggie futo maki, wakame salad, 2pc inari, veggie tempura (served with miso soup)
Main Kitchen Entrées
- Chicken Teriyaki (Sizzling Plate) $28.00
- Beef Teriyaki (Sizzling Plate) $33.00
- Salmon Teriyaki (Sizzling Plate) $31.00
- Don Katsu (Pork Loin Cutlet) $27.00
- Chicken Katsu (Chicken Cutlet) $27.00
- Fish Katsu (with Tartar Sauce) $27.00
- Saba Shioyaki $29.00Salted Mackerel on Sizzling Plate
- Salmon Shioyaki $31.00Salted Salmon on Sizzling Plate
Noodle Soups
- Udon $17.00Classic vegetable broth thick noodle soup
- Chicken Udon $19.00Chicken and vegetable noodle soup
- Beef Udon $21.00Thinly sliced rib-eye and vegetable thick noodle soup
- Nabeyaki Udon $22.00Chicken, vegetable, egg & crispy shrimp tempura served in a thick hot broth
- Sukiyaki Hot Pot $25.00Rib-eye or chicken with mixed vegetables and clear noodles, served with rice
- Yosenabe Hot Pot $26.00Assorted fresh seafood with mixed vegetables, served with rice
- Udon & Cali Combo $22.00Thick noodle soup served alongside a classic California roll
- Udon & Nigiri Combo $24.00Thick noodle soup served alongside 3pc chef's choice nigiri
- Udon & Tempura Combo $25.00Thick noodle soup served with 1pc shrimp & mixed vegetable tempura
Tempura Entrées
- Vegetable (deep fried mixed vegetables) $23.00
- Shrimp (deep fried shrimp - 7pcs) $28.00
- Combination $28.00deep fried 3pcs shrimp & mixed vegetables
- Oyster (deep fried oysters) $25.00
- Scallop (deep fried scallops) $25.00
- Seafood Combo $28.00deep fried oysters, scallops and 3pcs shrimp
Sashimi Platters
- 12pc Platters $40.00with Miso & Salad): Maguro(tuna) (
Sushi Bar Dinner Entrées
- Sushi Platter $30.003pc kappa maki, 3pc tekka or sake maki, 6pc chef's choice nigiri
- Sushi Platter Deluxe $31.00California roll & 6pc chef's choice nigiri
- Omakase Nigiri $32) / 10pc ($35) / 12pc ($37)Chef's premium choice: 8pc (
- Fresh Fish Entrée $36.00Donbo roll, 2pc tuna sashimi, 2pc salmon sashimi, 4pc chef's choice nigiri
- Donburi $32) | Maguro (+$1) | Hamachi (+$1)Slices of fish with wakame over seasoned rice): Sake (
- Unagi Donburi $35.00Barbequed unagi slices over seasoned rice
- Chirashi $36.00Assorted premium raw fish slices with wakame over seasoned rice
Hand Rolls
Special Rolls
- The Kraken 🔥 $24.00Hamachi, salmon, real crab, cucumber topped with spicy octopus, salmon, unagi, avocado & house special sauces
- Flyboy $22.00Salmon, hamachi & avocado topped with unagi, sesame seeds & unagi sauce
- Fire Dragon 🔥 $23.00Shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, kanikama topped with tuna, hamachi, ebi, avocado, tobiko, green onion, unagi & house sauce
- Chupacabra 🔥 $24.00Jalapeño popper topped with spicy salmon, avocado, real crab, tempura flakes & house glaze
- Spider-Mang 🔥 $24.00Spicy salmon, soft shell crab, mango topped with tuna, unagi & real crab
- Las Vegas 🔥 $24.00Real crab, avocado, cucumber topped with deep-fried unagi, spicy tuna, tobiko, furikake & avocado
- Sundaze 🔥 $23.00Spicy hamachi & shrimp tempura topped with seared salmon, avocado, tobiko, green onion & house sauces
- Drunken Tiger $21.00Hamachi, salmon, kanikama, asparagus topped with tuna, avocado, ebi & sweet mustard ponzu
- Dragon Crunch 🔥 $20.00Shrimp tempura, spicy kanikama, cucumber topped with spicy tuna, tobiko & tempura flakes
- Dragon $21.00Shrimp tempura, cucumber topped with unagi, avocado, tobiko & unagi sauce
- Mad Dragon 🔥 $20.00Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, kanikama topped with avocado & sesame seeds
- Red Dragon $22.00Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber topped with tuna, tobiko & green onion
- 2Nice $23.00Spicy tuna, soft shell crab, cucumber topped with hamachi, tuna, avocado & tobiko
- The Silver Queen $22.00Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber topped with seared albacore, furikake, crispy deep-fried onions & ponzu
- SNK $23.00Hamachi, salmon, ebi, kanikama, asparagus topped with salmon, unagi, avocado, tobiko & green onion
- Mo Pink 🔥 $22.00Chopped marinated soft shell crab, avocado topped with hamachi, tobiko, jalapeño & sriracha ponzu
- Foxy Lady 🔥 $22.00Spicy tuna, spicy kanikama, cucumber topped with seared tuna, onions & sweet mustard unagi sauce
- Blackpink $22.00Unagi, ebi, avocado topped with hamachi, black tobiko & ponzu unagi sauce
- City Boy $22.00Shrimp tempura, cucumber topped with tuna, unagi, avocado & macadamia nuts
- Lady In Pink 🔥 $21.00Spicy hamachi, cucumber topped with hamachi, tobiko & green onion
- Sunset $21.00Unagi, avocado topped with salmon, macadamia nuts & unagi sauce
- Sunkissed $22.00Salmon, avocado topped with tuna, lemon & marinated tobiko
- Summer Break $21.00Salmon, albacore, avocado topped with hamachi & avocado
- Spice Girls 🔥 $20.00Spicy tuna & cucumber topped with seaweed wakame salad
- Starburst $21.00Shrimp tempura, avocado topped with hamachi, salmon, tobiko & green onions
- JJ’s Special 🔥 $20.00Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber topped with spicy tuna & jalapeño
- Fireworks $20.00Spicy tuna, cucumber topped with avocado, kanikama & tobiko
- Main Man Ben’s $21.00Tuna, kanikama, cream cheese topped with shrimp tempura, avocado & macadamia nuts
- Dynamic Duo $21.00Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber topped with salmon, avocado & macadamia nuts
- Cherry Blossom $21.00Salmon, avocado topped with tuna & tobiko
- Ask Jamie $21.00Unagi, avocado, mango topped with hamachi, salmon & macadamia nuts
- Kane’s Special $21.00Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber topped with tuna, salmon & macadamia nuts
- Double J $19.00Hamachi, unagi, salmon, tuna, cream cheese, kanikama topped with tobiko
- Funky Fresh $20.00Kanikama, avocado topped with salmon, lemon & dill
- Svnsix $22.00Real crab, avocado topped with ebi, avocado & sesame seeds
- Lava 🔥 $19.00Spicy tuna, cucumber topped with shrimp tempura, tempura flakes & sriracha
- Lava King 🔥 $21.00Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, cucumber topped with shrimp tempura, avocado & furikake
- Unagi Lover $23.00Unagi, avocado topped with unagi, macadamia nuts & unagi sauce
- Hamachi Lover $21.00Hamachi, avocado topped with hamachi & green onion
- Tuna Lover $21.00Tuna, avocado topped with tuna & tobiko
- Salmon Lover $20.00Salmon, avocado topped with salmon & green onion
- Rainbow $19.00California roll base topped with an assortment of fresh fish
- Caterpillar $19.00Unagi, kanikama, cucumber topped with avocado & tobiko
- Crunch / Spicy Crunch 🔥 $19.00California roll topped with shrimp tempura & crunchy tempura flakes
- King Crunch $21.00Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado topped with shrimp tempura, flakes & macadamia nuts
- Python 🔥 $19.00Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber topped with tobiko & choice of spicy salmon, spicy tuna, or spicy albacore
- Lion King (Baked) 🔥 $20.00Kanikama, avocado topped with cheese, tobiko & choice of salmon or scallop
Classic Rolls
- California Roll (In: kanikama & avocado) $10.00
- Real Crab CA Roll $15.00In: real crab & avocado. Top: tobiko
- Tekka Maki (In: tuna) $10.00
- Spicy Tuna Roll 🔥 (In: spicy tuna & cucumber) $12.00
- Sake Maki (In: fresh salmon & avocado) $10.00
- Spicy Salmon Roll 🔥 $12.00In: spicy salmon & cucumber
- Negi-Hama Maki $10.00In: yellowtail & green onion
- Spicy Hamachi Roll 🔥 $13.00In: spicy hamachi & cucumber
- Monterey Roll $15.00In: unagi, tamago, avocado & cucumber. Sauce: unagi + sesame seeds
- Chicken Teriyaki Roll $12.00In: chicken teriyaki & cucumber. Sauce: unagi + sesame seeds
- Una Avo $13.00In: unagi & avocado. Sauce: unagi + sesame seeds
- Una Q $13.00In: unagi & cucumber. Sauce: unagi + sesame seeds
- Donbo Roll $13.00In: hamachi, shrimp & avocado. Top: tobiko
- El Camino Real Roll $14.00In: unagi, avocado, macadamia nuts & mango. Top: tobiko. Sauce: unagi
- Hawaiian Roll $14.00In: unagi, avocado & macadamia nuts. Top: tobiko. Sauce: unagi
- Spicy Shrimp Roll 🔥 $13.00In: shrimp & avocado. Top: tobiko. Sauce: house & sriracha
- Shrimp Tempura Roll $12.00In: shrimp tempura, avocado & cucumber. Top: tobiko. Sauce: unagi
- Spider Roll $13.00In: deep fried soft shell crab, avocado & cucumber. Top: tobiko. Sauce: unagi
- Wonderful Roll $13.00In: scallop, shiso & cucumber. Top: tobiko. Sauce: unagi
- Scallop Heaven 🔥 $13.00In: scallop, green onion & cucumber. Top: tobiko. Sauce: spicy
- Santa Cruz Roll $13.00In: hamachi, salmon & avocado. Top: tobiko
- Philly Roll $13.00In: salmon, avocado & cream cheese. Top: tobiko
- Sakegawa Roll $15.00In: salmon skin, avocado, cucumber & green onion. Top: tobiko. Sauce: unagi
- Octoroll $13.00In: octopus & avocado. Sauce: unagi
- Futomaki $25.00In: unagi, cucumber, avocado, tamago, kampyo, radish, inari, shiitake mushroom & wakame
Deep Fried Rolls
- Golden State $16.00In: California roll. Top: tobiko & green onion. Sauce: unagi & house sauce
- The Sharks 🔥 $16.00In: spicy tuna. Top: tobiko & green onion. Sauce: unagi & house sauce
- Godzilla 🔥 $18.00In: spicy kanikama & cream cheese. Top: avocado, tobiko & green onion. Sauce: unagi, house sauce & sriracha
- Hot Kiss 🔥 $20.00In: spicy tuna, jalapeno & cream cheese. Top: spicy tuna, tobiko & tempura flakes. Sauce: unagi, house sauce & sriracha
- DF Spicy Tuna 🔥 $17.00In: spicy tuna & shiso. Top: tobiko. Sauce: unagi
Vegetable Rolls
- Avocado Maki (In: avocado) $8.00
- Kappa Maki (In: cucumber) $6.00
- Oshinko Maki (In: pickled japanese radish) $6.00
- Kanpyo Maki (In: cooked Japanese squash) $6.00
- Avo Q Roll $10.00In: avocado & cucumber. Top: sesame seeds
- Yam Roll $10.00In: yam tempura & avocado. Sauce: unagi + sesame seeds
- Ishi Roll $11.00In: inari, shiitake mushroom, avocado & cucumber. Top: sesame seeds
- Wakame Roll $11.00In: marinated seaweed, avocado & cucumber. Top: sesame seeds
- Veggie Futo Maki $18.00In: cucumber, avocado, squash, radish, inari, tamago, shiitake mushroom & wakame
Special Veggie Rolls
- Seaweed Monster $20.00In: asparagus, cucumber & avocado. Top: wakame salad
- Evergreen $20.00In: shiitake mushroom, cucumber, avocado & macadamia nuts. Top: avocado
- Yammy Yammy $20.00In: yam tempura & macadamia nuts. Top: avocado & tempura flakes. Sauce: unagi
Sides, Drinks and Desserts
- Mochi Ice Cream $5.00Choice of Strawberry, Mango, Chocolate, or Green Tea
- Soft Drinks (Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite) $3.00
- Ramune Japanese Soda $3.75Strawberry, Melon, or Original
- Sparkling Water: small $6 / large: $10
- Sides: Steamed White Rice 3 4 3
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