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Sushi Den

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Sushi Den

Cuisine: Asian, Japanese, Sushi

Price Range: $$

10Best Says

Many credit Sushi Den's entry onto the dining scene with the popularity of sushi in Denver. No matter how you slice it, Sushi Den's wonderful, high-quality dishes are sure to please, and fresh fish is flown in daily – a practice that makes for a slightly pricier, but more than worthy, menu. The modern decor encourages trendy crowds to visit over sake, sushi, and sashimi. Other notable dishes include teriyaki sesame chicken and roasted sea bass with wasabi-caper beurre blanc. Cooked dishes and tempura are equally appealing. For those wanting to bring the Japanese style cuisine to their home, consider taking their "SLICED! SUSHI MAKING CLASS."

Address:

1487 S Pearl St
Denver, CO 80210
303-777-0826

Hours:

Mon-Thu: 11:30am-2:30pm
Fri: 11:30am-2:30pm,; 4:45pm-11:30pm
Sat: 11:30am-2:30pm,; 4:30pm-11:30pm
Sun: 11:30am-2:30pm,; 5pm-10:30pm

EXPERT TIPS BY: Carri Wilbanks
Travel Expert

Japanese: "Put your name in early and take time to explore surrounding boutiques and shops since there is most always at least an hour wait."

Best for Japanese Because: Ask most any local, and this spot most always tops the list.

Lunch Menu
- Appetizers
  
  Taste of Sashimi
  
  Two pieces each of sliced maguro (tuna), hamachi (yellowtail) and shake (salmon) beautifully arranged with shredded daikon radish and shiso mint. ($14.00)
  
  Kobe Beef Kushiyaki
  
  Two kobe beef skewers served atop whipped potatoes, with a port wine reduction. ($15.00)
  
  Short Ribs
  
  Sweet korean marinade, jalapenos, sesame seeds, mushroom, haricot verts. ($12.00)
  
  Beef Carpaccio
  
  Thinly sliced ny strip steak and shirataki salad served with a ponzu sauce, served raw. ($14.00)
  
  Garlic Calamari
  
  Tender calamari, asparagus and mushrooms sautéed in a sake garlic butter sauce. ($11.00)
  
  Japanese Eggplant
  
  Japanese eggplant and julienne bell peppers sautéed in honey sesame miso glaze. ($7.00)
  
  Yakitori
  
  Mesquite grilled chicken and vegetable skewers, glazed with house teriyaki sauce. ($7.00)
  
  Spicy Chicken
  
  Sauteed chicken in shichimi pepper sauce. ($7.50)
  
  Gyoza
  
  Pan-seared dumplings filled with pork and cabbage, served with spicy sesame oil vinaigrette. ($6.00)
  
  Egg Rolls
  
  Crispy eggrolls filled with savory pork and vegetables. Served with spicy yellow mustard. ($7.00)
  
  Grilled Kama
  
  Mesquite grilled shake (salmon) or hamachi (yellowtail) collar seasoned with sea salt. Served with your choice of ponzu, lemon-garlic or teriyaki sauce. ($9.00)
- Soup and Salad
  
  Sweet Pea Soup
  
  Seasonal sweet pea soup enhanced by a touch of cream and hints of spice. Garnished with micro greens and a sesame cheese-stick twist. ($6.00)
  
  Miso Soup
  
  Traditional japanese miso soup with tofu, seaweed, green onions, enoki, shimeji, and shiitake mushrooms. ($3.50)
  
  Clear Soup
  
  Light bonito broth with japanese fish cakes, mitsuba (wild japanese cilantro) and enoki mushrooms. ($3.50)
  
  House Salad
  
  Mesculin greens, cherry tomatoes, radish and japanese cucumber drizzled with the house ginger-tofu dressing. ($6.00)
  
  Sushi Den Chicken Salad
  
  Sautéed strips of white and dark meat complimented with romaine lettuce, beets, feta cheese, tomatoes, and a coconut peanut butter sauce. ($11.00)
  
  Roasted Beet Salad
  
  Yellow and red beets tossed in a red wine vinaigrette and topped with herb crusted goat cheese. ($10.00)
  
  Shiitake Salad
  
  Grilled shiitake mushrooms served with mesclun greens, asparagus and pink grapefruit and grape tomatoes tossed in a soy-ginger balsamic vinaigrette. ($10.00)
  
  Tuna Tataki Salad
  
  Seared tataki served with mesculin greens, asparagus and pink grapefruit tossed in a ponzu vinaigrette. ($16.00)
  
  Sushi Den Duck Salad
  
  Roasted duck breast served abed mesculin greens, daikon radish, asparagus, carrots and pink grapefruit tossed in a soy-ginger balsamic vinaigrette. ($14.00)
  
  Sushi Den Caesar Salad
  
  Traditional caesar with a choice of seared tuna, fried calamari or shrimp tempura. ($10.50)
- Sushi Lunches
  
  Sushi Lunch
  
  Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, white fish, shrimp, scallop nigiri, and choice of tuna roll (6 pc) or california roll (5pc). ($18.50)
  
  Sashimi Lunch
  
  2 pc. Each of tuna, yellowtail, salmon, white fish and octopus. ($19.00)
  
  Combination Roll Lunch
  
  California roll (5 pc), poki roll (8 pc) and a scallop hand roll (regular or spicy). ($17.00)
- Noodles
  
  Tempura Udon
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Tempura Soba
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Duck Udon
  
  ($12.00)
- Tempura
  
  Vegetables
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Assorted
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Calamari and Vegetables
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Shrimp and Vegetables
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Chicken and Vegetables
  
  ($11.00)
- Signature Dishes
  
  Grilled Chicken - Teriyaki, Ginger Sauce or Japanese Miso
  
  Served with mixed greens and plum potato salad. ($10.00)
  
  Chicken and Vegetable Stir Fry
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Grilled Ny Strip Teriyaki, Ginger Sauce, Garlic Butter or Spicy Onion
  
  Served with mixed greens and plum potato salad. ($15.00)
  
  Calamari Steak - Teriyaki , Ginger or Garlic Butter Sauce
  
  Served with mixed greens and plum potato salad. ($13.00)
  
  Grilled Salmon - Teriyaki , Ginger or Shiitake Ponzu Butter Sauce
  
  Served with mixed greens and plum potato salad. ($13.00)
  
  Diver Scallops
  
  Served over creamy risotto with a sauté of wild mushrooms, peas and pea tendrils and a carrot-ginger gastrique. ($15.00)
- Combinations
  A - Assorted Tempura &
  
  Your choice of california roll or tuna roll. ($14.00)
  
  B - Vegetable Tempura with Beef
  
  Assorted seafood teriyaki platter. ($16.00)
  
  C - Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura
  with Your Choice of: Beef, salmon, or calamari steak.
  
  $16.00
  
  Chicken: $13.00
- Vegetarian
  
  Ginger Tofu Steak
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Tofu and Vegetable Stir Fry
  
  ($9.00)
Dinner Menu
- Soups
  
  Miso Soup*
  
  Traditional japanese miso soup with tofu, seaweed, green onions, enoki, shimeji, and shiitake mushrooms. ($4.00)
  
  Clear Soup
  
  Light bonito broth with japanese fish cakes, mitsuba (wild japanese cilantro) and enoki mushrooms. ($4.00)
- Salads
  
  House Salad*
  
  Mesculin greens, cherry tomatoes, radish and japanese cucumber drizzled with ginger-tofu dressing. ($6.00)
  
  Roasted Beet Salad*
  
  Roasted yellow and red beets accompany frisée enhanced with a hazelnut and red wine vinaigrette and topped with herb-crusted goat cheese. ($10.00)
  
  Tuna Tataki Salad
  
  Seared tataki style tuna served with mesculin greens, asparagus and pink grapefruit tossed in a ponzu vinaigrette. ($16.00)
  
  Shiitake Salad
  
  Grilled japanese shiitake mushrooms served on a bed of mixed greens, pink grapefruit and grape tomatoes tossed in a soy-ginger balsamic vinaigrette. ($10.00)
  
  Sushi Den Roasted Duck Salad
  
  Roasted duck breast served on a bed of mesculin greens, daikon radish, asparagus, carrots and pink grapefruit tossed in a soy-ginger balsamic vinaigrette. ($14.00)
  
  Sushi Den Caesar
  
  Traditional caesar with a choice of seared tuna, fried calamari or shrimp tempura. ($10.50)
- Appetizers
  
  Taste of Sashimi*
  
  Maguro, hamachi and shake (2 pc. Each) served with daikon radish & shiso. ($14.00)
  
  Diver Scallops
  
  Served over creamy risotto with a sauté of shitake mushrooms, peas and pea tendrils in a carrot-ginger gastrique. ($14.00)
  
  Miso Black Cod*
  
  Broiled miso marinated black cod. ($16.00)
  
  Garlic Calamari
  
  Tender calamari, asparagus, and mushrooms sautéed in a sake garlic butter sauce. ($11.00)
  
  Grilled Kama*
  
  Mesquite grilled shake (salmon) or hamachi (yellowtail) collar seasoned with sea salt served with your choice of ponzu, lemon-garlic or teriyaki sauce. ($9.00)
  
  Japanese Eggplant*
  
  Japanese eggplant and julienne vegetables sautéed in a honey sesame miso glaze. ($7.00)
  
  Yakitori
  
  Mesquite grilled chicken and vegetable skewers glazed with our house teriyaki sauce. ($7.00)
  
  Egg Rolls
  
  Home-made crispy egg rolls filled with savory pork and vegetables served with spicy yellow mustard. ($7.00)
  
  Gyoza
  
  Pan-seared dumplings filled with pork and cabbage, served with spicy sesame oil vinaigrette. ($6.00)
  
  Shumai
  
  Home-made steamed dumplings filled with a mixture of seafood, ground pork, water chestnuts, onion and shiitake mushrooms served with chinese style hot mustard. ($8.50)
  
  Short Ribs
  
  Sweet korean marinade, jalapenos, sesame seeds, mushroom, haricot verts. ($16.00)
  
  Beef Carpaccio
  
  Thinly sliced ny strip steak and micro-greens served with a ponzu sauce prepared raw or seared. ($14.00)
  
  Kobe Beef Kushiyaki
  
  With Shimeji mushrooms and a port wine reduction. ($15.00)
- Signature Dishes
  
  Pan Roasted Scottish Salmon*
  
  Served with grilled vegetables and yuzu plum wine grape sauce. Served with rice. ($18.00)
  
  Fresh Alaskan Halibut*
  
  Served with whipped potatoes, asparagus tips, heirloom tomatoes, miso honey beurre blanc. ($22.00)
  
  Sriracha-Garlic Shrimp*
  
  Mesquite grilled spicy jumbo tiger shrimp drizzled with a roasted red pepper togarashi chili sauce atop whipped potatoes and mango salsa. ($20.00)
  
  Wagyu Ny Strip Steak*
  
  With wild mushroom ragout, whipped potatoes, port wine pink peppercorn demi. ($22.00)
  
  Sukiyaki Hot Pot
  
  Thinly sliced ny strip steak, asian vegetables and tofu cooked in a sweet soy broth and served in a traditional cast iron pot. Served with rice. ($20.00)
  
  Bento Box
  
  4 pc california roll, shrimp and veggie tempura, miso salmon, beef teriyaki. Served with rice, miso soup and dinner salad. ($24.00)
  
  Teriyaki Chicken
  
  Mesquite grilled chicken in a homemade teriyaki sauce, served with a plum potato salad and an arugula bacon salad. Served with rice and miso soup. ($17.00)
  
  Tofu Steak
  
  Flash-fried silky tofu drizzled with your choice of a soy-ginger sauce or wild mushroom infused sake garlic butter sauce served with asian vegetables. ($13.00)
- Tempura
  Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura
  Shrimp and assorted seasonal vegetables.
  
  $10.00
  
  Large: $18.50
  Assorted Tempura
  Shrimp, calamari, chicken, white fish and assorted seasonal vegetables.
  
  $12.00
  
  Large: $18.50
  Vegetable Tempura
  Assorted seasonal vegetables.
  
  $8.50
  
  Large: $12.50
- Noodles
  
  Nabeyaki Udon
  
  Flour noodles in a light fish broth with egg served with shrimp and vegetable tempura comes with dinner salad. ($15.00)
  
  Duck Udon
  
  Flour noodles in a light fish broth with roasted duck breast. Comes with dinner salad. ($15.00)
  
  Tempura Soba
  
  Buckwheat noodles in a fish broth served with shrimp and vegetable tempura comes with dinner salad. ($15.00)
- Sushi Platter
  
  Vegetarian Sushi Dinner
  
  Eggplant (1pc) and mushroom (1pc) nigiri, cucumber roll (3pc), avocado roll (3pc), and vegetable roll (5pc). ($14.00)
  
  Sushi Dinner
  
  Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, white fish, scallop, crab, shrimp, and octopus nigiri (1 pc. Each) with a choice of tuna roll (6 pc.) Or california roll (5 pc.) ($23.00)
  
  Tekka Don
  
  Tuna sashimi served over a bowl of sushi rice. ($24.00)
  
  Chirashi
  
  Chef's selection sashimi served over a bowl of sushi rice. ($28.00)
  
  Deluxe Sushi Platter
  
  Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, and shrimp nigiri (1 pc. Each), tuna, yellowtail, octopus sashimi (2 pc. Each), tuna and yellowtail hand roll (1 pc. Each), and a california roll (8 pc.). ($30.00)
  
  Sashimi Dinner*
  
  Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, white fish, and octopus (3 pc. Each) comes with rice. ($35.00)
Happy Hour Menu
- Hot A-La-Carte
  
  Edamame (Green Soy Beans)
  
  ($4.75)
  
  Baked Green Mussels
  
  ($6.50)
  
  Dynamite
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Yakiika (Grilled Whole Squid)
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Broiled Black Cod (Miso Marinated)
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Shake Kama (Salmon Collar)
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Hamakama (Yellowtail Collar)
  
  ($10.00)
- Salads
  
  Fresh Seaweed Salad
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Grilled Shiitake Salad
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Tuna Tataki Salad (Seared Tuna)
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Sunomono (Seafood Salad)
  
  ($9.50)
  
  Calamari & Spinach Salad
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Sushi Den Duck (Braised Duck Breast) Salad
  
  ($14.00)
- Nigiri Sushi
  
  Maguro (Tuna)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Tuna Tataki (Seared Tuna)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Hamachi (Yellowtail)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Shake (Salmon)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Smoked Salmon
  
  ($2.75)
  
  Japanese Tai (Red Snapper)
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Hirame (Halibut)
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Ebi (Shrimp)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Amaebi (Raw Shrimp)
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Saba (Mackerel)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Tako (Octopus)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Ika (Squid)
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Unagi (Fresh Water Eel)
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Anago (Sea Eel)
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Kaibashira (Scallop)
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Ikura (Salmon Egg)
  
  ($4.00)
  
  Masago (Smelt Egg)
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Tamago (Egg Custard)
  
  ($2.00)
  
  Kani (Crab)
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Canadian Snow Crab w/ American Caviar
  
  ($4.00)
- Sushi Rolls
  
  Tekka Roll (Tuna) 6pc
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Negitoro Roll (Fatty Tuna) 6 pc.
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Negihama (Yellowtail) 6 pc.
  
  ($6.00)
  
  California Roll 8pc
  
  ($6.50)
  
  Poki Roll (Spicy Tuna) 8 pc.
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Rock-n-Roll 8pc
  
  Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese ($8.00)
  
  Rocky Mtn. Roll (Smoked Trout) 8pc
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Baked Spicy Roll 8 pc.
  
  Yellowtail & Salmon ($8.00)
  
  House Roll (Eel & Avocado) 8 pc.
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Anakyu (Sea Eel) 5 pc.
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Spider Roll (Soft Shell Crab) 5 pc.
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Salmon Skin Roll 5pc
  
  ($6.50)
  
  Tataki Roll 5 pc.
  
  ($7.50)
  
  Futomaki (Shrimp, Egg & Veggies) 5 pc.
  
  ($8.00)
- Signature Sushi Den Rolls
  
  Tuna Firecracker Roll
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Red Dragon Roll
  
  ($17.00)
  
  New Style Salmon Roll
  
  ($18.50)
  
  Rainbow Roll
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Kobe Beef Roll
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Aburi Bincho Roll
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Crispy Bincho Roll
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Grilled Veggie Maki
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Tofu Roll
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Big O Roll
  
  ($50.00)
  
  Volcano Roll
  
  ($17.00)
- Tempura Rolls
  
  Shrimp Tempura Roll 5pc
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Lobster Tempura Roll 5pc
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Chicken Tempura Roll 5 pc.
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Vegetable Tempura Roll 5pc
  
  ($8.00)
- Vegetarian Sushi
  
  Eggplant Sushi 2 pc.
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Portabella Mushroom Sushi 2 pc.
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Cucumber Roll 6 pc.
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Avocado Roll 6pc.
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Asparagus Roll 5 pc.
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Veggie Roll 5pc.
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Brown Rice Roll 5 pc.
  
  ($7.00)
- Hand Rolls
  
  Rocky Mtn Handroll 1 pc.
  
  ($6.50)
  
  Salmon Tarter w/ American Caviar Handroll 1 pc.
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Negitoro Handroll 1 pc.
  
  ($10.00)
- Happy Platter
  
  H1 - Chef Selection 4 pieces Sushi & Cucumber Handroll
  
  ($12.00)
  
  H2 - Chef Selection 5 pieces Sushi & Tuna Handroll
  
  ($13.50)
  
  H3 - Chef Selection 6 pieces of Sushi & Tuna Handroll
  
  ($14.50)

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