Kanpai Menu – Palo Alto, CA

Type : Japanese restaurant

Location : Palo Alto, CA

Modern takes on sushi & other Japanese fare, including a chef’s tasting menu, plus a big sake list. Based on 510 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Kanpai 94301

Address:
330 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Phone: (650) 325-2696

Website:

Hours

Friday 11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Saturday 5–8:30 PM
Sunday Closed
Monday

(Labor Day)
 11:30 AM–8:30 PM

Hours might differ
Tuesday 11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Wednesday 11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Thursday 11:30 AM–8:30 PM

Menu

Appetizer
Edamame
boiled soy beans		 $3.50
Horenso Goma-Ae
spinach with sesame sauce		 $4.50
Horenso Oshitashi
spinach with soy or bonito based sauce with sprinkles of seaweed and bonito flakes		 $4.50
Softshell Crab Appetizer
deep fried softshell crab with a dipping sauce		 $8.00
Gyoza
pot stickers, six pieces		 $4.50
Shumai
seaven pieces		 $5.50
Yakitori
chicken on skewers cooked with teriyaki sauce		 $6.50
Agedashi Tofu
deep fried tofu in special sauce topped with bonito flakes		 $7.50
Hiyayakko
cold tofu served with green onion, ginger and bonito flakes with a dipping sauce		 $7.50
Yudofu
hot tofu served with green onion, ginger and bonito flakes with a dipping sauce		 $7.50
Grilled Shiitake Mushroom – Plain Shiitake
grilled with teriyaki sauce		 $6.50
Grilled Shiitake Mushroom – Stuffed Shiitake
with minced fish, grilled with teriyaki sauce		 $8.00
Yaki-Ika
whole squid grilled with teriyaki sauce		 $8.00
Negimaki
green onion rolled with thinly sliced pork		 $7.50
Karei No Kara-Age
deep fried sole with a dipping sauce		 $12.00
Shrimp Tempura $7.50
Salads
Goma Wakame (Small Seaweed Salad)
small bowl of seasoned seaweed with sesame oil		 $4.50
Small House Salad
iceberg lettuce and tomato with sesame-miso dressing		 $1.75
Fresh Green Salad
large plate of salad with avocado, cucumber, lettuce, tomato and spinach with sesame miso dressing		 $6.50
Combination Seaweed Salad
variety of seaweed on a bed of lettuce with sesame-miso dressing		 $7.50
Rice & Miso Soups
Steamed Rice $1.75
Asari Clam Soup $5.00
Tofu And Seaweed Miso Soup $1.75
Nameko Mushroom Soup $5.00
Chirashi
Regular Chirashi
7 slices of fish and fish powder over sushi rice		 $13.00
Special Chirashi
9 slices of fish and fish powder over sushi rice		 $15.00
Maguro Chirashi
sushi rice topped with 8 slices of tuna and pickled vegetables		 $12.50
Assorted Sushi
Regular Sushi
7 pieces of nigiri and a cucumber roll		 $13.00
Special Sushi
8 pieces of nigiri and a tuna roll		 $15.00
Deluxe Sushi
12 pieces of the best selections of nigiri		 $24.00
Sushi Menu
Maguro (Tuna) $2.00
Shiro Maguro (Albacore) $2.00
Shiro Maguro Tataki (Seared Albacore) $2.00
Hamachi (Yellow Tail) $2.00
Hamachi Hara (Yellowtail Belly) $2.50
Ebi (Shrimp) $2.00
Amaebi (Sweet Shrimp) $3.00
Ika (Squid) $2.00
Sake (Salmon) $2.00
Sake Hara (Salmon Belly) $2.50
Hotate (Scallop) $2.00
Unagi (Eel) $2.00
Hirame (Flounder) $2.00
Hokkigai (Surf Clam) $2.00
Koika (Baby Squid) $1.85
Saba (Mackerel) $1.85
Tobiko (Flying Fish Egg) $1.85
Wasabi Tobiko $1.85
Tako (Octopus) $1.85
Tamago (Egg Omelet) $1.85
Sushi Roll
Tekka Maki (Tuna Roll) $4.50
Negi Hama
y. tail w/g. onion		 $4.50
Spicy Tuna Roll
spicy tuna & avocado		 $4.50
Spicy Ebi & Avocado Roll
spicy shrimp & avocado		 $4.50
Spicy Hotate & Avocado Roll
spicy scallop & avocado		 $4.50
Ebi & Avocado Roll
shrimp & avocado		 $4.50
Sake & Avocado Roll
salmon & avocado		 $4.50
California Roll
crab & avocado		 $4.50
Yasai Maki
mixed veggie roll		 $4.50
Ika Tobiko Maki
squid & tobiko		 $4.50
Saba Maki (Mackerel) $4.50
Unagi Maki
grilled eel roll		 $4.50
Kappa Maki (Cucumber) $3.50
Avocado Roll $3.50
Oshinko Maki (Pickled Daikon) $3.50
Ume Maki (Pickled Plum) $3.50
Jumbo Futomaki $20.00
Special Roll
Soft Shell Crab Roll
cut in 4 pcs		 $7.75
Soft Shell Crab Hand Roll
2 hand rolls		 $7.75
Shrimp Tempura Roll
w/avocado & tobiko		 $6.50
Desserts
Ice Cream
green tea or red bean flavor		 $2.50
Mochi Ice Cream
choice of green tea, red bean, strawberry, coffee or mango ice cream covered with thin rice cake		 $1.75

… View more

Menu Photos

Photo Gallery

Reviews

Ashish A
Small restaurant, but great food and service. Prices are not cheap but not super expensive either. We go there often and will continue to do so. Our favorite sushi place in downtown Palo Alto.

… more

Ian Leader
Mid-week dinner – everything tasted as expected

… more

Evariste Deprey
All around amazing! Absolutely delicious and the staff are extremely friendly! Truly heart broken to find out they are moving, have been coming for more than 14 years. But the wonderful staff and menu are moving to there sister restaurant Kanpai Sushi, at 330 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301

… more

E F
Wow – really bad. We ordered two of the $21 king crab rolls, chicken yakitori, gyoza, and beef teriyaki, totaling $101. The crab rolls had nearly NO crab in them. Some pieces did not have a single piece of crab in it and it had to eat it with my hands since they fell apart immediately. The yakitori tasted like pork…. And the gyoza were pan fried but limp and soggy. Horrible and angering.

… more

Mike Lawther
Service was very quick. The food was good for the price. The sashimi was sliced a little too thin which made the texture not quite right. The flavour of the roll was OK, but not amazing.

… more

Edgar Lau
Ordered some really simple dishes including Kappa Roll, which started falling apart as I went to pick it up with my chopsticks, the Niku Udon was good. The sukiyaki beef felt old and maybe a little overcooked but the rest of the noodle bowl was decent.

… more

domitype
Since my favorite Kama moved in with Kanpai it has been a big problem. Latest issue is with indicated open hours. Lunch is now 11 to 1:30. I do not live nearby anymore, so it is unlikely that I will be back again, no matter how good the food is. No service, even though the Open sign was on display.

… more

Karina Sanchez
amazing food! came on a wednesday evening and it seemed like a popular time yet our food got served so quickly! We got the gyoza, salmon and avocado rolls, chicken teriyaki, and tempura. Would definitely come back!

… more

Brandon Cohrs
Pretty nice little sushi place in downtown Palo Alto. Selection of rolls were good, but not too many specialty rolls. Also, roll size is not very big. Having said that, the food was really good and I’ll definitely be back next time I’m in town. Check it out!

… more

Geoffrey Bir
Delicious food, fresh sushi and an excellent selection of sake.

… more

… View more

Related:

  1. California Pizza Kitchen at Stanford Shopping Center Menu – Palo Alto, CA
  2. Mendocino Farms Menu – Palo Alto, CA
  3. Cardinal Sushi Menu – Palo Alto, CA
  4. Protégé Menu – Palo Alto, CA

Leave a Comment

Stay connected with the Roost!

Ask us any questions

Get in touch