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Kuma Sushi + Sake

1040 Polk St, San Francisco, CA

Featured Items

  • Miso Soup

    Awase miso with a kelp, mushroom, and shungiku leaf soup base; creates a flavor that’s almost tea-like.
    $5.00
  • Salmon Avocado Roll

    Salmon, sesame seeds, lemon slices, and avocado.
    $12.00
  • California Roll

    Real crab, avocado, and sesame seeds.
    $12.00

Chirashi and Chef's Choice

  • Chef's 4-Piece Nigiri Tasting

    Four pieces of sushi selected by the chef. Types of fish may vary depending on season, but we generally like to start with lighter flavors and end with a belly cut.
    $26.00
  • Chef's 8-Piece Nigiri Tasting

    Eight pieces of sushi selected by the chef. Types of fish may vary depending on season, but we generally like to start with lighter flavors and end with belly cuts.
    $52.00
  • Sake-Masu Box

    A filling dish utilizing all parts of both salmon and ocean trout. 12 slices total, cuts from the back and the belly, cured roe, and salmon skin chicharrones, all served over our wild grain rice blend, with assorted veggies and kinshi tamago.
    $56.00
  • Chirashi

    To fully embrace take-out, we've replaced our chef's choice sashimi with Kuma's chirashi. Inspired by one of our favorite dishes and the idea of a casual night in, you'll get 14 cuts of today's best fish, ikura snap peas, and kinshi tamago scattered over a house blend of nisihki rice and wild grains.
    $58.00
  • Chirashi Deluxe

    All the goodness of our house chirashi with the addition of a few more luxurious items for when you're feeling fancy. Includes local uni, toro, and assorted shellfish.
    $76.00
  • Sashimi Sampler

    A pared down version of our dine-in sashimi platter designed to handle the bustle of take-out. A selection from the chef of 3 fish, 2 pieces each for 6 pieces total.
    $30.00

Starters

  • Miso Soup

    Awase miso with a kelp, mushroom, and shungiku leaf soup base; creates a flavor that’s almost tea-like.
    $5.00
  • Osuimono

    Slices of shiitake mushroom and tofu suspended in clear soup made from this morning’s fish bones.
    $7.00
  • Edamame

    Blanched soybean pods tossed with coarse sea salt.
    $6.00
  • Seaweed Salad

    A mix of both local and Japanese seaweed marinated in sesame oil.
    $7.00
  • Kuma's House Salad

    Massaged kale, salt pickled cucumber and local seaweed. Optional addition of salmon skin chicharrónes.
    $11.00

Small Plates

  • Great Balls of Fire

    Panko breaded tuna and hamachi roll, topped with sriracha, spicy mayo, unagi sauce, green onions, tobiko, and our house furikake.
    $14.00
  • Kama

    Choice of yellowtail or salmon fish collar seasoned with sea salt and steam broiled until perfectly tender and juicy. Served with a garlic ponzu dipping sauce.
    $18.00

Sushi

  • Ama Ebi

    Spot Prawn, British Columbia
    $15.00
  • Hamachi

    Yellowtail, Kagoshima
    $9.00
  • Hirame

    Fluke, US East Coast
    $11.00
  • Hotate

    Scallop, Hokkaido
    $12.00
  • Kanpachi

    Amberjack, Hawaii
    $12.00
  • Kuro Dai

    Black Sea Bream, Miyagi
    $10.00
  • Maguro

    Tuna, Pacific Islands
    $11.00
  • Magurozuke

    Soy marinated tuna, Pacific Islands
    $12.00
  • Masu Toro

    Ocean Trout Belly, Loch Etive
    $17.00
  • Pirikara Hotate

    Scallop dusted with our house 7-spice blend and seared, Hokkaido
    $13.00
  • Sake

    Salmon, US Atlantic
    $8.00
  • Sake Toro

    Salmon Belly, US East Coast
    $16.00
  • Sunazuri

    Yellowtail Belly, Kagoshima
    $15.00
  • Tai Kobujime

    Sea bream, Kagoshima
    $11.00
  • Tombo Ahi

    Albacore, Hawaii
    $10.00
  • Toro

    Bluefin Tuna Belly, Ensenada
    $24.00
  • Umi Masu

    $9.00
  • Uni

    Sea Urchin, location varies based on season
    $24.00
  • Walu

    Yuzu marinated escolar, Korea
    $11.00

Maki

  • California Roll

    Real crab, avocado, and sesame seeds.
    $12.00
  • Salmon Avocado Roll

    Salmon, sesame seeds, lemon slices, and avocado.
    $12.00
  • Negi Hama

    Yellowtail and green onions in toasted seaweed.
    $9.00
  • Spicy Tuna Roll

    Spicy tuna, cucumber, avocado, perilla leaf, daikon radish sprouts, and red leaf lettuce.
    $13.00
  • Ebi Tempura Roll

    Tempura shrimp, cucumber, avocado, perilla leaf, daikon radish sprouts, red leaf lettuce, and spicy mayonnaise.
    $14.00
  • Rainbow

    California roll topped with various fish chosen by the chef.
    $18.00
  • Hey Girl

    Tempura shrimp, cucumber topped with layers of tuna and avocado, spicy mayo, and unagi sauce.
    $21.00
  • Fresca

    Spicy tuna, pineapple, and avocado, topped with walu ceviche and spicy oroshi.
    $19.00
  • Tango

    Fresh tuna and mango topped with ocean trout and yuzu kosho.
    $19.00
  • Jackalope

    Hawaiian amberjack and pickled jalapeno on top with spicy hamachi and fried green scallions inside
    $20.00
  • The Saratoga

    Seared ocean trout sprinkled with lemon zest topping a roll of avocado, asparagus, and jalapeño.
    $19.00
  • Half Baked

    Baked crab and avocado roll topped with salmon, green onions, tobiko, spicy mayo.
    $19.00
  • Avocado Maki

    Large slices of avocado and coarse sea salt.
    $7.00
  • Sweet Potato Roll

    Tempura sweet potato and (vegetarian) unagi sauce.
    $8.00
  • Faceplant

    Jicama, avocado, cucumber roll topped with marinated Japanese eggplant and crushed sesame seeds.
    $16.00
  • Ox and Tiger

    Spicy hamachi and jicama roll topped with walu ceviche and kumquat.
    $19.00

Kuma's Pantry

  • Umami Soy Sauce (8oz)

    $10.00
  • House Ponzu Sauce (8oz)

    $10.00
  • Kuma's Shira Ae Salad Dressing (8oz)

    $10.00
  • House Spicy Mayo (8oz)

    $10.00
  • Kuma's Everything Furikake (1oz)

    $5.00
  • Kuma's Everything Shichimi (1oz)

    $5.00

Sake By the Carafe

  • Hot Sake

    $11.00
  • Funaguchi One Cup

    Honjozo -- Kikusui’s undiluted, unpasteurized honjozo sake. Served in a “one cup” size as unpasteurized sake is light sensitive. Big, bright and boozy, Niigata 200ml
    $11.00
  • Suijin

    Junmai -- Water God. is our driest sake and perfect for showcasing a sharp, powerful flavor of rice, Iwate 15 carafe
    $16.00
  • Fukuju

    Junmai -- Ginjo Happy Brewery. Silky with notes of apricot, this sake is used to toast at Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, Hyogo 20 carafe
    $21.00
  • Kikusui

    Ginjo -- Chrysanthemum Water. A top seller. Clean, crisp, and bright, Niigata 19 carafe
    $19.00
  • Tenbu

    Junmai Ginjo -- Holy Warrior. From the famous shochu distiller Nishi Shuzo we have another sake that fits the “drinks like a wine” category. Notes of watermelon, banana, and yogurt. Kagoshima 21 carafe
    $21.00
  • Ginban Banshu 50

    Daiginjo Silver Plate. A bold, fruity nose followed by a dry, spicy finish. It’s a sake that pleases all palates, Toyama 22 carafe
    $22.00
  • Sequoia Nama Genshu

    Nama Genshu means sake that has not been pasteurized or diluted. High alcohol and slightly effervescent with a deep rich taste. Sequoia’s best, San Francisco.
    $36.00
  • Sequoia Coastal Nigori

    Perfect spring nigori sake with a floral nose and flavors of yogurt and lychee. One of Sequoia’s best selling sake is a must try for fans of nigori, San Francisco.
    $33.00

Miso Soup

$5.00

Awase miso with a kelp, mushroom, and shungiku leaf soup base; creates a flavor that’s almost tea-like.

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Kuma Sushi + Sake Location and Ordering Hours

(415) 962-7400
1040 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109
Closed • Opens Sunday at 12PM
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