Wa Sushi & Izakaya Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Wa Sushi & Izakaya, a gem located in Alhambra, CA, offering a delightful array of traditional Japanese cuisine. Their menu brilliantly showcases a balance of textures and flavors, promising an unforgettable dining experience.

  • Highlighting Freshness: Customers rave about the freshly prepared sushi, with notable mentions of the Salmon Skin Roll and Crispy Chicken Meal that deliver exceptional taste at an incredible value.
  • Entrée Excellence: Try the Miso Black Cod, tender and rich, or the Beef Teriyaki, praised for its juicy Angus beef and flavor-packed sauce. Each dish is served with comforting miso soup, salad, and rice, enhancing the authentic experience.
  • Appetizer Attractions: Don't miss the Oyster Tempura or the Stuffed Jalapeno—perfect starters that elevate your meal.

With attentive service and a cozy atmosphere, Wa Sushi & Izakaya is a must-visit for sushi lovers. Come and experience the flavors that keep patrons coming back for more!

Appetizer

Grilled Zucchini

$6.00

Edamame

Soybeans.

$7.00

Spicy Garlic Edamame

$8.50

Miso Eggplant

sauted Japanese eggplant with miso glaze

$8.50

Gyoza

deep Fried; choice of veggie or pork

$8.50

Shishito Peper

$9.50

Sauteed Green Beans

$9.50

Agedashi Tofu

$8.50

Sting Ray Fin

$10.00

Chicken Karaage

japanese style boneless fried chicken

$11.50

Crispy Rice

crispy sushi rice topped with spicy tuna, avocado, scallion, and ponzu

$11.50

Ika Geso

fried Squid legs

$11.50

Stuffed Jalapeno

deep fried jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese and spicy tuna

$11.50

Baby Octopus

$12.50

Rock Shrimp

$15.00

Softshell Crab

$13.50

Vegetable Tempura

$11.50

Mixed Tempura

$14.50

Shrimp Tempura

Battered and fried shrimps.

$13.50

Oyster Tempura

deep fried oyster with lemon sauce

$13.50

Tempura

Entrees (Kitchen)

Chicken Teriyaki

Grilled chicken served with miso soup, salad, and rice

$20.00

Salmon Teriyaki

Served with miso soup, salad, and rice

$22.00

Beef Teriyaki

Angus grilled beef served with miso soup, salad, and rice

$25.00

Tempura Dinner

7pc veggie tempura, 4 pc shrimp tempura, salad, miso soup, and rice

$22.00

Katsu Cutlet

deep-fried breaded pork or chicken. Served with miso soup, salad, rice

$20.00

Miso Salmon

Grilled fresh salmon marinated in miso; served with rice, salad, and miso soup

$22.00

Grill Mackerel

Grilled mackerel served with miso soup, rice, and salad

$20.00

Miso Black Cod

served with miso soup, rice, and salad; marinated in miso paste

$33.00

Sushi Plate

7pc sushi and spicy tuna roll

$32.00

Salmon Plate

5pc salmon sashimi, 5pc salmon sushi, and salmon roll

$36.00

WA Chirashi

most popular dish; assortment of chef choice sashimi over sushi rice

$55.00

WA Sushi Omakase

10pc premium sushi omakase plate

$59.00

WA Sashimi Moriawase

chef choice of premium selection of fish

$60.00

WA Sushi & Sashimi Omakase

15pc premium sashimi and 11pc premium nigiri

$130.00

Entrees Sushi Bar

Cold Singature Plates

Yuzu Salmon

6pc; salmon sashimi served with yuzu sauce, sesame oil, and sesame seeds

$21.00

Yellowtail Jalapeno

6pc; yellowtail sashimi topped with jalapeno and cilantro, served with ponzu

$21.00

Lemon Tako

6pc; thinly sliced octopus with lemon, served with ponzu

$22.00

Albacore with Crispy Onion

6pc; albacore sashimi topped with deep-fried onion, scallion, and smelt egg; served with mustard soy

$20.00

Tuna with Garlic Chips

6pc; seared tuna sashimi topped with red onion, scallion, and garlic chips; served with garlic ponzu

$20.00

Truffle Salmon

6pc; seared salmon sashimi topped with truffle oil, sea salt, and crispy onion

$23.00

Lemon Halibut

6pc; halibut sashimi topped with cilantro and jalapeno with lemon dressing

$23.00

Truffle Red Snapper

6pc; thinly sliced red snapper sashimi topped with truffle oil, sea salt, serrano peppers, and organic greens

$24.00

Habanero Salmon

6pc; habanero Mango Salmon topped with goat cheese

$22.00

Road House

6 pieces. Crabmeat topped with seared salmon, freshwater eel, smelt egg, and scallion, served with eel sauce, spicy mayo and soy mustard

$25.00

Salmon Kama

grilled salmon collar

$14.00

Hamachi Kama

grilled yellowtail collar

$20.00

Surume Ika

grilled whole squid

$20.00

Madai Kama

grilled Japanese seabream collar

$20.00

Baked Green Mussels

5pc baked green mussel with house mayo and cheese

$17.00

Amberjack Kama

grilled baby yellowtail collar

$20.00

Baked Ankimo

Monkfish liver.

$20.00

Hot Signature Plates

Nigiri Sushi and Sashimi

Bluefin Nigiri (2pc)

$15.00

Tuna

$10.00

Salmon

$9.00

Seared Salmon

$10.00

Salmon Belly

$11.00

Yellowtail

$11.00

Yellowtail Belly

$12.00

Amberjack

$11.00

Albacore

$9.00

Sea Bream

$12.00

Scallop

$12.00

Snow Crab

$12.00

Squid

$8.00

Hotaru Squid Sushi

2 pieces.

$12.00

Sweet Egg

$7.00

Salmon Caviar

$11.00

Smelt Egg

$7.00

Seared Tuna

$10.00

Octopus

$10.00

Mackerel

$9.00

Halibut

$11.00

Escolar

White tuna.

$9.00

Ankimo

$10.00

Black Snapper

$10.00

Spicy Scallop

$9.00

Spanish Mackerel

$12.00

Shrimp

$8.00

Eel

$11.00

Crab Stick

$5.50

Tofu Sushi

$6.50

Avocado Sushi

$4.50

Carrot Sushi

$4.50

Mushroom

$4.50

Shishito Pepper Sushi

$5.50

Cucumber Sushi

$4.50

Eggplant Sushi

$5.50

Vegetarian Sushi

Donburi

Whole Squid Donburi

$30.00

Vegetable Donburi

$30.00

Fresh Eel Donburi

$35.00

Steak Donburi

$35.00

Sunomono Salad

pickled cucumber with seaweed salad

$6.00

House Salad

mixed greens with house dressing

$8.50

Salmon Skin Salad

mixed greens topped with crispy, grilled salmon skin with house dressing

$16.00

Sashimi Salad

mixed greens topped with chef choice of fresh sashimi with dressing

$23.00

Avocado Salmon Salad

$18.00

Mango Crab Salad

mixed greens topped with snow crab and mango with house dressing

$25.00

Salads

Premium Rolls

Crunch Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: crunch flakes

$15.00

Tempura Cali Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: deep fried

$13.00

Shrimp Tempura Roll

inside: shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado

$13.50

Alaskan Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: salmon

$17.00

Energy Roll

inside: crabmeat, eel, avocado // outside: deep fried

$15.50

Red Dragon Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado //outside: spicy tuna and eel sauce

$15.50

Ninja Roll

inside: spicy tuna // outside: deep-fried, spicy mayo, eel sauce

$17.00

Caterpillar Roll

inside: eel, cucumber // outside: avocado

$17.50

Dragon Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: eel, avocado

$17.50

Hawaiian Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: tuna, avocado

$17.00

Rainbow Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp

$17.50

Spicy Rainbow Roll

inside: spicy tuna, cucumber // outside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp

$18.00

Tuna Lover Roll

inside: spicy tuna, cucumber // outside: seared tuna

$18.50

1604 (Hot Night) Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: spicy tuna, crunch flakes

$17.00

Tiger Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: boiled shrimp, avocado

$17.00

Salmon Lover Roll

inside: spicy salmon, avocado // outside: seared salmon

$18.50

Baja Roll

inside: spicy crab, avocado, red onion, cilantro // outside: soy paper

$18.00

Seared Albacore Roll

inside: softshell crab (smashed), cucumber // outside: spicy tuna, albacore, serrano chilis

$19.50

Habanero Roll

inside: shrimp tempura, crabmeat, avocado // outside: salmon, habanero sauce

$19.50

Dynamite Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: seafood dynamite

$21.50

Alamo Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: mixture of crabmeat, salmon, scallops

$19.00

Rattle Snake Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: spicy tuna, eel

$20.50

Yellowtail Cilantro Roll

inside: yellowtail, cucumber, cilantro // outside: yellowtail, serrano chilis

$21.00

Hunt Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: spicy tuna, eel tempura

$20.50

Monster Roll

inside: crabmeat, shrimp tempura, avocado // outside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp

$20.50

Seahawks Roll

inside: spicy softshell crab, spicy crabmeat, cucumber // outside: langoustine tempura, avocado, smelt egg, green onion, radish sprouts

$22.00

Gladiator Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: yellowtail, serrano chilis, crispy onion, smelt egg, radish sprouts

$21.50

Fantasy Roll

inside: spicy tuna, softshell crab, avocado, shrimp tempura, cilantro// outside: rice paper

$22.00

Sunset Roll

inside: salmon,avocado,jalapeno // outside: salmon, lemon, ponzu

$20.50

Baked Salmon Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: salmon, cheese

$18.00

Baked Langoustine Roll

inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: baby langoustine meat, cheese

$21.50

Baked Rolls

Protein-Style Rolls

Las Vegas Roll

inside: crabmeat, avocado, salmon // outside: deep fried

$15.50

Cucumber Lover Roll

inside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp, avocado, radish sprouts // outside: cucumber

$20.50

Lettuce Wrap Roll

inside: lettuce, crabmeat, avocado, radish sprouts, shrimp tempura // outside: soy paper

$17.00

Spicy Cucumber Lover Roll

inside: spicy tuna, shrimp tempura // outside: cucumber

$22.00

Spicy Lettuce Wrap

inside: lettuce, crabmeat, spicy tuna, shrimp tempura // outside: soy paper

$20.00

Cali Roll

inside: crabmeat, avocado, cucumber

$7.50

Spicy Tuna Roll

inside: spicy tuna, cucumber

$10.00

Spicy Yellowtail Roll

inside: spicy yellowtail, cucumber, green onion

$10.00

Spicy Salmon Roll

inside: spicy salmon, jalapeno, avocado

$10.00

Spicy Scallop Roll

inside: spicy scallop, cucumber, green onion, masago

$10.00

Philly Roll

inside: salmon, cream cheese, avocado

$12.00

Eel Avacado Roll

inside: fresh water eel, avocado

$10.00

Tuna Roll

inside: tuna

$10.00

Yellowtail Roll

inside: yellowtail, green onion

$10.00

Salmon Roll

inside: salmon

$10.00

Salmon Skin Roll

5 pieces. inside: grilled salmon skin, cucumber, avocado, gobo // outside: bonito flake, eel sauce

$10.00

Negi Toro Roll

inside: negi toro, green onion

$14.00

Basic Rolls

Veggie Rolls

Veggie Nigiri Set (10pc)

Veggie Sushi set 10pc

$19.50

Carrot Roll (Yama Gobo)

inside: marinated carrots (pickled burdock root)

$8.50

Mango Strawberry Roll

inside: seaweed salad, cucumber, avocado // outside: mango, strawberry with soy paper

$16.50

Cucumber Roll

Inside: cucumber, sesame seeds

$7.00

Avocado Roll

inside: avocado

$8.50

Mixed Vegetable Roll

5 pieces. inside: romaine lettuce, avocado, cucumber, radish sprouts, gobo, pickled radish

$8.50

Annie's Roll

inside: cucumber, gobo, tamago // outside: avocado

$13.50

Tito's Roll

inside: asparagus, cilantro, jalapeno, gobo // outside: sliced tomato, vegetarian ponzu

$14.50

Cucumber Paradise Roll

inside: carrot, lettuce, eggplant, radish sprouts, avocado// outside: cucumber, soy paper

$16.50

Sexy Roll (Vegetarian)

8pc; inside: seaweed salad, cucumber, jalapeno // outside: avocado, strawberry

$16.50

Salmon Skin Hand Roll

1 piece. inside: grilled salmon skin, radish sprouts, gobo, cucumber, bonito

$10.00

Eel Avocado Hand Roll

1 piece. inside: baked eel, avocado, eel sauce

$12.00

Negi Toro Hand Roll

1 piece. inside: negi toro, green onion, kaiware, yamagobo, avocado, cucumber, oshinko

$25.00

Spider Hand Roll

1 piece. inside: softshell crab, cucumber, avocado, kaiware, yamagobo, crabmeat // outside: soy paper

$16.00

Baked Blue Crab Hand Roll

1 piece. inside: baked blue crab, radish sprouts, gobo, lettuce // outside: soy paper

$17.00

WA Hand Roll

1 piece. inside: spicy crabmeat, salmon, crispy onion, avocado, radish sprouts, truffle oil

$20.00

Half and Half Hand Roll

2 piece. inside: shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, crabmeat, cucumber // outside: soy paper, spicy mayo, eel sauce, sriracha

$19.50

Trio Hand Roll

3 pieces. california handroll, spicy tuna handroll, and shrimp tempura roll

$20.00

Bluefin Tuna Hand Roll

1 piece. inside: chopped bluefin tuna, jalapeno, cilantro, japanse uni, radish sprouts, gobo, black caviar

$19.50

Handrolls

Skewers

Chicken Wing

$5.50

Chicken Gizzard

An organ commonly found in chicken.

$5.00

Chicken Skin

$5.00

Chicken Liver

$5.00

Prime Beef

$6.00

Pork Belly

Fatty meat from the belly of a pig.

$5.00

Shishito Pepper

$5.00

Asparagus

Sushi roll filled with asparagus.

$4.50

Ginko Nut

$4.50

Shitake Mushroom

$5.00

Eggplant

Cooked in oil.

$5.00

Sea Bass

White fish with mild delicate flavor.

$10.00

Oyster

Delicate, buttery mollusk.

$7.00

Plain Udon

$14.00

Curry Udon

$16.00

Tempura Udon

vegetable tempura (3pcs) and shrimp (2pcs)

$18.00

Grilled Chicken Udon

$18.00

Veggie Yaki

$17.00

Nabeyaki Udon

comes with vegetable tempura (3pcs) and shrimp tempura (1pc)

$22.00

Curry Rice

$16.00

Chicken Fried Rice

$12.00

Noodles l Rice

Kid's Menu

Kid's Chicken Teriyaki

served with white rice, 2pc gyoza, teriyaki sauce, and orange slices

$12.50

Kid's Chicken Katsu

served with white rice, 2pc gyoza, katsu sauce, and orange slices

$12.50

Kid's Tonkatsu

served with white rice, 2pc gyoza, katsu sauce, and orange slices

$12.50

White Rice

$3.00

Sushi Rice

$4.00

Brown Rice

$4.00

Fresh Wasabi

$3.00

Miso Soup

Soup that is made from miso paste.

$4.00

Sides

Lunch Special

Chicken Teriyaki Bento Lunch

Chicken marinated or glazed in a soy-based sauce.

$18.00

Marinated Beef Bento Lunch

$20.00

Katsu Bento Lunch

$19.00

Salmon Teriyaki Bento Lunch

$19.00

Sushi Bento Lunch

$25.00

Sashimi Bento Lunch

$26.00

Sushi and Sashimi Bento Lunch

$30.00

Plain Ice Cream

$5.50

Mochi Ice Cream

$6.00

Banana Tempura

$8.00

Green Tea Cheesecake

$10.00

Tempura Cheesecake

$10.00

Sweet Potato Ice Cream

$12.00

Desserts

Non-Alcholic Drinks

Green Tea

$3.00

Soda

Choice of Soda

$4.00

Ramune

$4.00

Orange Juice

$4.00

Lemonade

$4.00

Sparkling Water

$5.00

Bottled Water

$4.00

Quail Egg

$2.00

Add-Ons for Rolls, Premium Rolls, Special

Rolls, Baked Rolls, and Veggie Rolls

Soy Paper

$2.00

Avocado Inside

$2.00

Avocado Outside

$2.50

Tempura Flakes

$1.50

Shiso

$1.50

Masago Inside

$2.00

Masago Outside

$2.50

Cream Cheese

$1.50

Gobo

$1.50

Sesame Seeds

$0.50