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
Edamame
Soybeans.
Spicy Garlic Edamame
Miso Eggplant
sauted Japanese eggplant with miso glaze
Gyoza
deep Fried; choice of veggie or pork
Shishito Peper
Sauteed Green Beans
Agedashi Tofu
Sting Ray Fin
Chicken Karaage
japanese style boneless fried chicken
Crispy Rice
crispy sushi rice topped with spicy tuna, avocado, scallion, and ponzu
Ika Geso
fried Squid legs
Stuffed Jalapeno
deep fried jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese and spicy tuna
Baby Octopus
Rock Shrimp
Softshell Crab
Vegetable Tempura
Mixed Tempura
Shrimp Tempura
Battered and fried shrimps.
Oyster Tempura
deep fried oyster with lemon sauce
Tempura
Entrees (Kitchen)
Chicken Teriyaki
Grilled chicken served with miso soup, salad, and rice
Salmon Teriyaki
Served with miso soup, salad, and rice
Beef Teriyaki
Angus grilled beef served with miso soup, salad, and rice
Tempura Dinner
7pc veggie tempura, 4 pc shrimp tempura, salad, miso soup, and rice
Katsu Cutlet
deep-fried breaded pork or chicken. Served with miso soup, salad, rice
Miso Salmon
Grilled fresh salmon marinated in miso; served with rice, salad, and miso soup
Grill Mackerel
Grilled mackerel served with miso soup, rice, and salad
Miso Black Cod
served with miso soup, rice, and salad; marinated in miso paste
Sushi Plate
7pc sushi and spicy tuna roll
Salmon Plate
5pc salmon sashimi, 5pc salmon sushi, and salmon roll
WA Chirashi
most popular dish; assortment of chef choice sashimi over sushi rice
WA Sushi Omakase
10pc premium sushi omakase plate
WA Sashimi Moriawase
chef choice of premium selection of fish
WA Sushi & Sashimi Omakase
15pc premium sashimi and 11pc premium nigiri
Entrees Sushi Bar
Cold Singature Plates
Yuzu Salmon
6pc; salmon sashimi served with yuzu sauce, sesame oil, and sesame seeds
Yellowtail Jalapeno
6pc; yellowtail sashimi topped with jalapeno and cilantro, served with ponzu
Lemon Tako
6pc; thinly sliced octopus with lemon, served with ponzu
Albacore with Crispy Onion
6pc; albacore sashimi topped with deep-fried onion, scallion, and smelt egg; served with mustard soy
Tuna with Garlic Chips
6pc; seared tuna sashimi topped with red onion, scallion, and garlic chips; served with garlic ponzu
Truffle Salmon
6pc; seared salmon sashimi topped with truffle oil, sea salt, and crispy onion
Lemon Halibut
6pc; halibut sashimi topped with cilantro and jalapeno with lemon dressing
Truffle Red Snapper
6pc; thinly sliced red snapper sashimi topped with truffle oil, sea salt, serrano peppers, and organic greens
Habanero Salmon
6pc; habanero Mango Salmon topped with goat cheese
Road House
6 pieces. Crabmeat topped with seared salmon, freshwater eel, smelt egg, and scallion, served with eel sauce, spicy mayo and soy mustard
Salmon Kama
grilled salmon collar
Hamachi Kama
grilled yellowtail collar
Surume Ika
grilled whole squid
Madai Kama
grilled Japanese seabream collar
Baked Green Mussels
5pc baked green mussel with house mayo and cheese
Amberjack Kama
grilled baby yellowtail collar
Baked Ankimo
Monkfish liver.
Hot Signature Plates
Nigiri Sushi and Sashimi
Bluefin Nigiri (2pc)
Tuna
Salmon
Seared Salmon
Salmon Belly
Yellowtail
Yellowtail Belly
Amberjack
Albacore
Sea Bream
Scallop
Snow Crab
Squid
Hotaru Squid Sushi
2 pieces.
Sweet Egg
Salmon Caviar
Smelt Egg
Seared Tuna
Octopus
Mackerel
Halibut
Escolar
White tuna.
Ankimo
Black Snapper
Spicy Scallop
Spanish Mackerel
Shrimp
Eel
Crab Stick
Tofu Sushi
Avocado Sushi
Carrot Sushi
Mushroom
Shishito Pepper Sushi
Cucumber Sushi
Eggplant Sushi
Vegetarian Sushi
Donburi
Whole Squid Donburi
Vegetable Donburi
Fresh Eel Donburi
Steak Donburi
Sunomono Salad
pickled cucumber with seaweed salad
House Salad
mixed greens with house dressing
Salmon Skin Salad
mixed greens topped with crispy, grilled salmon skin with house dressing
Sashimi Salad
mixed greens topped with chef choice of fresh sashimi with dressing
Avocado Salmon Salad
Mango Crab Salad
mixed greens topped with snow crab and mango with house dressing
Salads
Premium Rolls
Crunch Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: crunch flakes
Tempura Cali Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: deep fried
Shrimp Tempura Roll
inside: shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado
Alaskan Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: salmon
Energy Roll
inside: crabmeat, eel, avocado // outside: deep fried
Red Dragon Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado //outside: spicy tuna and eel sauce
Ninja Roll
inside: spicy tuna // outside: deep-fried, spicy mayo, eel sauce
Caterpillar Roll
inside: eel, cucumber // outside: avocado
Dragon Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: eel, avocado
Hawaiian Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: tuna, avocado
Rainbow Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp
Spicy Rainbow Roll
inside: spicy tuna, cucumber // outside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp
Tuna Lover Roll
inside: spicy tuna, cucumber // outside: seared tuna
1604 (Hot Night) Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: spicy tuna, crunch flakes
Tiger Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: boiled shrimp, avocado
Salmon Lover Roll
inside: spicy salmon, avocado // outside: seared salmon
Baja Roll
inside: spicy crab, avocado, red onion, cilantro // outside: soy paper
Seared Albacore Roll
inside: softshell crab (smashed), cucumber // outside: spicy tuna, albacore, serrano chilis
Habanero Roll
inside: shrimp tempura, crabmeat, avocado // outside: salmon, habanero sauce
Dynamite Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: seafood dynamite
Alamo Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: mixture of crabmeat, salmon, scallops
Rattle Snake Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: spicy tuna, eel
Yellowtail Cilantro Roll
inside: yellowtail, cucumber, cilantro // outside: yellowtail, serrano chilis
Hunt Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: spicy tuna, eel tempura
Monster Roll
inside: crabmeat, shrimp tempura, avocado // outside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp
Seahawks Roll
inside: spicy softshell crab, spicy crabmeat, cucumber // outside: langoustine tempura, avocado, smelt egg, green onion, radish sprouts
Gladiator Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura // outside: yellowtail, serrano chilis, crispy onion, smelt egg, radish sprouts
Fantasy Roll
inside: spicy tuna, softshell crab, avocado, shrimp tempura, cilantro// outside: rice paper
Sunset Roll
inside: salmon,avocado,jalapeno // outside: salmon, lemon, ponzu
Baked Salmon Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: salmon, cheese
Baked Langoustine Roll
inside: crabmeat, cucumber, avocado // outside: baby langoustine meat, cheese
Baked Rolls
Protein-Style Rolls
Las Vegas Roll
inside: crabmeat, avocado, salmon // outside: deep fried
Cucumber Lover Roll
inside: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore, shrimp, avocado, radish sprouts // outside: cucumber
Lettuce Wrap Roll
inside: lettuce, crabmeat, avocado, radish sprouts, shrimp tempura // outside: soy paper
Spicy Cucumber Lover Roll
inside: spicy tuna, shrimp tempura // outside: cucumber
Spicy Lettuce Wrap
inside: lettuce, crabmeat, spicy tuna, shrimp tempura // outside: soy paper
Cali Roll
inside: crabmeat, avocado, cucumber
Spicy Tuna Roll
inside: spicy tuna, cucumber
Spicy Yellowtail Roll
inside: spicy yellowtail, cucumber, green onion
Spicy Salmon Roll
inside: spicy salmon, jalapeno, avocado
Spicy Scallop Roll
inside: spicy scallop, cucumber, green onion, masago
Philly Roll
inside: salmon, cream cheese, avocado
Eel Avacado Roll
inside: fresh water eel, avocado
Tuna Roll
inside: tuna
Yellowtail Roll
inside: yellowtail, green onion
Salmon Roll
inside: salmon
Salmon Skin Roll
5 pieces. inside: grilled salmon skin, cucumber, avocado, gobo // outside: bonito flake, eel sauce
Negi Toro Roll
inside: negi toro, green onion
Basic Rolls
Veggie Rolls
Veggie Nigiri Set (10pc)
Veggie Sushi set 10pc
Carrot Roll (Yama Gobo)
inside: marinated carrots (pickled burdock root)
Mango Strawberry Roll
inside: seaweed salad, cucumber, avocado // outside: mango, strawberry with soy paper
Cucumber Roll
Inside: cucumber, sesame seeds
Avocado Roll
inside: avocado
Mixed Vegetable Roll
5 pieces. inside: romaine lettuce, avocado, cucumber, radish sprouts, gobo, pickled radish
Annie's Roll
inside: cucumber, gobo, tamago // outside: avocado
Tito's Roll
inside: asparagus, cilantro, jalapeno, gobo // outside: sliced tomato, vegetarian ponzu
Cucumber Paradise Roll
inside: carrot, lettuce, eggplant, radish sprouts, avocado// outside: cucumber, soy paper
Sexy Roll (Vegetarian)
8pc; inside: seaweed salad, cucumber, jalapeno // outside: avocado, strawberry
Salmon Skin Hand Roll
1 piece. inside: grilled salmon skin, radish sprouts, gobo, cucumber, bonito
Eel Avocado Hand Roll
1 piece. inside: baked eel, avocado, eel sauce
Negi Toro Hand Roll
1 piece. inside: negi toro, green onion, kaiware, yamagobo, avocado, cucumber, oshinko
Spider Hand Roll
1 piece. inside: softshell crab, cucumber, avocado, kaiware, yamagobo, crabmeat // outside: soy paper
Baked Blue Crab Hand Roll
1 piece. inside: baked blue crab, radish sprouts, gobo, lettuce // outside: soy paper
WA Hand Roll
1 piece. inside: spicy crabmeat, salmon, crispy onion, avocado, radish sprouts, truffle oil
Half and Half Hand Roll
2 piece. inside: shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, crabmeat, cucumber // outside: soy paper, spicy mayo, eel sauce, sriracha
Trio Hand Roll
3 pieces. california handroll, spicy tuna handroll, and shrimp tempura roll
Bluefin Tuna Hand Roll
1 piece. inside: chopped bluefin tuna, jalapeno, cilantro, japanse uni, radish sprouts, gobo, black caviar
Handrolls
Skewers
Chicken Wing
Chicken Gizzard
An organ commonly found in chicken.
Chicken Skin
Chicken Liver
Prime Beef
Pork Belly
Fatty meat from the belly of a pig.
Shishito Pepper
Asparagus
Sushi roll filled with asparagus.
Ginko Nut
Shitake Mushroom
Eggplant
Cooked in oil.
Sea Bass
White fish with mild delicate flavor.
Oyster
Delicate, buttery mollusk.
Plain Udon
Curry Udon
Tempura Udon
vegetable tempura (3pcs) and shrimp (2pcs)
Grilled Chicken Udon
Veggie Yaki
Nabeyaki Udon
comes with vegetable tempura (3pcs) and shrimp tempura (1pc)
Curry Rice
Chicken Fried Rice
Noodles l Rice
Kid's Menu
Kid's Chicken Teriyaki
served with white rice, 2pc gyoza, teriyaki sauce, and orange slices
Kid's Chicken Katsu
served with white rice, 2pc gyoza, katsu sauce, and orange slices
Kid's Tonkatsu
served with white rice, 2pc gyoza, katsu sauce, and orange slices
White Rice
Sushi Rice
Brown Rice
Fresh Wasabi
Miso Soup
Soup that is made from miso paste.
Sides
Lunch Special
Chicken Teriyaki Bento Lunch
Chicken marinated or glazed in a soy-based sauce.
Marinated Beef Bento Lunch
Katsu Bento Lunch
Salmon Teriyaki Bento Lunch
Sushi Bento Lunch
Sashimi Bento Lunch
Sushi and Sashimi Bento Lunch
Plain Ice Cream
Mochi Ice Cream
Banana Tempura
Green Tea Cheesecake
Tempura Cheesecake
Sweet Potato Ice Cream
Desserts
Non-Alcholic Drinks
Green Tea
Soda
Choice of Soda