Spicy Tuna 10345 South Eastern Avenue

Exterior, Spicy Tuna



The signs says Sapporo, so how bad could it be?


Ed has made it painfully obvious that my track record this far is not so good.  Of all of the new restaurants we've tried, with a few exceptions, they have fallen short of the high bar that has been set with places like I Love Sushi.  Hence, Ed's chagrin when I told him this week's new restaurant was another sushi place, Spicy Tuna.  I could actually hear his eyes rolling over the phone.  I've noticed Spicy Tuna many times because it sits right next to Trader Joe's where I pick up my week's supply of $2.00 wine.  From the exterior this place looks tiny, but the menu online is so extensive I figured it needed a try.  We walk in, and this place is BIG!  It 

Sushi Bar

is larger than I Love Sushi with a very high ceiling giving it a warehouse appearance.   
 Again we were the only peeps in the restaurant (what's the deal?), but by time we left, there was a steady crowd.  The menu is very similar to I Love Sushi (even the same names as I Love Sushi rolls all in parenthesis and another name on the roll), and again, they have about 95 different rolls to choose from.  Edamame and cucumber with a delicious Japanese salad dressing come complimentary.  We ordered a few Kirin Lights, and the house sake, very tasty.  I ordered the Dr. Jason roll, $13.99 (I ate your ex-girlfriend in parenthesis) and Ed had the Fantasy chicken.   

Spicy Chicken, Dr. Jason roll, and a few pieces of tempura

I also ordered a side of veggie tempura for $6.95.  Ed's dinner came with miso soup, salad and rice.  I ate Ed's salad of course.  The veggie tempura was a great mix, yam, squash, broccoli, asparagus, and onions.  My roll was delicious, even though I ate just 4 pieces.  It was a little spicy for my little stomach, but good.  Ed's chicken was great too, but be forewarned, it comes with onions, zucchini and mushrooms that Ed eats around.  Even though I was stuffed, I of course managed to squeeze in strawberry mochi ice cream (the outside is glutinous rice pounded into paste and the inside is vanilla ice cream.  Sounds strange, but even Ed likes it).  The whole bill came out to $66, which included 2 kirin lights and sake plus dessert and way too much food.

Warehouse type interior, but it's a yummy warehouse!


Ambiance: 7

Food quality: 8
Price: 6
Price for quality of food: 9


Overall: 8.5