Yojimbo — Sushi, Ramen and Japanese Curry in Alameda, California
Yojimbo is a Japanese kitchen and gallery half a block off Park Street in Alameda, the island city across the estuary from Oakland. The kitchen makes sushi rolls and nigiri, chirashi and other donburi, bento boxes, build-your-own ramen and Japanese curry. Original ink paintings — samurai, classic cinema — hang in the dining room.
Address: 2319 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda, CA 94501 · Phone: 510-523-4120 · Email: yojimbosushi@gmail.com
Hours: Monday–Saturday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM; closed Sunday (Pacific Time).
Order pickup online at https://yojimboalameda.com/#order — the same prices as in the restaurant, paid online by card (Visa, Mastercard and American Express). Orders are usually ready in about 25 minutes; you can also choose a same-day pickup time in 15-minute slots.
- Dine-in: yes — dining room with the gallery
- Pickup: order online at https://yojimboalameda.com/#order
- Delivery is available through DoorDash and Grubhub — order in those apps. (DoorDash: https://www.doordash.com/store/yojimbo-alameda-32844/ · Grubhub: https://www.grubhub.com/restaurant/yojimbo-and-gallery-2319-santa-clara-ave-alameda/6948464/)
- Reservations are for groups only — groups are seated in our second-floor dining room. Smaller parties are welcome as walk-ins.
- Groups and private events: A second-floor dining room for groups of up to 70 guests — celebrations and group meals such as birthdays and baby showers.
- Parking: The restaurant has no parking lot. The city's Civic Center Parking Garage (1416 Oak St, between Central and Santa Clara Avenues) is about two blocks away, and there is metered street parking on and around Park Street.
- Drinks: No alcohol is served.
- Gluten-free: There is no gluten-free menu, and the kitchen cannot guarantee gluten-free dishes.
- Kids: Family-friendly — good for kids.
- Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible.
Groups and private events: A second-floor dining room for groups of up to 70 guests — celebrations and group meals such as birthdays and baby showers. Everyone orders from the full menu. If the group sends its food selections ahead of time, the kitchen can serve the food much faster. Second-floor seating fee: $20 per guest, separate from the cost of food. A $100 deposit holds the date and is applied to the final bill. The deposit is non-refundable. For parties over 10, an 18% gratuity is charged — it is added to the bill automatically. To reserve, call or email with the date, time and number of guests. Terms are confirmed by the restaurant when you book. 510-523-4120 · yojimbosushi@gmail.com
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Menu
Prices in USD before 10.75% sales tax. V = vegetarian, Raw = contains raw fish.
Appetizers
- Edamame — $8.95 (V) — Cooked salted soybeans
- Gyoza — $10.95 — Deep-fried pork dumplings
- Takoyaki — $10.95 — Octopus fritters with bonito flakes
- Poki Salad — $19.95 (Spicy, Raw) — Raw tuna, avocado, flying fish egg, spicy house sauce
- Miso Soup — $1.95 — Japanese bean soup with tofu, green onion and seaweed
- Tataki — $19.95 (Raw) — Seared tuna with ponzu sauce
- Wakame Salad — $9.95 — Seaweed salad
- Tempura Appetizer — $22.95 — Deep-fried shrimp and vegetables
- Green Salad — $4.95 — Green salad with peanut-butter dressing — our house dressing contains PEANUTS, please let us know about any allergies
- Sashimi Appetizer — $30.95 (Raw) — Assorted chef's-choice sliced fish
- Steamed Rice — $1.95
Buns
- Pork Bun — $6.95 — Steamed bun with pork chashu
- Spicy Tuna Bun — $6.95 (Spicy, Raw) — Steamed bun with spicy tuna
- Salmon Teriyaki Bun — $6.95 — Steamed bun with salmon teriyaki
Bento Box
Every bento comes with rice, salad and miso soup. Our house salad dressing contains PEANUTS — please let us know about any allergies.
- Chicken Teriyaki Bento — $28.95 — Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce
- Salmon Teriyaki Bento — $28.95 — Grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce
- Salmon Shioyaki Bento — $28.95 — Grilled salmon with salt and pepper
- Saba Shioyaki Bento — $28.95 — Grilled mackerel with salt and pepper
- Tempura Bento — $28.95 — Deep-fried shrimp and vegetables
- Chicken Katsu Bento — $28.95 — Deep-fried chicken with katsu sauce
- Tonkatsu Bento — $28.95 — Deep-fried pork with tonkatsu sauce
- Fish Katsu Bento — $28.95 — Deep-fried red snapper with katsu sauce
- Sashimi Bento — $32.95 (Raw) — Assorted fish, chef's choice
Ramen
Choose your soup base — pork, miso, shoyu, curry or spicy. Soup choice is added to the price. Large size add $5.95.
- Basic Ramen — from $15.90 ($5.95 + soup)
- Pork Ramen — from $19.90 ($9.95 + soup)
- Chicken Ramen — from $19.90 ($9.95 + soup)
- Beef Ramen — from $19.90 ($9.95 + soup)
- Seafood Ramen — from $19.90 ($9.95 + soup)
- Vegetable Ramen — from $19.90 ($9.95 + soup) (V)
- Gyoza Ramen — from $19.90 ($9.95 + soup)
- Tempura Ramen — from $19.90 ($9.95 + soup)
Soup bases: Pork Soup +$9.95, Pork Spicy Soup +$10.45, Miso Soup +$9.95, Miso Spicy Soup +$10.45, Shoyu Soup +$9.95, Shoyu Spicy Soup +$9.95, Curry Soup +$9.95, Curry Spicy Soup +$9.95. Large +$5.95.
Donburi
All donburi include miso soup.
- Chirashi — $31.95 (Raw) — Mixed sashimi over sushi rice
- Tekka Donburi — $31.95 (Raw) — Tuna sashimi over sushi rice
- Salmon Donburi — $31.95 (Raw) — Salmon sashimi over sushi rice
- Unagi Donburi — $31.95 — BBQ freshwater eel over steamed rice
- Oyako Donburi — $19.95 — Chicken and egg simmered over rice
- Ebi Donburi — $19.95
- Chicken Katsu Donburi — $19.95
Sushi Combo
All combos include miso soup. Choose salmon or tuna for your maki.
- Sushi Combo A — $26.95 (Raw) — California roll, tekka or salmon maki, 5 pcs assorted nigiri
- Sushi Combo B — $37.95 (Raw) — California roll, tempura roll, tekka or salmon maki, 8 pcs assorted nigiri
- Sushi Combo C — $48.95 (Raw) — California roll, tempura roll, Rock'n Roll, tekka or salmon maki, 10 pcs assorted nigiri
Nigiri
Fresh fish on sushi rice.
- Maguro — Tuna — $7.95 (Raw)
- Spicy Maguro — Spicy Tuna — $7.95 (Spicy, Raw)
- Sake — Salmon — $7.95 (Raw)
- Hamachi — Yellowtail — $7.95 (Raw)
- Albacore — $7.95 (Raw)
- Tai — Red Snapper — $7.95 (Raw)
- Unagi — BBQ Eel — $7.95
- Ebi — Cooked Shrimp — $7.95
- Tobiko — Flying Fish Roe — $7.95 (Raw)
- Ikura — Salmon Roe — $7.95 (Raw)
- Spicy Hotate — Scallop — $8.95 (Spicy, Raw)
- Tako — Octopus — $6.95
- Ika — Squid — $6.95 (Raw)
- Inari — Soybean Cake — $5.95 (V)
- Tamago — Egg — $5.95 (V)
Rolls
- Kappa Maki — $5.95 (V) — Cucumber roll
- Oshinko Maki — $5.95 (V) — Pickled radish roll
- Salmon Maki — $6.95 (Raw)
- Tekka Maki — $6.95 (Raw) — Tuna roll
- California Roll — $6.95 — Imitation crab meat and avocado
- Avocado Maki — $7.95 (V)
- Tropical Maki — $7.95
- Futo Maki — $7.95
- Spicy Tuna Maki — $8.95 (Spicy, Raw) — Spicy tuna and green onion
- Poki Maki — $9.95 (Spicy, Raw) — Spicy white tuna with green onion
- Rock'n Roll — $9.95 — BBQ eel and avocado
- Tempura Roll — $10.95 — Fried shrimp tempura, crab meat and avocado
- Philadelphia Roll — $11.95 (Raw) — Salmon, avocado and cream cheese
- Alabama Roll — $11.95 — Deep-fried red snapper with cream cheese
- Peter Roll — $11.95 — Deep-fried yellowtail and salmon
- Jenny Roll — $11.95 — Grilled salmon, green onion, sliced lemon
- Negihama Maki — $11.95 (Raw) — Yellowtail and green onion
- Salmon Avocado Maki — $11.95 (Raw)
- Unaman Maki — $11.95
- Unakyu Maki — $11.95 — BBQ eel and cucumber
- New York Maki — $11.95
- Spicy Tempura Roll — $11.95 (Spicy) — Tempura roll with spicy sauce
- 23rd Roll — $12.95 — Deep-fried shrimp, BBQ eel, avocado and cream cheese
- Salmon Skin Roll — $12.95 — Grilled salmon skin with green onion
- Spider Roll — $15.95 — Deep-fried soft-shell crab, avocado, imitation crab meat
- Super Cali Roll — $17.95
- Rainbow Roll — $18.95 (Raw) — Sliced raw fish over California roll
- Mexican Roll — $18.95 (Spicy) — Cooked shrimp over California roll
- 49ers Roll — $18.95 (Raw) — Salmon and sliced lemon over California roll
- Ponyo — $18.95 — Seaweed salad over California roll
- Red Dragon Roll — $18.95 (Spicy, Raw) — Spicy tuna over tempura roll
- Summer Roll — $18.95 (Spicy, Raw) — Spicy tuna over California roll
- Deep Fried California Roll — $18.95
- Deep Fried Spicy Salmon Maki — $18.95 (Spicy)
- Deep Fried Spicy Tuna Maki — $18.95 (Spicy)
- Caterpillar Roll — $18.95 — Avocado over BBQ eel with cucumber
- Manpuku Roll — $18.95 (Raw)
- Brotherhood Roll — $18.95 (Raw)
- Dragon Roll — $19.95 — BBQ eel and avocado over tempura roll
- Yojimbo — $19.95 — BBQ eel over spider roll — the house roll
- Fiji Roll — $20.95 (Raw)
- Cowboy B Bob — $20.95 (Raw) — BBQ eel and salmon roe over soft-shell crab roll
- Mad Max Roll — $21.95 (Spicy, Raw) — Spicy tuna over tuna and avocado roll
- Just Basic Roll — $21.95 (Raw) — Tuna, salmon, BBQ eel over California roll
- YouDontWannaKnowMe — $23.95 — Baked salmon with mozzarella over California roll
- Left Over Roll — $24.95 (Raw)
- Sobber — $29.95 — Whole BBQ eel over tempura roll
Curry
Japanese curry — large size add $4.95.
- Chicken Katsu Curry — $22.95
- Tonkatsu Curry — $22.95
- Fish Katsu Curry — $22.95
- Deep Fried Shrimp Curry — $22.95
- Vegetable Curry — $22.95 (V)
Dessert
- Ice Cream — $6.95 (Dine-in only)
- Tamago Dessert — $3.95 (Dine-in only)
- Cream Donut — Regular — $5.95
- Cream Donuts — Small (6 pc) — $9.95
- Cream Donuts — Regular (4 pc) — $19.95
Beverages
- Bottled Water — $2.95
- Sparkling Water — $5.95
- Canned Soda — $2.95 — Coke, Sprite and more
- Japanese Bottled Soda — $4.95 — Ramune, Calpico, cream soda, Mexican Coke
- Drip Tea — $4.95 (Dine-in only)
Many items contain raw fish — consuming raw or undercooked seafood may increase the risk of foodborne illness. The house salad dressing contains PEANUTS (green salad, and the salad served with bento). Guests with allergies or strict dietary needs should call the restaurant before ordering: the kitchen handles fish, shellfish, soy, wheat, egg and peanuts.
