Kampai Japanese Restaurant Menu – Branford, CT

Type : Japanese steakhouse

Location : Branford, CT

Authentic, fresh Japanese hibachi and sushi cuisine are the main focuses of this local CT shoreline restaurant. Owned and operated for more than 35 years, Kampai Japanese Restaurant of Branford has been the go-to spot for late-night drinks, group celebrations, birthday parties, and romantic evenings.

Straightforward Japanese steakhouse with a full bar & TVs featuring classic eats, sushi & hibachi. Based on 260 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery

Kampai Japanese Restaurant 06405

Address:
869 W Main St, Branford, CT 06405

Phone: (203) 481-4536

Website: https://www.facebook.com/kampaijapanesect/

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Hours

Saturday 5–10:30 PM
Sunday 4–9 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
 Closed
Tuesday 5–9:30 PM
Wednesday 5–9:30 PM
Thursday 5–9:30 PM
Friday 5–10:30 PM

Menu

Main
Matoi Roll (5 Slices)
eel, yellowtail, egg omelet, masago, cucumber, avocado and kaiware. (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $7.25
Philly Roll
cream cheese, salmon and avocado (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $5.00
Pico Roll
broiled salmon, cucumber and kaiware with masago		 $5.25
Rainbow Roll
variety of fish and avocado rolled on outside with cucumber and masago inside		 $10.50
Salmon Skin Roll
broiled salmon skin, cucumber and scallion		 $4.75
Sanchin Roll
broccoli, avocado and crabstick with light mayonnaise		 $4.75
Shrimp & Avocado
with light mayonnaise and masago		 $5.00
Spicy Shrimp
shrimp and red pepper with spicy sauce		 $5.00
Spicy Tuna
tuna cucumber and scallion with spicy sauce (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $5.00
Spicy Yellowtail
yellowtail and scallion with spicy sauce (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $5.00
Tuna & Avocado Roll
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $4.75
Yama Roll
salmon, asparagus and avocado with light mayonnaise. (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $5.00
Cucumber Roll $3.50
Eel & Cucumber $4.75
Kampiyou (Cooked Gourd) $3.50
Natto (Fermented Bean) $3.50
Oshinko Roll (Pickled Radish) $3.50
Salmon
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $4.00
Tuna
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $4.00
Umeshisho (Plum Paste And Kaiware) $3.50
Yamagubou (Pickled Burdock) $3.50
Yellowtail
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $4.00
Appetizer
Wasabi Chicken
chicken wings marinated in wasabi and sake then deep fried		 $3.95
Hijiki
cooked seaweed		 $3.50
Kabayaki
barbecued eel		 $8.25
Kushi Katsu
breaded and deep fried shrimp, scallop and swordfish		 $5.25
Tempura
shrimp and vegetable		 $5.25
Vegetable Tempura $4.25
Spring Roll $4.25
Shumai
steamed or deep fried shrimp dumpling		 $4.25
Gyoza
steamed or deep fried pork dumpling		 $4.25
Agedashi
deep fried tofu topped with ginger, radish and shaved bonito		 $4.25
Skewered Chicken
skewered chicken and pepper with teriyaki sauce		 $4.55
Skewered Beef
negimaki with teriyaki sauce		 $5.75
Skewered Seafood
shrimp, scallop and swordfish with teriyaki sauce		 $5.55
Skewered Tuna
tuna, scallion and bacon with teriyaki sauce		 $5.25
Beef & Asparagus
asparagus wrapped in thin sliced beef with teriyaki sauce		 $5.25
Broiled Yellowtail $5.95
Fried California
California roll deep fried with wasabi batter and topped with eel sauce		 $5.55
Fly To Mars
tuna, salmon and yellowtail rolled with masago, fried with wasabi batter and topped with eel sauce		 $6.50
Sashimi
2 each of tuna, salmon, yellowtail and fluke (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $8.50
Sushi
1 each of tuna, fluke, shrimp, yellowtail and salmon (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $7.50
Oshinko
assorted picked vegetables		 $3.50
Entree
Sushi Regular
1 tuna roll 2 tuna, 1 each of salmon, yellowtail, shrimp, fluke, clam and masago (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $13.95
Sushi Deluxe
1 spicy tuna roll, 2 tuna 1 each of yellowtail, salmon, fluke, clam, white tuna eel, sea urchin and roe. (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $18.95
Chirashi Sushi
assorted sashimi on a bed of sushi rice (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $14.95
Sashimi
2 each of tuna, fluke salmon, yellowtail, white tuna, mackerel and octopus (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $13.95
Sushi & Sashimi
1 tuna roll, assorted 6 nigiri and 10 sashimi (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $20.25
Teriyaki Chicken $11.95
Teriyaki Beef $15.95
Teriyaki Shrimp $14.75
Teriyaki Swordfish $12.75
Teriyaki Salmon $12.75
Tempura Vegetable $9.95
Tempura Shrimp & Vegetable $13.50
Katsu Chicken
breaded and deep fried		 $11.95
Katsu Tonkatsu (Pork)
breaded and deep fried		 $12.50
Suki – Yaki
thin sliced beef and vegetables cooked in a pot		 $14.95
Nabe Udon
udon noodle soup topped with tempura		 $9.95
Stir Fried Scallop
scallops and vegetables in light garlic sauce		 $13.95
Steamed Salmon
salmon and scallions steamed with sake		 $13.95
Ginger Pork
thin sliced pork with ginger sauce		 $12.50
Stir Fried Tofu
tofu and vegetables with mild spicy teriyaki sauce		 $9.95
Bento Box
1. sushi, sashimi and tempura 2. teriyaki chicken, swordfish and tempura		 $19.95
Shogun Box
combination of lobster, steak and tempura		 $22.95
Vegetable Fried Rice $3.95
Vegetable Curry Sauce
bowl of mild curry sauce with carrot and broccoli dress up any katsu dinner or steamed rice		 $1.50
Sushi Rice $1.95
Steamed Rice $1.25
Sushi Roll
Dragon Roll
eel, cucumber and masago, avocado on outside		 $7.95
Dynasaw
shrimp tempura and masago, eel on top		 $10.50
Firecracker
avocado, cucumber and masago with spicy crunchy tuna on top (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $7.95
Grasshopper
lettuce, avocado, cucumber and kaiware with light wasabi mayonnaise		 $4.75
Green Giant
asparagus, broccoli and light wasabi mayonnaise with avocado on outside		 $5.50
Unicorn Roll
shrimp and asparagus with light mayonnaise		 $4.75
Mexican Hat
red pepper and avocado topped with jalepeno flavor		 $4.50
Vegetable Roll
choice of asparagus, avocado, broccoli or red pepper		 $3.50
Volcano Island
spicy tuna, cucumber & scallion inside, salmon on outside, topped with tempura flakes (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $9.50
Appetizer’s
Edamame
steamed soy bean		 $3.95
Usuzukuri
thin sliced fluke served with ponzu and chili paste (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $7.50
Seared Tuna
thin sliced seared Tuna (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $8.50
Carpacho
choice of tuna, salmon or fluke marinated with carpacho sauce (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $8.50
Soup
Miso Soup $1.75
Clear Soup $1.75
Entree’s
Sushi Roll Comb
1. spicy tuna, alaska and California roll 2.unicorn roll, eel and hamachi special roll (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $13.95
Sushi Special
1. spicy tuna roll. 3 each of tuna, salmon and yellowtail nigiri (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $16.95
Salad
Green Salad $1.75
Japanese Garden Salad
variety of vegetables with choice of ginger, wasabi or miso dressing		 $5.50
Seaweed Salad $3.50
Sunomono Salad
shrimp, octopus, crab stick, cucumber and seaweed		 $5.50
Tuna & Avocado Salad
runa and avocado with spicy sauce on a bed of spring mix (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $6.50
Tofu Salad
tofu and egg omelet with spring mix		 $4.50
Oshitashi
steamed spinach with sesame sauce and shaved bonito		 $3.50
California Salad
avocado, shrimp and crab stick on a bed of spring mix, served with miso mustard dressing topped with masago.		 $6.50
Sushi Rolls
Alaskan Roll
salmon and avocado (thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $4.75
American Dream
shrimp tempura and avocado with masago		 $5.25
Boston Roll
lettuce and shrimp with light mayonnaise		 $4.75
Chicken Teri Roll
teriyaki chicken and avocado		 $4.75
Crab & Kaiware
crabstick and kaiware		 $4.75
California Roll
crabstick, avocado and cucumber with masago		 $5.00
Futomaki Roll (5 Slices)
crabstick, egg, omelet, pickle, spinach, cucumber and squash		 $5.25
Futomaki JR
egg omelet, cucumber, pickles and squash with masago		 $5.25
Hamachi Special
broiled yellowtail and kaiware		 $4.75
Sushi & Sashimi
Egg Omelet $1.75
Inari (Fried Tofu) $1.75
Crab Stick $1.75
Eel $2.15
Fluke
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $1.75
Tuna
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $1.75
White Tuna
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $2.15
Salmon
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $1.75
Smoked Salmon $1.75
Shrimp (Steamed) $1.75
Sweet & Shrimp
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $1.75
Mackerel
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $1.75
Yellow Tail
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $1.75
Octopus $2.15
Flying Fish Roe $2.15
Salmon Roe $2.15
Scallop
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $2.25
Sea Urchin
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $2.25
Squid
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $2.15
Giant Clam
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)
Surf Clam
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)		 $1.75
Red Clam
(thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness)

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Reviews

Don Gonzalez
This is a takeout review! Gorgeous atmosphere and polite staff workers. They were also pretty busy when I arrived. I was in the mood for shrimp fried rice. They oddly did not have the combination on the menu. The host was kind enough to customize the order to my liking. Paid a bit over $12, which is reasonable for fresh rice and shrimp but,..

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Andrew Gangidine
Would highly recommend. Staff and chef were friendly and went the extra mile to try and help my nervous toddler have a good time. The atmosphere here is also quite nice. Really enjoyed our experience and will definitely be going back!

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Tiffany Morales
My first time dining here and I was extremely satisfied and will be returning!!! Great customer service from the moment you walk in, the cook was extremely friendly and made us feel welcomed!!! Outstanding food, and amazing pricing!!

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CA HB
The food never disappoints. Always flavorful and decent sized portions.

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Scott Roberts
Love the small “rooms” where you sit on pillows to dine. The chef selection rolls were excellent as was the miso soup. The only disappointment was the vegetable tempura which seemed a touch underdone. Very nice service.

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Jay Craig
The young chef was great, he totally understood our frustration and agreed that the manager was wrong fir just offering us a round of drinks because we waited over a hour before we was served and we had a reservation. Another family walked in after us and was served before we even got drinks. Worst service i have ever got after having reservations

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Nicholas Koumoutseas
Having had large quantities of sushi over the years, this place does a fantastic job. Sushi was delicious, service was fast, and server was extremely nice/accommodating. Highly recommend the spicy salmon.

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Amy Stevens
Was expecting a lot better for the price. Food was so so. Appetizers weren’t great. Entree was decent. Service was slow and it was very crowded and cramped. Not visiting again anytime soon. The date of visit was Saturday night.

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Iralis Diaz
We celebrate my step daughters birthday here every year. Exceptional service, delicious food.

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Christine Charbonneau
1st time here. Have driven by and always busy. Decided to try again and not so busy, so here I sit. It’s actually quite lovely inside in the bar area, with a little pond and wood and slate walls. One huge screen TV over the bar and two more behind the bar where ethe few pub high tops are. The upstairs at the sushi bar area is also equally lovely and comfortable, small and cozy. There is a back room area is where the hibachi grill area is. The lighting is dark but not so dark that it’s depressing. I got sushi; salmon, tuna, eel and yellow tail. It was not mushy or fishy tasting. That is a total plus. I also got udon for home. So for Branford, this is a great sushi place. Henry, one of the partners, is super nice, I mean seriously nice person. I felt immediately comfortable. He was friendly, easy to talk to and just humble with no attitude. I watched as he ran the bar, making drinks for the servers and fancy drinks for those in the bar as they waited for their tables or friends who were coming before heading to their tables. He did so with ease and patience. Not stress or attitude.

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