Sato Japanese Restaurant Menu – South Lake Tahoe, CA

Type : Japanese restaurant

Location : South Lake Tahoe, CA

Comfy family-run fixture in a strip mall with an all-you-can-eat sushi bar & other Japanese staples. Based on 86 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.6 stars. Price $$

Sato Japanese Restaurant 96150

Address:
3436 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Phone:

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Menu

Appetizer – Cold
Green Salad $1.85
Edamame
steamed green soy bean		 $3.95
Sunomono
salad w/shrimp or tako		 $6.50
Hawaiian Pokki
salad w/tuna spicy		 $9.95
Sashimi 6 Pcs
tuna, salmon, yellowtail		 $8.95
Sashimi Salad
sashimi w/house sauce		 $12.95
Hiyayakko Tofu
cold tofu		 $4.50
Albacore Salad
albacore w/ponzu		 $11.95
Appetizer – Hot
Yakitori
skewered chicken w/vegetable		 $5.50
Hamachi Or Salmon Kama
broiled fish head		 $7.95
Shumai
steamed dumpling		 $4.50
Mussels
w/house sauce		 $1.75
Dynamite
baked octopus + clam		 $4.25
Appetizer – Fried
Tempura
all shrimp, all vegetable or mixed		 $6.50
Soft Shell Crab
deep fried soft shell crab		 $6.95
Kaki Fry
deep fried oysters		 $7.95
Agedashi Tofu
deep fried tofu		 $5.50
Gyoza
pot stickers		 $5.00
Sushi a La Carte – Nigiri Sushi
Maguro
tuna		 $3.50
Shiro Maguro
albacore		 $3.75
Hirame
halibut		 $3.75
Hamachi
yellow tail		 $3.75
Toro
fatty tuna
Tai
snapper		 $3.50
Sake
salmon		 $3.50
Ebi
shrimp		 $3.50
Ama Ebi
sweet shrimp		 $7.50
Kani
imitation crab		 $2.75
Hokkigai
surf clam		 $3.75
Hotate
scallop (sushi or salad)		 $4.75
Ika
squid		 $3.75
Saba
mackerel		 $3.50
Tobiko
flying fish roe		 $4.25
Masago
capelin roe		 $3.75
Ika Sansai
smoked squid		 $3.75
Ikura
salmon roe		 $4.75
Uni
sea urchin		 $7.00
Unagi
fresh water eel		 $3.75
Tamago
cooked egg		 $2.25
Inari
tofu pouch		 $1.75
Dynamite
mixed clam		 $4.25
Fresh Oyster $5.50
Green Mussel $1.75
Crab Salad $2.75
Sea Weed Salad
wakame		 $2.75
Crab Claws $3.50
Sushi a La Carte – Maki Sushi
California Roll
imitation crab		 $4.50
Spicy California Roll $5.00
Super California Roll $5.50
Futo Maki
crab, egg, vegetable		 $5.95
Gyoza Roll $4.95
Negihama
hamachi, green onion		 $4.75
New York Roll
crab, eel, avocado		 $7.00
Philadelphia Roll
cream cheese, salmon, avo		 $7.00
Salmon Skin Roll $5.50
Chicken Teriyaki Roll $6.50
Shrimp Tempura Roll $7.00
Spicy Tuna Roll $4.75
Tekka Maki
tuna roll		 $3.75
Salmon Maki $3.75
Hamachi Maki $4.25
Unagi Roll $6.00
Una Q
eel, cucumber		 $6.00
Spider Roll $8.00
James Bond
chicken, house sauce		 $5.50
Monterey
shrimp, cream cheese		 $7.50
Sushi a La Carte – Vegetable Roll
Avocado Roll $2.75
Kap Maki
cucumber		 $2.75
O Shinko Maki
radish pickle		 $2.75
Shitake Maki
black mushroom		 $4.25
Asparagus Maki $3.75
Natto Maki
soy bean fermented		 $4.25
Yamagobo Maki
wild carrot		 $2.75
Sushi a La Carte – Temaki
California Hand Roll $3.75
Unagi Hand Roll $4.75
Salmon Skin Hand Roll $3.75
Spicy Tuna Hand Roll $4.25
Spicy Hamachi Hand Roll $4.75
Spicy Scallop Hand Roll $4.75
Vegetable Tempura Hand Roll $5.00
Shrimp Tempura Hand Roll $5.00
Spider Hand Roll $6.50
Special Rolls 1 – Sato’s Special Roll – Fried Or Baked
Dragon Roll
in: shrimp tempura, asaparagus, cucumber, radish sprout, out: tuna, eel, avocado, tobiko		 $11.95
Dragon Fly
in: crab, avocado, shrimp tempura, out: tuna, salmon, ebi, unagi, avocado, tobiko, red snapper		 $12.95
Jaco Special
in: soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado, radish sprout, out: unagi, avocado, tobiko		 $10.95
Pretty Woman
in: deep fried salmon, avocado, out: salmon, house sauce		 $10.95
Starcraft Roll
in: deep fried 5 kinds of fish, avocado, crab, out: crab, deep fried 5 kinds of fish, house sauce, tobiko		 $12.95
North San Jose Roll
in: salmon, cream cheese, avocado, out: salmon, house sauce, masago		 $11.50
Sharks Special
in: crab, avocado, shrimp tempura, out: deep fried roll w/ masago, house sauce		 $8.95
Rush Hour
in: crab, avocado, out: scallop, masago, house sauce, green onion		 $10.95
Crunch Roll
inside: shrimp tempura, avocado, outside: crunch, sweet sauce, masago		 $8.50
Texas Roll
in: eel, cucumber, out: 5 different kind of fish (chef’s choice)		 $13.95
Super Spider
in: soft shell crab, cucumber, asparagus, radish sprout, out: fried egg, house sauce, tobiko		 $12.95
South San Jose Roll
in: salmon, avocado, cream cheese, out: salmon, deep friedd special house sauce		 $11.95
Lobster Special
in: lobster, crab, asparagus, avocado, scallop, out: lobster, crab, tobiko, house sauce, scallop		 $15.95
White Dragon
in: crab, shrimp tempura, avocado, out: unagi, avocado, peanut, white sauce		 $12.95
Special Rolls 2 – Sato’s Special Roll – Spicy
Night Fever
in: crab, avocado, out: spicy tuna, spicy sauce, house sauce, tobiko		 $9.95
Xxx (Triple X)
in: cucumber, spicy tuna, eel, out: yellowtail, jalapeno, tobiko, hot sauce, house sauce		 $13.95
Harley Davidson
in: crab, spicy tuna, cucumber, out: seared albacore, crab, spicy tuna		 $12.95
Alex Special
in: avocado, crab, shrimp tempura, out: spicy tuna, avocado		 $12.95
Don’t Cry
in: spicy tuna, wasabi, jalapeno, out: spicy scallop, masago with tabasco sauce		 $13.95
Titanic
in: asparagus, cucumber, shrimp tempura, radish sprout, out: tuna, salmon, k-sauce, unagi garlic sauce, tobiko		 $13.95
Shrek Roll
in: spicy tuna, out: seaweed salad		 $8.95
Phoenix
in: asaparagus, cucumber, shrimp tempura, out: spicy crab, mozzarella cheese, house sauce, tobiko		 $13.95
49 Er’s Roll
in: crab meat, spicy tuna, avocado, cream cheese, shrimp tempura, out: toasted mozzarella cheese, house sauce		 $10.95
Scream
in: eel, shrimp tempura, avoacado, out: spicy tuna, deep fried potato, house sauce, spicy sauce, tobiko		 $13.95
Double Hot
in: spicy tuna, out: deep fried roll w/ tobiko, house sauce, spicy sauce, green onion		 $8.50
Fire Cracker
in: unagi, spicy crab meat, avocado, out: crunch, k-sauce, sweet sauce		 $10.95
Eric Special
in: crab meat, spicy tuna, out: red snapper, mozzarella cheese, tobiko, house sauce		 $11.95
Honeymoon
in: cucumber, crab meat, out: unagi, fried potato, peanut, k-sauce		 $10.95
Special Rolls 3 – Sato’s Special Roll – Raw
Play Boy Roll
in: spicy tuna, cucumber, out: tuna		 $9.95
Sato Special Roll
in: spicy tuna, cream cheese, cucumber, out: 5 different kinds of fish (chef; s choice)		 $10.95
Brothers
in: avocado, cream cheese, shrimp tempura, out: salmon & tuna		 $11.95
Cherry Blossom
in: salmon, avocado, out: tuna, masago		 $11.95
Hawaiian Roll
in: shrimp tempura, crab, avocado, out: avocado		 $9.95
U.f.o. Roll
in: salmon, tuna, yellow tail, shrimp, radish sprout, out: cucumber		 $12.95
Rainbow Roll
in: california roll, out: 3 different kind of fish (tuna, salmon, snapper)		 $8.50
King Philly Roll
in: cream cheese, avocado, asparagus, salmon, out: fresh salmon		 $10.95
Under The Sea
in: shrimp tempura, crab meat, avocado, out: albacore, unagi, garlic sauce, avocado		 $10.95
Hamachi Lover
in: hamachi, avocado, out: hamachi		 $13.00
Salmon Lover
in: your choice of fresh salmon or smoked salmon, avo, out: salmon		 $12.00
Mango Tango
in: smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado, out: mango, lime		 $11.00
Rock’n Roll
in: eel, avocado, out: avocado, sweet sauce		 $8.95
Apache Roll
in: eel, cucumber, out: eel, cream cheese		 $10.95
Spider Roll
in: soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado, out: masago		 $8.00
Snow White
in: salmon, avocado, out: super albacore		 $10.95
Salmon Special
in: california roll, out: salmon on top		 $8.50
Tuna Special
in: california roll, out: tuna on top		 $8.50
Vegetarian Roll
in: cucumber, asparagus, mushroom, avocado, wild, carrot, pickled radish		 $7.95
House Roll
in: shrimp tempura, avocado, asparagus, out: eel. avocado		 $10.95
Volcano Roll
in: masago, tuna, salmon, hamachi, avocado, out: deep fried, sweet sauce		 $8.95
Tempura Roll
in: shrimp tempura, cucumber avocado, out: masago		 $7.00
Dessert
Ice Cream
green tea, vanilla		 $1.75
Mochi Ice Cream
strawberry, vanilla, mango, chocolate		 $1.75
Cheese Cake
chocolate, green tea		 $1.75
Tempura Ice Cream
green tea, vanilla		 $5.95
Beverage
Ice Tea $1.75
Beverage – Soft Drink
Coke $1.75
Diet Coke $1.75
Sprite $1.75
Fanta $1.75
Root Beer $1.75
Lemonade $1.75

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Reviews

Richard Chen
The nigiri and rainbow roll was probably the most viable option if you get the AYCE option. We were concerned about the cleanliness here, beyond the food quality being “skimpy”. I wouldn’t recommend getting the shrimp tempura or fried crab (anything breaded I guess). It seems like this place used to be great and I hope for a great turnaround.

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Lauren Cullum
The service was wonderful! Very friendly people. Our food was AMAZING!

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Paul Vizzini
Super friendly staff who really take care of you. We did the ayce sushi and the agedashi was mind blowing!

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Benjamin Simms
Don’t let the shabby outdated decor turn you off the best Sushi in South Lake. This small restaurant has been operating under the same owner and sushi chef for 30+ years. There’s a reason for it. The menu is deep with traditional offerings as well as spectacular modern rolls. If your eyes are feeling bigger than your stomach, try the all you can eat special. Everything is delicious and well priced for the individual or a family looking for a night out. Enjoy!!

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Nao H
The food is much more expensive than what they state online. For the quality of the sushi, they are overpriced. The rolls are pretty skimpy and not even rolled well; they fell apart quite easily. However, we were thankful for an easy takeout option that was not greasy or heavy and walking distance from our hotel.

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Vanna Mah
My boyfriend and I tried Sato Japanese Restaurant on Saturday at 5:30PM. We were immediately greeted and we chose to sit at the sushi bar for the all you can eat section. There was 2 other couples there.

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Alexandra Murdoch-Haig
We used to go to Sato’s every trip to Tahoe for 20 years! It had been a few years since we had been, yet we went to Sato’s for dinner tonight because it seemed like a safe bet and we used to love it. The food was never incredible, but it was good and very reasonable. Today the food was so bad it was inedible. It is really very sad this south lake classic has gone so downhill. One of the other places in town are a better bet for cheap decent sushi now.

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Aimee Johnson
My husband and I absolutely LOVE Sato’s!! The all you can eat sushi is amazing and the owner is very friendly and professional. It is a very welcoming environment and everyone who works there makes you feel like family!! We will NOT go anywhere else. They are our first choice when it comes to sushi.

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Sean Patterson
Extremely poor service… We sat at a table and it took well over a half hour to be waited on, we asked the waitress several times for warm water to make our infant a bottle, before she finally came around with it. The menu included a laundry list of sushi rolls, most of which revolved heavily around tempura, very uninspired… Fish was not at all fresh, the Tuna was bad and the Yellow Tail (Hamachi) was brown, not the typical fresh light pink color, and I couldn’t even bring myself to eat it. The rice was like glue, along with being crunchy at times and cold. I’ve eaten Sushi all across the country, ranging from mediocre to stellar, and sadly this place was by far the worst. If the McDonald’s a half mile down the street has better quality food than a sushi restaurant, something is most definitely wrong…

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Sheri Lichtenfels
We ate here for dinner on 13 January 2019. We both had the all you can eat option for sushi. I had called earlier and was told a different price than what was posted on the menu (and it wasn’t in our favor). We enjoyed the tempura, the miso and salad. The Sato mussels were interesting. We ordered 3 rolls and a variety of nigiri. The rolls were supposed to be fish over california rolls. The fish was minimal. The nigiri was disappointing; lots of rice and very small pieces of fish. The fish had very little taste and in some cases tasted just bad. We struggled to eat what we ordered (as we’d be penalized if we didn’t). We ended with some green tea ice cream. It was good. The wait staff was nice, but we won’t be returning.

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