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"Kanpai has something
special for you..."
Sake Pairing Summer Special
2665 Shell Beach Rd, Shell Beach, CA
Since January 21, 2014
Welcome to Kanpai
Here at Kanpai, we are about more than just incredible food or good service. We are about an experience.
Whether you are looking for a candlelit dinner with that special someone,
On vacation with the family,
Just got out of the office,
Or just need a break...
Kanpai has something special for you. From our Japanese inspired interior, selection of fine wines and sakes, and wide variety of food and appetizers, we guarantee you’ll find something you like. Sit at the wooden sushi bar and strike up a conversation with someone new. Celebrate that graduation in our banquet room. Or just grab a friend and enjoy some Pismo Rolls as the sun sets in one of our booths. But make sure you call ahead! We can get very busy!
But maybe you are busy. Order to go! We are right off the 101 next to the Shell Station. Fuel up, “food” up, and be on your way in no time. We’ll catch you again later! Drive safely! And enjoy the journey!
Kanpai literally translated means “empty glass”, or “cheers” as you’d call it here in the States. At Kanpai, we encourage you to live life to the fullest. Explore the beautiful coast. Watch that incredible sunset. Visit that winery. Reconnect with an old friend, and drink of life to its deepest point. We hope to share with you in that experience. But until that time, we wish you the best. Kanpai!
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Business hours:
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 4:30pm - 8:30pm
- Wednesday
- 4:30pm - 8:30pm
- Thursday
- 4:30pm - 8:30pm
- Friday
- 4:30pm - 9:30pm
- Saturday
- 4:30pm - 9:30pm
- Sunday
- 4:30pm - 8:30pm
18pc Sashimi Plate
Chef’s Choice 6 kinds 3pc each
Add miso soup, rice, and salad for $4
Hamaguri (Sakamushi)
Large Japanese clams slowly simmered in sake, butter, garlic broth, and served in a cast iron pot.
Spicy Garlic Edamame
Come try our famous Spicy Garlic Edamame! Sautéed soybeans with a hint of garlic red pepper soy sauce.
À la carte
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Chicken Katsu$22
panko-fried chicken breast served with katsu sauce, rice, and cabbage salad
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Hamachi Kama$22
broiled yellowtail collar served with ponzu, daikon radish, and house salad
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Salmon Kama$19
broiled salmon collar served with ponzu, daikon radish, and house salad
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Sizzling Plates
Scottish Salmon$20 -
Organic Chicken Breast$19
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Rib-Eye Steak$22
Sizzling plates are served on a sizzling plate with sautéed vegetables and a choice of Teriyaki Sauce or Japanese Steak Sauce.
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Soup & Noodles
Miso Soup$4tofu, wakame, green onion
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Tempura Udon$16
wakame, green onion, kamaboko fish cake, tempura flakes, served with Mixed Tempura
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Sukiyaki$24
thinly sliced beef brisket, tofu, cabbage, udon, green onion cooked in sweet soy broth
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Shoyu or Miso Ramen$18
shoyu or miso in chicken and pork broth with vegetables, pork belly, green onion, bamboo shoot, egg, wakame
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Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen$19
pork broth with vegetables, pork belly, green onion, bamboo shoot, egg, wakame
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Spicy Seafood Ramen$23
pork broth with a seafood medley, vegetables, and green onions
Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna
Fried sushi rice topped with spicy tuna, jalapeño, and doused with our eel sauce.
Appetizers
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Vegetables
Edamame$9salted soybeans
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Spicy Garlic Edamame$13
olive oil, garlic, house soy-based sauce, and red pepper
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Shishito Pepper$11
Sautéed Japanese peppers in house-made sauce
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Agedashi Tofu$11
fried tofu in a sweet soy sauce, topped with grated daikon, ginger, and seaweed
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Vegetable Tempura$14
seasonal vegetables
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Cucumber Sunomono$10
cucumber, kaiware, daikon, wakame, shrimp, yuzu vinaigrette
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House Salad$9
romaine lettuce, carrots, cucumber, grape tomatoes, edamame, miso dressing
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Seaweed Salad$9
seaweed, cucumber, yamagobo, yuzu vinaigrette
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Seafood
Pismo Surfers$17crispy shiso leaves, spicy tuna, jalapeño, masago, eel sauce
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Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna$17
crispy sushi rice, spicy tuna, jalapeño, masago, eel sauce
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Yellowtail Carpaccío$20
thinly sliced yellowtail in citrus soy sauce, jalapeño
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Miso Black Cod$22
broiled black cod marinated in miso served with grilled asparagus and saikyo miso
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Heart Attack$14
tempura jalapeño stuffed with cream cheese and spicy tuna, garnished with masago and eel sauce
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Soft Shell Crab$18
two tempura soft shell crabs breaded with panko, served with miso sauce and house salad
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Shrimp Tempura$13
five piece shrimp tempura
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Mixed Tempura$16
two piece shrimp and seasonal vegetable tempura
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Crispy Calamari$18
deep fried calamari, served on salad with sweet chili
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Meat
Pork Belly$18simmered in sweet soy broth
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Sesame Chicken$15
fried chicken with spicy teriyaki sauce
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Gyoza$11
five pieces of pork potstickers
Combo
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Dinner Gozen
Organic Chicken Breast$38 -
Scottish Salmon$38
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Rib-Eye$43
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6-piece Sashimi$41
All dinner gozens are served with shrimp & veg tempura, dynamite, gyoza, miso soup, salad, and rice.
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Kid’s Meal (age 10 & under)
Salmon Teriyaki$16 -
Chicken Teriyaki$16
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3-piece Salmon Sashimi$18
All kid’s meals are served with salad, edamame, gyoza, rice, and miso soup.
Sushi and Sashimi
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Blue Fin Tuna, Hon Maguro (Spain)$19/$45
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Blue Fin Tuna Toro (Spain)$22/$49
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Albacore, Bincho (Canada)$12/$24
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Escolar, Ono (Hawaii)$9/$22
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Yellowtail, Hamachi (Japan)$11/$29
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Yellowtail Belly, Hamachi Toro (Japan)$15/$45
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Amberjack, Kanpachi (Hawaii)$10/28
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Salmon, Sake (sustainable, Scotland)$11/$25
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Seabream, Madai (Japan)$10/$28
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Black Tiger Shrimp, Ebi (Indonesia)$9
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Scallop, Hotate (Hokkaido Island)$13/$35
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Sea Urchin, Uni (Santa Barbara)MP
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Jack Mackerel, Aji (Japan)$11/$26
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Cured Mackerel, Saba (Norway)$10/$23
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Monk Fish Liver, Ankimo (Japan)$10
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Octopus, Tako (Japan)$10/$24
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Salmon Roe, Ikura (Canada)$14
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Smelt Roe, Masago (Iceland)$9
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Fresh Water Eel, Unagi (China)$10/$25
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Live AmaebiMP
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Oyster Half-Shell (Pacific Oysters,Washington)$13
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Oyster Shooter$11
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Uni Shooter13
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Fresh Wasabi (Japan)$4
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Omakase (Chef’s Choice)
9-piece Sashimi Plate$34three pieces of three kinds of fish. Combo (+$4) served with miso soup, salad, and rice
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18-piece Sashimi Plate$58
three pieces of six kinds of fish. Combo (+$4) served with miso soup, salad, and rice
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Omakase Nigiri Deluxe$48
premium chef ’s choice eight piece nigiri. Combo (+$3) served with miso soup and salad
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Omakase Nigiri$35
chef’s choice eight piece nigiri. Combo (+$3) served with miso soup and salad
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Chirashi$45
chef’s choice of assorted sashimi on a bed of sushi rice served with miso soup
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Cheers$93
nine-piece sashimi, eight-piece nigiri, a basic roll, a special roll, mixed tempura, two miso soups, two salads, edamame
Special Rolls
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Alaskan Roll$20
in: cucumber, avocado, asparagus, crab meat
out: salmon, lemon, cilantro -
Pismo Roll$21
in: spicy scallop, crab meat, avocado
out: seared tuna, jalapeño, grated daikon, ponzu -
Rock n’ Roll$20
in: spicy tuna, avocado, soy paper
out: albacore, jalapeño, sriracha, ponzu -
Rainbow Roll$20
in: crab meat, cucumber, avocado
out: chef ’s choice of fish -
Crunchy Dragon Roll$20
in: cucumber, avocado, shrimp tempura, asparagus
out: broiled eel, tempura flakes, eel sauce -
Shell Beach Sunset Roll$20
in: shrimp tempura, cucumber, asparagus
out: spicy tuna, tempura flakes, eel sauce -
Jessica Albacore Roll$21
in: albacore, avocado
out: albacore, garlic chips, garlic ponzu -
Grizzly Bear Roll$19
salmon tempura, crab meat, cucumber, yamagobo, avocado, asparagus, masago, green onion, spicy aioli, eel sauce
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Kamikaze Roll$19
yellowtail, salmon, garlic, jalapeño, cucumber, avocado, spicy aioli
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Popcorn Shrimp Roll$20
deep fried Shrimp, asparagus, avocado, masago, green onion, soy paper, spicy aioli, eel sauce
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Shi-So Hot Roll$22
in: tempura shishito, spicy tuna, cucumber
out: albacore, avocado, spicy garlic sauce -
Diablo Canyon Roll$22
in: spicy tuna, deep fried green onion, ebi
out: yellowtail, avocado, yuzu citrus sauce -
Halibut Tempura Roll$19
in: deep fried halibut, asparagus
out: avocado, masago, green onion, spicy aioli, eel sauce -
Party Girl Roll$20
in: cream cheese, cucumber, avocado, crispy calamari
out: yellowtail, avocado, lemon slices, spicy aioli, masago
Basic Rolls
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California Roll$11
crab meat, avocado, cucumber
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Spicy Tuna Roll$14
blue fin tuna, miso aioli, chili oil, seven Japanese spices
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Tuna Roll$17
blue fin tuna
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Negi Hama Roll$17
hon hamachi yellowtail, green onions
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Albacore Roll$18
albacore, garlic, green onion, ponzu sauce
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Salmon Skin Roll$16
salmon skin, cucumber, shiso, yamagobo, kaiware, eel sauce
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Creamy Spicy Scallop Roll$13
bay scallop, masago, green onion, avocado, spicy aioli
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Crunchy Roll$12
crab meat, avocado, cucumber, tempura flakes, eel sauce
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Shrimp Tempura Roll$14
shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, eel sauce
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Philadelphia Roll$13
salmon, cream cheese, cucumber, yamagobo, kaiware, lemon
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Spider Roll$19
soft shell crab, crab meat, cucumber, avocado, kaiware, asparagus, eel sauce
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Caterpillar Roll$19
fresh water eel, cucumber, asparagus, avocado, eel sauce
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Vegetable Roll$16
brown rice, cucumber, asparagus, avocado, yamagobo, kaiware, inari
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Vegetable Tempura Roll$18
seasonal vegetable tempura, eel sauce
Yakisoba
Stir-fried wheat noodle with pork, shrimp, cabbage, carrots, onion, bell pepper. Aonori and beni shoga on top.
Blue Fin Tuna (Spain)
Sashimi Plate(9pc)
Chef’s Choice 3 kinds 3pc each Add miso soup, rice, and salad for $4
Tempura Ice Cream
Your choice of vanilla or green tea ice cream, covered with our tasty tempura, and topped with strawberries, whip cream, and your choice cinnamon or chocolate.
Services
Catering Services
- Business Events
- Birthdays
- Weddings
- Party & Others
Contact Info
Phone:
(805) 295-6636
Address:
2665 Shell Beach Rd, Shell Beach, CA 93449