Live Sushi Bar Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Live Sushi Bar, a hidden gem nestled in the heart of Potrero Hill, San Francisco. This cozy sushi bar beckons you to experience traditional Japanese flavors with a modern twist. The menu is a delightful tapestry of options, featuring everything from fresh sashimi and creative rolls to hearty bento boxes.

Highlights include:

  • Omakase Tasting Box: A luxurious selection of cuts like toro and amaebi, showcasing the chef's skill and the freshness of the ingredients.
  • Happy Hour Specials: Ideal for groups, offering generous portions at unbeatable prices.
  • Vegan and Vegetarian Options: Acknowledging diverse palettes with delicious choices.

The inviting ambiance and attentive service elevate your dining experience, making it perfect for family gatherings or a cozy date night. Enjoy a meal where quality and creativity shine, all sustainably sourced and prepared with care.

Valentine Special

Gomae

Steamed spinach with crushed sesame seed.

$8.00

Hiya Yakko

Cold tofu served in cold tempura sauce.

$6.00

Ohitashi

Steamed spinach with light soy sauce.

$8.00

Ebi Sunomono

Shrimp with cucumber in sweet vinegar sauce.

$10.00

Tako Sunomono

Octopus with cucumber in sweet vinegar sauce.

$10.00

Wakame Salad

Marinated seaweed salad.

$6.00

Agedashi Tofu

Deep fried tofu topped with bonito.

$9.00

Chicken Karaage

Japanese style fried chicken pieces.

$12.00

Gyoza

6 pieces pan-fried vegetable dumplings.

$9.00

Hamachi Kama

Grilled yellowtail cheek.

$19.00

Mix Tempura.

Deep fried shrimp and vegetables.

$15.00

Short Rib Teriyaki

Grilled and marinated bone-in beef.

$20.00

Soft-Shell Crab

Deep fried with special dipping sauce.

$12.00

Yaki Ika

Grilled squid.

$18.00

Sake Kama Miso Yaki

Miso marinated salmon cheek.

$15.00

Side Rice

$2.00

Side Miso

$2.00

Side Salad

$2.00

Edamame

$5.00

2 Item Bento Dinner Combo

Enjoy your selection of 2 items.

$19.00

3 Item Bento Dinner Combo

Enjoy your selection of 3 items.

$24.00

Appetizers

Bento Dinner Combos

#1 Hand Roll

Seared salmon skin, uni, avocado and shiso with ikura and quail egg.

$14.00

Live Uni Hand Roll

Uni and shiso with ikura and quail egg.

$14.00

Negi Toro Hand Roll

Toro with green onion and tobiko.

$12.00

Potrero Hill Hand Roll

Crab meat, avocado and cucumber.

$12.00

Salmon Skin Hand Roll

Seared salmon skin, cucumber and yamagobo.

$9.00

Spicy Scallop Hand Roll

Scallop, avocado, green onion with tobiko and spicy sauce.

$11.00

Unakyu Hand Roll

Unagi and cucumber.

$11.00

Fusion Combo

2 pieces of sake, 2 pieces of maguro, 2 pieces of hamachi, 2 pieces of unagi, dragon roll and rainbow roll.

$64.00

Lovers Boat

California roll, avocado roll, 12 pieces of sashimi and 8 pieces of nigiri.

$70.00

Sushi Party

California roll, avocado roll, 18 pieces of sashimi, 12 pieces of nigiri and spicy tuna roll.

$95.00

Seasonal Fusion Combo

$72.00

Seasonal Lovers Boat

$85.00

Seasonal Sushi Party

$117.00

Hand Rolls

Deluxe Combinations

Chirashi Combination

Chef's choice assorted fresh raw fish over sushi rice.

$26.00

Live Sushi Combination

Chef's choice 6 pieces of nigiri, 4 pieces of sashimi and spicy tuna roll.

$27.00

Tekka Don Combination

Sliced fresh raw tuna served over sushi rice.

$26.00

Unagi Don Combination

Unagi served over steamed rice and topped with our chef's special sauce.

$21.00

Beef

Your choice of noodle in broth with beef.

$17.00

Cha Shu

Your choice of noodle in broth with barbecued pork.

$17.00

Nabeyaki

Your choice of noodle in broth with shrimp tempura, grilled chicken, squid and egg.

$20.00

Ten Zaru

Soba noodles served cool in tempura sauce with a side of mixed tempura.

$18.00

Tori

Your choice of noodle in broth with chicken.

$17.00

Vegetable

Your choice of noodle in broth with assorted vegetables.

$16.00

Zaru Soba

Served cool in tempura sauce.

$14.00

Combinations

Udon, Soba and Ramen

49er Roll

Shiso, avocado and tobiko, topped with sake and lemon.

$18.00

Caterpillar Roll

Unagi and cucumber, topped with avocado and sesame seed.

$14.00

Crazy Monkey Roll

Hamachi, unagi and avocado topped with unagi sauce and sesame seed.

$12.00

Crunchy Tuna Roll

Spicy tuna, avocado and crunchy pieces wrapped with soybean paper.

$12.00

Crunchy California Roll

Battered and deep fried California roll topped with bonito, tobiko and sesame seed.

$12.00

Double Hamachi Roll

Hamachi, topped with hamachi, tobiko, onions and scallions.

$18.00

Dragon Roll

Shrimp tempura and cucumber, topped with unagi and avocado and sesame seed.

$18.00

Dynamite Roll

Battered and deep fried yellowtail with avocado, tobiko, sesame seed and sauce.

$12.00

Firecracker Roll

Battered and deep fried spicy tuna, jalapeno, avocado, topped with tobiko, green onion, and spicy mayo

$14.00

Futo Maki

Tamago, spinach, yamagobo, cucumber and shiitake mushroom.

$16.00

Philadelphia Roll

Smoked sake, cream cheese and avocado topped with tobiko.

$12.00

Rainbow Roll

Shrimp tempura and cucumber, topped with assorted fish and tobiko.

$18.00

Salmon Skin Roll

Crunchy sake skin with mixed vegetables and tobiko.

$11.00

Spider Roll

Deep-fried soft-shell crab, mixed vegetables and scallions and tobiko.

$15.00

Swamp Roll

Spicy maguro and topped with seaweed salad.

$14.00

Sweet Potato Roll

Sweet potato tempura.

$12.00

Veggie Caterpillar Roll

Shiitake mushrooms and cucumber, topped with avocado and sesame seed.

$14.00

Veggie Swamp Roll

Cucumber and avocado, topped with seaweed salad.

$12.00

Veggie Temp Roll

Potatoes, zucchini, green beans and carrots, wrapped with soybean paper.

$12.00

Viper Roll

Battered and deep fried spicy tuna with sesame seed.

$10.00

5 Piece Albacore Sashimi

$19.00

5 Piece Amaebi Sashimi

$35.00

5 Piece Hamachi Sashimi

$25.00

5 Piece Kuromaguro Sashimi

$25.00

5 Piece Saba Sashimi

$20.00

5 Piece Sake Sashimi

$22.00

5 Piece Tai Sashimi

$25.00

5 Piece Walu Sashimi

$18.00

16 Piece Assorted Sashimi

$50.00

16 Piece Chef's Assorted Seasonal Sashimi

$60.00

Side Sushi Rice

$3.00

5 Piece Chu Toro Sashimi

$33.00

5 Piece Hamachi Toro Sashimi

$30.00

5 Piece Ocean Trout Sashimi

$25.00

5 Piece Sake Toro Sashimi

$28.00

5 Piece Shima Aji Sashimi

$22.50

5 Piece Toro Sashimi

$40.00

5 Piece Blue Shrimp Sashimi

$20.95

Rolls

Sashimi

Bergschneider Roll

Unagi and avocado topped with sake, unagi sauce and tobiko.

$18.00

Cucumber Sashimi Roll

Hamachi, maguro, sake and avocado wrapped in a thin cucumber slice.

$18.00

DJ Roll

Avocado, cucumber and shrimp tempura inside, topped with walu, jalapeno and tuna seared with creamy sauce.

$19.00

Family Affair Roll

Maguro, avocado and onions wrapped with soybean paper with albacore and creamy sauce and tobiko.

$17.00

Giants Roll

Spicy negitoro, green onion, topped with sake toro, spicy mayo, unagi sauce, tobiko and crunchy tempura bits

$20.00

Romeo and Juliet Roll

Sake, avocado and shrimp tempura topped with hamachi and spicy unagi sauce.

$19.00

Sakura Petal Roll

Hamachi, white onion, tobiko, and spicy mayo topped with hamachi

$19.00

SFPD Roll

Shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, imitation crab meat and avocado topped with unagi, unagi sauce, sesame seed and tobiko.

$19.00

The Chef Roll

Wagyu beef with fried avocado, imitation crab meat and scallions.

$26.00

The Roll

Unagi, cucumber with avocado, centered with crunchy fried tempura bits and tobiko, topped with albacore and sauce.

$19.00

Transformer Roll

Spicy scallop, avocado, green onion, topped with seared sake, unagi, tobiko, and unagi sauce

$19.00

Albacore Tataki

Lightly seared white tuna with special sauce and onions.

$16.00

Ankimo

Steamed monkfish liver with ginger and onions, drizzled with ponzu sauce.

$16.00

Ankimo Shisho

2 pieces deep fried shiso leaf with monkfish liver, scallions and tobiko.

$16.00

Crab Napoleon

Layers of snow crab, avocado, sake and tuna with yuzu creamy sauce.

$17.00

Hamachi Passion

Thinly sliced yellowtail topped with avocado, topped with avocado, onions, tobiko and mayo.

$18.00

Hamachi Tartare

4 piece yellowtail with onions and avocado on shrimp chips.

$17.00

Island Poki

Seaweed salad, Maui onions, avocado, cucumber, seven spice, tuna and special sesame sauce topped with tobiko.

$16.00

Scallop Mini Burger

Scallop on top and bottom, sake with crunchy salmon skin and cucumber.

$14.00

Uni Scallop

2 pieces seared Japanese scallop with sea urchin, cucumber and tobiko.

$20.00

Wagyu Tataki

Lightly seared wagyu beef with yuzu ponzu.

$30.00

Chef's Special Rolls

Something Unique

Aji Sushi

Horse mackerel.

$9.00

Albacore Sushi

White tuna.

$8.00

Albacore Toro Sushi

Fatty white tuna.

$10.00

Amaebi Sushi

Sweet prawn and heads to deep-fry.

$14.00

Ebi Sushi

Cooked prawn.

$6.00

Hamachi Sushi

Yellowtail.

$10.00

Hirame Sushi

Halibut.

$9.00

Hotategai Sushi

Scallop.

$8.00

Ikura Sushi

Salmon roe.

$10.00

Inari Sushi

Sweet tofu.

$6.00

Kani Sushi

Real crab meat.

$9.00

Kuromaguro

Bluefin tuna.

$10.00

Saba Sushi

Mackerel.

$8.00

Sake Sushi

Salmon.

$9.00

Smoked Salmon Sushi

$9.00

Tai Sushi

Japanese snapper.

$11.00

Tako Sushi

Octopus.

$7.00

Tamago Sushi

Omelet.

$6.00

Tobiko Sushi

Flying fish roe.

$8.00

Unagi Sushi

Barbecued eel.

$9.00

Walu Sushi

Escolar.

$8.00

Chu Toro Sushi

$13.00

Hamachi Toro Sushi

$12.00

Ikura Quail Egg Sushi

$12.00

Kampachi Sushi

$9.00

Shima Aji Sushi

$9.00

Spicy Scallop Sushi

$9.00

Tobiko Quail Egg Sushi

$10.00

Uni Quail Egg Sushi

$20.00

Ocean Trout Sushi

$10.00

Sake Toro Sushi

$11.00

Toro Sushi

$16.00

Uni Sushi

$16.00

Wagyu Beef Sushi

$14.00

Ika Sushi

$6.00

Blue Shrimp Sushi

$8.95

Japanese Uni Sushi

$18.95

Strawberry Ramune

$8.00

Yuzu Ramune

$8.00

Green Iced Tea

$7.00

Jasmine Iced Tea

$7.00

Sparkling Water

$6.00

Sprite

Up

$7.00

Diet Coke

$6.00

Coke

$7.00

San Benedetto Still Water

$5.50

Bag

Beverages

Sapporo Large

Must be 21 to purchase.

$12.00

Asahi Large

Must be 21 to purchase.

$12.00

Shafer Chardonnay

Must be 21 to purchase.

$100.00

Hugel Gewurztraminer

Must be 21 to purchase.

$60.00

Chandon Rose

187 ml. Must be 21 to purchase.

$15.00

Chandon Brut

187 ml. Must be 21 to purchase.

$15.00

Coedo Beniaka

Japanese craft beer - Ale brewed with sweet potato

$9.00

Kawaba twilight Ale

Japanese Pale Ale

$12.00

Coedo Shiro

Japanese craft beer - hefeweizen (wheat beer)

$9.00

Two Angels Sauvignon Blanc BTL

$48.00

Akitabare Koshiki Junzukuri

Northern Skies: Pleasingly dry and quite mild, a well-crafted traditional sake. Pure rice goodness. Bottle (300 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$30.00

Akitabare Suirakuten

Heaven of Tipsy Delight: Multi-hued, delicately aged, a rare find. Subtlety and finesse. Bottle (720 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$160.00

Dewazakura Oka

Cherry Bouquet: Delightful, flowery bouquet with a touch of pear and melon. Light and refreshing. Bottle (300 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$30.00

Hoyo Kura no Hana

Fair Maiden: A truly light sake with sweetness, delicacy and finesse. Subtlety and finesse. Bottle (500 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$66.00

Kamoizumi Nigori Ginjo"

Summer Snow: Lively, voluptuou, a deluxe label for nigori fans. New and different. Bottle (500 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$66.00

Kanbara " Junmai Ginjo" Bride of The Fox

Round and nutty with deep umami (720mL) Must be 21 to Purchase.

$105.00

Kawatsuru "Crane of Paradise"

Herbaceous with hints of grapefruit and salted pineapple (720mL) Must be 21 to Purchase.

$75.00

Kokuryu Junmai Ginjo

Black Dragon: Deeply mysterious flavor, rich and welcoming. Continued. Bottle (720 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$90.00

Masumi Okuden Kantsukuri.

Mirror of Truth: Comfortingly familiar, surpassingly smooth. Pure rice goodness. (720 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$65.00

Tedorigawa Yamahai Junmai

Silver Mountain: A classic yamahai junmai: dry, sharp and smooth all in one. Pure rice goodness. Bottle (720 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$75.00

Shichi Hon Yari "The Seven Spearsmen"

Light fresh notes of citrus and melon on the palate; finishes clean (720mL) Must be 21 to Purchase.

$75.00

Shichi Hon Yari "Hiyaorashi"

Seasonal Sake. Brisk clean notes of clover honey and yeast. (720mL) Must be 21 to Purchase.

$83.00

Tensei "Junmai Ginjo" Song of The Sea

Balanced flavors of salt- water taffy and melon (720mL) Must be 21 to Purchase.

$105.00

Yuki No Bosha Cabin in the Snow"

Tropical and floral with a clean, peppery finish (720mL) Must be 21 to purchase.

$90.00

Yurimasamune

Alluring Lilly: Gentle yet well-structured, with modest fruits and mineral essence. Bottle (720 ml.). Must be 21 to purchase.

$42.00

Wines and Beers (Must be 21 to Purchase)