• Akira Sushi

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Ovo
Japanese
Take-out
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Sushi and bento. Has one page of veggie sushi rolls. Be sure to specify vegan. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-11:00pm.


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13 Reviews

First Review by TessaWhite

jollieduck

Points +2267

Vegan
25 Jul 2024

Inventive vegan sushi

Inventive and delicious sushi rolls! So many of the rolls on the vegetarian menu are already vegan or can be made vegan by omitting something minor like honey. We asked and their tempura batter is vegan.

betodealmeida

Points +41

Vegan
20 Sep 2023

Great vegan rolls!

They have a few vegan rolls, really good food and great service.

ronitw

Points +727

Vegan
09 Apr 2023

Few Vegan Options

This is a popular place for non vegan sushi. When I asked about vegan sushi, they said that every veggie roll can be made vegan. However, I asked further and they have only one fryer for everything. If you don't want your food fried with non-vegan stuff, you are much more limited. I had the T-Pain sushi and it was great. They gave me extra mango and rice with that. The service was really nice, and the chefs were very friendly.

Updated from previous review on 2021-08-16

amyvotta

Points +629

Vegan
14 Dec 2022

Art!

This sushi is not only delicious but works of art! Amazing variety for vegans.

Conniemm

Points +1765

Vegan
06 Jul 2022

Few vegan options unless you remove ingredients

I came here the other day and was disappointed that there were only two vegan sushi rolls that are vegan. The other rolls can be made vegan by subtracting various tempura ingredients. I chose the Shiitake Crunch since it was one of the two options. It was delicious, but in the future I'd rather go to another sushi restaurant that offers multiple vegan options and miso soup that by default is vegan.

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Few vegan options

KeithThorne

Points +70

Vegan
18 May 2022

Incredible! 😋

This is as good as it gets outside of a dedicated vegan and expertly crafted sushi menu. We tried four different items off the veggie roll menu, though a couple came standard vegetarian, and so required minor modifications to be made vegan. Servers were well aware of these modifications, so all that was required was to request that they be made vegan where appropriate.
We got the Veggie Dragon, the Ghost in the Shell, the Heavenly Ura, and the Silence of the Yams. I can strongly recommend all four.
If you’re looking for excellent plant based sushi, this is it.

Our only complaints were that it was extremely busy (though it’s easy to see why) and that since fish was still served on site, a sensitive nose will detect the smell and you will often see fish at the bar and on other peoples plates. It didn’t bother us too much, but fair warning.

Pros: Huge veggie roll menu, Delicious and well crafted

Cons: Busy, Fish smell/sight

z424544

Points +30

Vegan
08 Feb 2022

Friendly, knowledge and amazing vegan options💕

Everything I ordered was spectacular

GreeniydMonsta

Points +71

Vegan
06 Mar 2021

Best Sushi Ever

My husband and I were on our mini honeymoon for the weekend and we specifically picked Santa Cruz because of all the vegan options we would have. We really only have one spot in our town that has great vegan sushi that’s not an after thought on the menu. Someone’s comment said it was better than vegan sushi in SF so we had to see for ourselves. They did not lie. My husband and I ordered 5 rolls and each one was great. We are thinking to come back again before we leave. Our server was vegan so they were very familiar with how to modify the couple rolls we had that weren’t vegan but make sure to ask. We had the Treetop, Ghost in a Shell, Veggie Gaia, T Pain and Silence of the Yams. My fav was the Veggie Gaia :)

Pros: All Veggie Rolls can be made vegan, Presentation is amazing , Lots of variety

Cons: None

CBeng

Points +86

Vegan
15 Feb 2021

Great quality and interesting rolls

Akira is awesome! They combine solid fundamentals with adventurous recipes. I've never been to a sushi place with more interesting vegan options.

Pros: Lots of delicious and interesting options, High quality ingredients and craftsmanship

Cons: Can take some inquiry/substitution to make vegan

emfromalameda

Points +118

Vegan
01 Jan 2021

No better sushi exists

The vegan sushi options here are incredible. This sushi is better than any other sushi I’ve had, which has been a lot (including many trips to Shizen in SF). I generally try to avoid non-vegan restaurants, but this one has the best vegan food in the county.

GunnarPignotti

Points +24

Vegan
23 May 2020

~20 vegan rolls

Absolutely blown away at the selection of rolls. I’ve been back over 10 times and this is the best vegan sushi I’ve had. Plus they usually have Humble Sea or Corrolitos beer on tap!

Pros: Tons of vegan rolls, Vegan aioli sauce , Best veg sushi!

LauraBaracaldo

Points +37

Vegetarian
03 Jan 2020

5 stars

A complete section of vegetarian rolls. There're as good as they can be.

TessaWhite

Points +867

Vegan
29 Apr 2019

Amazing selection of Veggie Sushi

The Sushi Chef is Vegan so this place has so many options and not pathetic attempts.. they are serious flavors and combinations

Pros: A whole page of Vegan Options , Really exciting combinations




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