MJ Sushi

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Sake maki, tekka maki, negihama maki


MJ Sushi


MJ Sushi is an attractively designed restaurant that has a modern and sleek appearance-- and a modern and sleek take on Japanese culinary tradition! 

You can order your favorite Japanese appetizers like edamame (soybeans), gyoza (Japanese dumplings), chicken karaage (fried chicken), tokoyaki (deep-fried octopus). They also carry miso soup, seaweed salad, and a house green salad. 

I strongly recommend starting with some of their miso soup. It is warm and perfectly seasoned with salty dashi, tofu, and seaweed. I find it to be both hearty and light at once; hefty enough to take the edge off my hunger, but light enough not to spoil my appetite.  Its savory flavor is wonderful for getting my palate ready for the main course.

For the main course, they offer beef, chicken, and salmon teriyaki meals, which have Japanese barbecue sauce and are served over a bed of rice. These are viable alternatives for those who do not care for fish or raw fish. They are filling and tasty meals.

But what MJ Sushi specializes in is fish, especially raw fish: sashimi and sushi. They use top-quality sushi-grade fish, and you can taste the freshness. 

Like I said, the menu is modern and sleek. By that, I mean that the old classics (like tekka maki and sake maki) sit beside original new rolls, such as the mango tuna roll (tuna, avocado, mango and mango sauce), the 49 roll (crab, avocado, salmon, and lemon), and the MJ roll (eel tempura, cucumber, salmon, mango, crunchy tempura, house special sauce). Those are some of our favorites, but the menu is very extensive, so there are many more to choose from. 

At the end of the meal, there is a special treat! Free of charge, customers are entitled to enjoy soft-serve ice cream straight from their soft-serve machine. There is the option to pick vanilla, chocolate, or vanilla mixed with chocolate ice cream. It's the perfect way to top off a yummy meal from MJ Sushi!

2305 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306

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