Chīsai Sushi Club
Sushi restaurant · Bernal Heights ·
Inventive American-Japanese sushi with unique omakase tasting menus
Inventive American-Japanese sushi with unique omakase tasting menus
"Chīsai Sushi Club is one of the few places on this guide where you can get quality omakase for under $100. One option is $95 and includes 13 courses of nigiri, sashimi, hand rolls, and mini taiyakis for dessert. Aside from not costing half a month’s rent, everything that lands on the table at this tiny Bernal Heights spot is well-executed and across the board excellent. The $95 option is a great middle ground, but they also have a 17-course option for $120, plus $70 vegetarian omakase with 13 courses of things like confit leek or asparagus nigiri. Whatever you choose, just know the non-nigiri dish portions lean smaller, so consider adding a supplement, like uni carbonara or ikura donburi. Cost: $70-120 per person, with optional add-ons." - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong
"If this list was titled, “Where to Learn to Make Sushi in San Francisco,” Chisai would be on here. It’s only fitting that a neighborhood sparse with sushi options would also host one of the more impressive omakase menus in the city. Chisai’s space feels familiar: wooden interior, sushi counter, and bubble display cases, while the experience will likely mirror the best omakase experiences you’ve had in your life — a lot of really good bites and one bite that feels like it was sent from another dimension. Chisai is omakase only, with a lot of fun supplements, so this is a special occasion meal that lives up to any moment." - Matt Tillquist
"Chīsai Sushi Club in Bernal Heights has one of the best value omakases in town. For $95, you get 13 courses of nigiri, sashimi, and a handroll that will all easily satisfy whatever raw fish craving brought you here. This Japanese spot also has a vegetarian menu featuring things like confit leek and asparagus nigiri. Whichever option you choose, know that you can also throw in some add-ons to round out your order. We like the uni carbonara, which is blanketed in a silky smooth uni-based cream, and the toro donburi with crunchy pickled daikon." - julia chen 1, patrick wong
"In terms of omakase options in the city, Chīsai Sushi Club keeps things relatively affordable, offering 13 courses for $95, 17 courses for $120, and a $70 vegetarian option. Chef and owner Erik Aplin worked at Ichi and brought an inventive approach to the restaurant’s former space — think, seared King salmon nigiri with nori butter, fat tuna, and uni temaki, and, as a non-sushi supplement, creamy uni carbonara." - Eater Staff
"Former Ichi Sushi chef Erik Aplin returned to the narrow Mission Street space in 2021, opening Chīsai Sushi Club with an experimental and relatively affordable 14-course tasting menu. For $95 Aplin rolls out a series of inventive and largely non-traditional small plates including salad, sashimi, nigiri, temaki, and dessert. There’s also a vegetarian omakase available for $70. For those willing to spend a little more, explore the long list of supplements." - Eater Staff
