Chīsai Sushi Club
Sushi restaurant · Bernal Heights
3369 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Highlights
Creative omakase with inventive flavor pairings and global influences
Creative omakase with inventive flavor pairings and global influences
"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
