El Pez Kitchen & Sushi Menu
El Pez Kitchen & Sushi menu gallery
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Appz
Pan fried chicken, pork, and vegetables.
Steam salted or garlic.
Tempura battered fried veggies.
Chicken nuggets with spicy aioli.
Squid.
Seasoned fries with BBQ aioli.
Coconut, lime, serrano, onion, and cilantro.
Aguacahile tostada, tuna salsa negras tostada, coco lime albacore tostada. 1 of each.
Blister shishito peppers sauteed in garlic chili butter.
Saladz
Served with fish, spring mix, poke sauce, masago, green onions and seeds.
Marinated seaweed, sesame and sprouts.
Pickled cucumber, seeds and seaweed.
Spicy pickled cucumber.
Spring mix with jamaican ginger vinaigrette and lotus root croutons.
Lunch Specials
Chicken teriyaki. Available only on tuesday.
Tuna poke tuna onions, poke sauce. Available on wednesday.
Pork tonkatsu. Available on Friday only.
Salmon teriyaki. Available on monday only.
5 pieces tuna sashimi. Available on Thursday only.
Bowlz
Choice of fish, rice, masago, krab mix, seaweed and sprouts.
Mixed cuts of fish over sushi rice.
Yellowtail with ponzu served with rice.
Salmon with ponzu served with rice.
Entreez
Grilled chicken with pineapple teriyaki sauce.
Pork broth, egg, pork belly, bamboo, cilantro, radishes, and mexican Parmesan.
Our take on kalbi BBQ ribs.
Stir fry noodles, and mixed vegetables.
Grilled salmon, rice, arugula and teriyaki glaze.
Roasted veggie broth, tofu, mushrooms, lemon, green onions, and roasted garlic oil.
Specality Sashimi
Salmon, white ponzu, cerrano peppers, cilantro and black pepper.
20 pieces. Chef choice.
Salsa negra, oilive oil, jicama root and cilantro.
Tuna, pickles cucumber, onion, serrano aguachile sauce, and cilantro.
Classic Rollz
Krab mix, shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, crunchy flakes and eel sauce.
Krab mix, cucumber and avocado.
Salmon, cream cheese, cucumber, avocado and sesame seeds.
Krab mix, cucumber, avocado, salmon, albacore, tuna and shrimp.
Krab mix, cucumber, eel, avocado, eel sauce and bonito flakes.
Spicy tuna, cucumber, sprouts and sesame seeds.
Eel, cucumber, avocado, eel sauce, and sesame seeds.
Krab mix, cucumber, avocado, sprouts, soft-shell crab and soy paper.
Choice of fish or vegetable seaweed on the outside.
Tamago, avocado, kampio, cucumber, sprouts, and radish seaweed inside out.
El Pez Rollz
Spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, cucumber, krab mix, avocado, eel sauce, spicy aioli.
Tempura fried, cream cheese, jalapeno, krab mix, spicy mayo, eel sauce, masago.
Yellowtail, spicy tuna, cucumber, cilantro, avocado, serrano, white yuzu ponzu.
Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, krab mix, avocado, cucumber wrapped white yuzu ponzu.
Shrimp tempura, salmon crab, lemon slices, spicy ponzu and cilantro.
Tuna, shrimp tempura, krab mix, cucumber, avocado, micro greens, and salsa negra.
Krab mix, avocado, topped with bay scallops baked with creamy dynamite.
Krab mix, shrimp tempura, cucumber hot cheetos crumbs, nacho cheese sauce.
Salmon, shrimp ebi, cucumber, krab mix, jalapeno, sriracha and ponzu.
Spicy tuna, cucumber, salmon, onions, ancho ponzu sauce, seeds and kewpie.
Desserts
Churros with miso chocolate.
Rice dough covered ice cream and mochi.
Stuffed sweet mexican bread with vanilla and house berry syrup.
Drinkz
From a reviewer’s perspective, the menu at El Pez Kitchen & Sushi (3404 Palm Ave, San Diego, CA 92154) feels like a confident fusion of Japanese comfort food and modern coastal flair, offering something satisfying for both casual lunches and relaxed dinners. The experience often begins with well-chosen Appz such as Gyoza, Edamame, Mix Tempura, Karaaga, and Calamari, which set a familiar yet flavorful tone. Lighter options are thoughtfully covered in the Saladz section, where Poke Salad, Seaweed Salad, Cucumber Salad, Kimchi Salad, and House Salad provide freshness and balance. For midday diners, the rotating Lunch Specials-Monday Lunch Special, Tuesday Lunch Special, Wednesday Tuna Poke Lunch Special, Thursday Lunch Special, and Friday Lunch Special-add value and variety, making repeat visits worthwhile. Heartier cravings are met with Bowlz like the Poke Bowl, Chirashi Bowl, Yellowtail Kama Bowl, and Salmon Kama Bowl, while the Entreez section delivers comforting plates such as Chicken Teriyaki, Carnitas Ramen, Short Ribz Yakisoba, and Salmon Teriyaki. Seafood lovers will appreciate the refined touch of Specality Sashimi offerings, including Salmon Carpaccio Specality Sashimi, Omakase Del Paz Specality Sashimi, Tuna Crudo Specality Sashimi, and Aguachile Specality Sashimi, which highlight freshness and technique. Sushi fans can explore Classic Rollz like the Crunchy Roll, California Roll, Philadelphia Roll, Rainbow Roll, and Dragon Roll, or opt for more creative El Pez Rollz such as the Montgomery Roll, Station 6 Roll, Tokio Soul Roll, El Pez Roll, and Chef Lauras Roll. To finish on a sweet note, Desserts like Churros, Mochi Ice Cream, and Concha Tempura Ice Cream pair perfectly with the casual Drinkz selection. Altogether, the menu feels well-rounded and intentional, leaving a strong final impression of a restaurant that knows how to blend approachability with culinary personality.