Nakato Atlanta Menu

Introducing the Menu at Nakato Atlanta

Nakato Atlanta is a culinary gem situated at 1776 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE, where the essence of Japan comes alive in a delightful dining experience. This women-owned establishment is renowned for its well-curated menu, catering to diverse dietary preferences, including pescatarian, vegan, and vegetarian options.

Appetizers: Indulge in Chawan Mushi, a silky custard, or the delectable Tuna Tataki, seared to perfection.
Salads: Fresh, vibrant options like the Sashimi Salad showcase assorted sashimi on a bed of mixed greens.
Noodles: Savor the comforting flavors of Tempura Udon or exquisite buckwheat Soba, ideal for any palate.

The ambiance is classy yet casual, perfect for families and gatherings. With dedicated service, a robust bar, and happy hour specials, Nakato Atlanta promises not just a meal, but a remarkable dining journey.

Appetizers

Chawan Mushi

steamed savory custard with mushrooms, ginko nut, chicken, scallop, shrimp, and spinach

Yakitori Skewers

chicken skewers (2) with teriyaki sauce or sea salt

Gyoza

choices of deep fried or pan fried pork dumplings

Ankimo Ponzu

known as the "foie gras of the sea" steamed monkfish liver chilled and served with ponzu vinaigrette

Tuna Tataki*

seared tuna dressed with ponzu vinaigrette

Shumai

fried or steamed shrimp dumplings

Edamame

boiled soy beans in a pod dashed with sea salt

Crispy Spicy Tuna*

minced tuna mixed with spicy aioli, sesame oil, and dry chili over crispy rice, topped with micro greens and jalapeno

Shima Aji Carpaccio*

thinly sliced striped saurel dressed with house made white soy sauce

Tuna Tar Tar

cubed tuna with chives, fried onion, avocado, soy sauce, sesame oil topped with mango, wasabi tobiko and micro greens

Japanese Mushrooms

sauteed with spinach in light soy sauce and butter

Beef Negimaki

Nasu Dengaku

miso glazed eggplant

Agedashi Tofu

fried tofu served with "dashi" broth

Kanpachi Carpaccio

thinly sliced amberjack dressed with Japanese olive dressing

Hamachi Jalapeno

thinly sliced yellowtail dressed with house made ponzu sauce

Seaweed Salad

With sesame oil dressing.

Spinach Goma Ae

Boiled spinach chilled with creamy sesame dressing.

Wakame Cucumber Salad

Served with vinaigrette and sesame.

Baked Mussel

Omakase

The sushi chef will create a customized dish with the day's best and freshest ingredients

Nakato House Salad

Mixed greens, cherry tomato, bell pepper, edamame, and onion served with signature Nakato ginger dressing

Sashimi Salad*

Mixed greens served with assorted sashimi and avocado

Cucumber and Wakame Salad

served with vinaigrette and sesame

Salmon Skin Salad

crispy salmon skin over mixed greens served with signature Nakato ginger dressing

Soba Salad

buckwheat noodles tossed with cucumber, seaweed, and sesame dressing garnished with boiled quail eggs

Tofu Salad

Mixed greens topped with soft tofu and served with sesame dressing

Seafood Miso Soup (2-3 serving)

Seafood medley in miso soup with "wakame" seaweed, tofu, and scallions

Miso Soup

Miso soup with "wakame" seaweed, tofu, and scallions

Clear Broth Soup

Clear chicken broth soup with scallions and mushrooms

Miso Soup (Akadashi)

with tofu, scallions, and wakame seaweed

Seafood Miso

with seasonal seafood

Salad & Soup

Tempura & Fried Dishes

Jumbo Shrimp

battered with crispy "panko" breading and deep fried served with Japanese style Worcestershire sauce and house made tartar sauce

Shrimp Tempura

lightly battered and fried shrimp with assorted vegetables served with "dashi" based tempura sauce

Soft-Shell Crab Tempura

lightly battered and fried soft-shell crab with "dashi" based tempura sauce

Kara Age

Japanese style fried chicken cutlets

Calamari Tempura

lightly battered and fried cuttlefish with "dashi" based tempura sauce

Vegetable Tempura

lightly battered and fried vegetables with "dashi" based tempura sauce

Lobster Tempura

lightly battered and fried full lobster tail with "dashi" based tempura sauce

Assorted Tempura "Moriawase"

white fish, shrimp, scallop, calamari, crab, and mixed vegetables

Bagel Roll

Inside: cream cheese, crabstick, masago caviar, and avocado Outside: smoked salmon

Samurai Roll*

Inside: yellowtail, scallion, avocado. Outside: salmon, spicy tuna, micro greens, tempura flakes

Crunch Roll

Inside: tempura flakes with masago caviar and aioli. Outside: shrimp

Dragon Roll

Inside: amaebi shrimp tempura and avocado. Outside: eel, avocado, dressed with spicy aioli and eel sauce

Eel Roll

Inside: eel and cucumber with eel sauce. Outside: sesame seeds

Futomaki

Inside: shrimp, crabstick, dried gourd, cucumber, omelet, eel, and pickled burdock

Illuminati Roll*

Inside: yellowtail and salmon. Outside: spicy tuna, avocado, topped with spicy aioli, eel sauce, sesame seeds, kaiware sprouts

King Kong Roll*

Inside: spicy tuna, scallions, tempura flakes. Outside: avocado, spicy aioli, eel sauce, tempura flakes

King Shrimp Roll

Inside: shrimp tempura and avocado. Outside: shrimp with spicy aioli and sesame seeds

Kiss of Death*

Inside: tuna, masago caviar, sesame oil, siracha, and cucumber. Outside: spicy tempura flakes, topped with wasabi cucumber sauce

Lobster Roll

Inside: lobster tempura, Shiso mint, Japanese aioli. Outside: spicy snow crab and masago caviar

Negihama Roll*

Inside: yellowtail and scallion

Rock and Roll

Inside: eel and avocado. Outside: eel sauce and masago caviar

Negitoro Roll*

Inside: yellowtail and scallion

Salmon Skin Roll

Inside: crispy salmon skin, spicy micro greens, and cucumber. Outside: sesame seeds

Seafood Roll

Inside: seafood medley mixed with Japanese aioli and avocado. Outside: sesame seeds

Shrimp 101 Roll

Inside: shrimp tempura, Japanese aioli, and Shiso mint. Outside: Sesame Seeds

Shrimp Tempura Roll

Inside: shrimp tempura, crabstick, cucumber, and avocado. Outside: masago caviar

Rainbow Roll*

Inside: crabstick, avocado, and cucumber. Outside: yellowtail, salmon, tuna, and avocado

Sashimi Roll*

Inside: tuna, yellowtail, salmon, Shiso mint, kaiware micro greens, wasabi tobiko, and avocado. Outside: wrapped with cucumber served with balsamic vinaigrette and sweet miso

Spicy Salmon Roll*

Inside: minced salmon and scallion with spicy aioli. Outside: sesame seeds

Spicy Tuna Roll*

Inside: minced tuna and scallion, with spicy aioli. Outside: sesame seeds

Spider Roll

Inside: soft-shell crab tempura, crabstick, avocado, and cucumber. Outside: masago caviar

Sunshine Roll*

Inside: crabmeat, asparagus, and Japaneses aioli. Outside: seared salmon with olive dressing, eel sauce, and chilli strings

Super Crunch Roll

Inside: seafood mixed with Japanese aioli, tempura flakes and avocado. Outside: smoked salmon and lemon slices

Yum Yum Roll

Inside: spicy tuna, cream cheese, asparagus, smoked salmon, breaded and deep fried with spicy aioli sauce

Asparagus Roll

Inside: Asparagus

Avocado Roll

Inside: Avocado

California Roll

Inside: cucumber, avocado, and crabstick Outside: masago caviar

Kanpyo Roll

Inside: dried gourd

Kappa Roll

Inside: cucumber

Natto Roll

Inside: fermented soy beans

Salmon Avocado Roll

Inside: salmon and avocado

Takuan Roll

Inside: pickled daikon radish

Tuna Avocado Roll

Inside: tuna and avocado

Ume-Shiso Roll

Inside: pickled plum and shiso mint

Veggie Roll

Inside: avocado, asparagus, and cucumber

White Kelp Roll

Inside: chopped soft shell crab tempura, scallion, and masago caviar with Japanese aioli Outside: white kelp

Yamagobo Roll

Inside: pickled burdock

Sushi Rolls

Nigiri Sushi & Sashimi

Amaebi (Sweet Shrimp)

Aji (Jack Mackerel)

Anago (Sea Eel)

Chu Toro (Medium Fatty Tuna)

Ebi (Shrimp)

Hamachi (Yellowtail)

Hotate (Scallop)

Ika (Squid)

Ikura (Salmon Caviar)

Ikura with Quail Egg

Inari (Sweet Tofu Pocket)

Kanikama (Crab Stick)

Kanpachi (Amberjack)

Kinmedai (Golden Eye Snapper)

Maguro (Tuna)

Masago (Smelt Caviar)

Masago with Quail Egg

Saba (Mackerel)

Sake (Salmon)

Sake "Harami" (Salmon Belly)

Shima Aji (Striped Saurel)

Smoked Salmon

Snow Crab

Madai (Japanese Sea Bream)

Tako (Octopus)

Tamago (Sweet Omelet)

Toro (Heavily Marbled Tuna)

Unagi (Freshwater Eel)

Uni (Sea Urchin)

Wasabi Tobiko

Wagyu (Japanese Marbled Beef)

White Tuna (Albacore)

Madai (Sea Bream)

Ootoro (Heavily Marbled Tuna)

Sushi Course

"Kaisen" Don

Deluxe chef's choice selection of sashimi over sushi rice

"Chirashi" Bowl Sushi

A traditional sushi dish in Japan. Assorted chef's choice sashimi over sushi rice

"Ume" Plum

chef's choice of Seven pieces of assorted sushi with a choice of roll cucumber, avocado, asparagus

"Take" Bamboo

chef's choice of Nine pieces of assorted sushi with a choice of roll cucumber, avocado, asparagus, California, tuna, eel, spicy tuna, spicy salmon

"Matsu" Pine

chef's choice of Eleven pieces of assorted sushi with a choice of roll cucumber, avocado, asparagus, California tuna, eel, spicy tuna, spicy salmon, negihama, negitoro

"Momo" Peach

chef's choice of Seven pieces of sushi and Thirteen pieces of assorted sashimi

Chef Recommendations and Family Meals

Tuna Flight

lean "akami" to heavily marbled "toro" tuna

Temaki Set

make your own hand roll with our "temaki sushi" set with colorful assorted fish served with seaweed and premium salts comes with sushi rice and miso soup

Family Sushi Dinner

(*** PLEASE ALLOW US A HOUR FOR THIS ORDER TO BE PREPARED***) 4 pcs each: Tuna "maguro" * Yellowtail "hamachi" * Salmon "sake" * Albacore white tuna * Sea Bream "madai" * Shrimp "ebi" * Eel "unagi" 1 negitoro roll (minced fatty tuna with scallion inside), 1 negihama roll (minced yellowtail with scallion inside), 1 cucumber roll , 1 avocado roll seaweed salad

Premium Family Sushi Dinner

(*** PLEASE ALLOW US A HOUR FOR THIS ORDER TO BE PREPARED***) 4pcs each: Fatty Tuna "toro" * Tuna "maguro" * Sea Bream "madai" * Striped Saurel "shima aji" * Yellow tail "hamachi" * Salmon "sake" * Sweet Shrimp "amaebi" * Salmon Roe "ikura" * Snow crab * Eel "unagi" 2 negitoro roll (minced fatty tuna with scallion inside), 1 rainbow roll (crabstick, cucumber, avocado, topped with tuna, yellowtail, salmon, and avocado) seaweed salad miso soup

Teriyaki Chicken Family Meal

Hibachi Shrimp Family Meal

Tokujo Nigiri (Premium)

2 Torched Toro (Marbled Tuna) and Toro, Uni (Sea Urchin), Wagyu Beef, Ikura (Salmon Roe), Torched Sake Harami (Salmon Belly) and Sake Harami, Hotate (Scallop)

Nigiri Flight

chef's choice 5 point nigiri sushi picked from Japanese fish imports

Takoyaki

popular street food from Osaka with bits of octopus and dough inside a slightly crispy shell, garnished with takoyaki sauce, mayo, bonito flakes, seaweed, and red ginger

Grilled Squid On Skewer

grilled squid on a skewer with a choice of prep style of lemon butter, teriyaki sauce, or sea salt

"Dancing" Yaki Udon

stir fry udon "teppanyaki" style with garlic butter and soy sauce with assorted seafood

Wagyu Stuffed Bell Pepper

4oz of Wagyu stuffed in half red pepper, served with Japanese Worcestershire sauce

Okonomiyaki

Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients in a wheat-flour-based batter.

Okonomiyaki with Udon

Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients in a wheat-flour-based batter with udon noodles

Ume Shiso Pasta

Bento meal

choice of 2 classic Japanese dishes with fried shrimp dumplings, karaage chicken cutlets served with miso soup, Japanese pickle, and steamed rice