Izakaya Tora Menu (Update 2025)

Introducing the menu at Izakaya Tora, located in West Hollywood, is a culinary journey through exquisite Japanese flavors. From appetizers like the indulgent Miso Pork Tempura to the refreshing Seaweed Salad, every dish showcases attention to detail and impeccable taste. The sushi and sashimi selection, including Bluefin Fatty Tuna and Uni from both Santa Barbara and Hokkaido, promises a premium dining experience.

Customer reviews rave about the freshness and quality of the food, with standout dishes like the uni cream udon and seared Hokkaido scallop receiving high praise. The ambiance is described as casual yet intimate, making it suitable for various occasions. Additionally, the friendly staff and chef's special touches add an extra layer of delight to the dining experience.

With a diverse menu, attentive service, and top-notch ingredients, Izakaya Tora stands out as a must-visit destination for sushi enthusiasts and Japanese cuisine lovers.

Appetizers

Edamame

Vegan. Sea salt.

$5.00

Garlic Edamame

Garlic and soy sauce.

$6.00

Miso Soup

Made with fish stock.

$3.00

Shishito Pepper

Furikake and bonito with sesame ginger glaze.

$14.00

Miso Eggplant Tempura

Vegan. Green onion, micro greens, and yuzu miso dressing.

$10.00

Crispy Rice Spicy Tuna

Spicy. Sakura sauce, unagi sauce, and serrano pepper.

$16.00

Crispy Rice Guacamole (4 pcs)

Vegan. Fresh guacamole and micro greens.

$14.00

Chicken Karaage

Japanese fried chicken with yuzu mayonnaise.

$15.00

Gyoza (6 Pieces)

Deep fried pork gyoza with truffle ponzu sauce.

$14.00

Okonomiyaki

Bacon, shrimp, scallop, benishoga, and cabbage with Japanese mayonnaise, and okonomiyaki sauce.

$19.00

Rock Shrimp Tempura

Furikake with sakura sauce.

$17.00

Agedashi Tofu

Green onions and bonito flakes with tempura sauce.

$10.00

Takoyaki (4 Pieces)

Octopus balls. Takoyaki sauce, japanese mayonnaise, bonito, and anori.

$9.00

Yellowtail Collar

Ponzu sauce and salad

$18.00

Salmon Collar

Ponzu sauce and salad

$12.00

Sea Bass Tempura

Japanese, mustard soy, and truffle oil.

$15.00

Japanese A5 Wagyu 4oz

Japanese A5 Wagyu with sea salt and pepper

$75.00

Pork Katsu

Deep fried pork cutlet with katsu sauce and mayo.

$15.00

Miso Pork Tempura

Deep fried pork tempura with yuzu miso dressing.

$15.00

Seaweed Salad

Vegan, gluten free. Wakame, sesame seeds and gobo.

$8.00

House Salad

Spring mix, lettuce, carrot, cucumber and ginger dressing

$12.00

Salmon Skin Salad

House salad with crispy salmon skin and ginger dressing

$16.00

Sashimi Salad

Raw. House salad with assorted fresh sashimi and ginger dressing

$19.00

Salad

Sushi and Sashimi

Bluefin Fatty Tuna (Otoro)

$12.00

Bluefin Medium Fatty Tuna (Chutoro)

$8.00

Bluefin Tuna (Akami)

$6.00

Salmon (Sake)

$5.00

Salmon Belly (Sake Toro)

$6.00

Yellowtail (Hamachi)

$5.00

Yellowtail Belly (Hamachi Toro)

$6.00

Amberjack (Kampachi)

$4.00

Halibut (Hirame)

$5.00

Seared Halibut fin (Engawa)

$6.00

Red Snapper (Tai)

$5.00

Black Snapper (Kurodai)

$4.00

Golden Eye Snapper (Kimmedai)

$9.00

Sweet Shrimp (Amaebi)

$8.00

Jumbo Scallop (Hotate)

$6.00

Salmon Roe (Ikura)

$6.00

Smelt Egg (Masago)

$3.00

Sweet Egg (Tamago)

$3.00

Fresh Water Eel (Unagi)

$4.00

Monk Fish Liver (Ankimo)

$5.00

Sea Urchin (Santa Barbara Uni)

$12.00

Sea Urchin (Hokkaido Uni)

$14.00

Rock Shrimp Spicy Tuna

Spicy tuna roll and rock shrimp tempura on top.

$21.00

Soft Shell Crab

Soft shell crab , cucumber , avocado , gobo, crab meats and eel sauce

$20.00

Tora Roll (No Rice)

Bluefin tuna , spicy tuna, salmon , yellowtail , white fish, cucumber wrap and ponzu sauce

$25.00

Weho Roll

California roll top with salmon , bluefin tuna , yellowtail , whitefish, avocado and sweet mustard sauce

$20.00

Salmon Lover Roll

Salmon avocado cream cheese inside. Salmon on top and sweet mustard sauce

$20.00

Crunchy Albacore Roll

Spicy tuna and cucumber inside. Topped with seared albacore, jalapeno, crispy onion, and japanese dressing

$20.00

Kiss of Fire Roll

Shrimp tempura, crab, avocado, cucumber and top with spicy tuna, serrano, eel sauce and spicy mayo sauce

$21.00

Caterpillar Roll

Eel, cucumber, crab and topped with avocado and eel sauce.

$20.00

Baked Salmon Roll

Crab, avocado, topped with baked salmon, masago, green onion and eel sauce

$20.00

BSCR (Baked Scallop California Roll)

Crab, avocado, cucumber, topped with baked scallop, masago, green onion and eel sauce

$21.00

Crunchy Shrimp Tempura Roll

Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, crab and eel sauce top with tempura flakes.

$19.00

Chef Phil's Roll

Amberjack and cucumber inside, topped with avocado, chopped softshell crab, green onion, crispy onion and tobiko, spicy mayo and eel sauce

$29.00

Fresh Roll

Salmon, avocado inside wrapped with soy paper, topped with bluefin tuna and lemon sliced and yuzu citrus sauce

$28.00

Dragon Roll

Shrimp Tempura, avocado, cucumber, imitation crab, topped with eel, spicy mayo, eel sauce and crunch.

$22.00

"Green Cat Vegetarian Roll

Cucumber, gobo, sprouts, inari, topped with avocado and crunch with yuzu citrus.

$19.00

H.O.T. Roll (tempura Roll)

Salmon, avocado, cream cheese, with eel sauce, spicy mayo, masago, and green onion.

$20.00

Special Maki

Maki Roll

Salmon Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$10.00

Yellowtail Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$10.00

Tuna Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$10.00

California Maki Roll (8 pcs)

$10.00

Spicy Tuna Maki Roll (8 pcs)

Spicy

$10.00

Salmon Skin Maki Roll

$10.00

Eel Avocado Maki Roll (8 pcs)

$10.00

Veggie Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$7.00

Cucumber Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$7.00

Avocado Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$7.00

Blue Crab Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$14.00

Negi Toro Maki Roll (6 pcs)

$14.00

Baked Blue Crab Roll (6 pcs)

$14.00

Tsukune

(House-made chicken meatball)

$6.00

Beef

$6.00

Pork Belly

$4.00

Tiger Shrimp

$5.00

Chicken Leg

$4.00

Chicken Breast

$4.00

Chicken Skin

$4.00

Chicken Wing

$5.00

Chicken Liver

$4.00

Chicken Gizzard

$4.00

Chicken Heart

$4.00

Beef Short Rib

$6.00

Australian Wagyu Beef

$8.00

Miso Chilean Sea Bass

$11.00

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

$5.00

Bacon Wrapped Shishito

$5.00

Bacon Wrapped Enoki mushroom

$6.00

Kurobuta Pork Sausage

$5.00

Kushiyaki

Donabe

Salmon Donabe

Served with rice, furikake, kizami nori, sesame oil, shiso, green onions, benishoga, masago, micro greens, and ikura

$28.00

Garlic Butter Sea Scallops and Rock Shrimp Donabe

Served with rice, furikake, kizami nori, sesame oil, shiso, green onions, benishoga, masago, micro greens, and ikura

$30.00

Blue Crab Donabe

Served with rice, furikake, kizami nori, sesame oil, shiso, green onions, benishoga, masago, micro greens, and ikura

$32.00

Beef Donabe

Served rice, furikake, kizami nori, sesame oil, shiso, green onions, benishoga, masago, micro greens and ikura

$28.00

Yellowtail Jalapeo (7 pcs)

Yellowtail yuzu kosho, serrano, cilantro, and ponzu

$26.00

Halibut Truffle (7 pcs)

Halibut, truffle, sea, salt, olive oil and ume vinaigrette

$25.00

Salmon Tataki (7 pcs)

Seared salmon seasoned with cajun, butter, chili, crispy fried onion and yuzu citrus

$23.00

Crispy Chip Albacore Carpaccio (7 pcs)

Crispy chip with albacore, house made chili paste, serrao shichimi and japanese soy

$25.00

Scallop Uni Carpaccio (3 pcs)

Fresh scallops with uni, black truffle, shiso leaf, caviar, volcano salt and yuzu soy

$39.00

Miso Crab Salmon (5 pcs)

Blue crab wrapped with salmon, cucumber, truffle, tobiko, shichimi & miso vinaigrette

$27.00

Bluefin Tuna Carpaccio (7 pcs)

Kaiware sprouts wrapped with seasoned seared bluefin tuna, tobiko,arare and truffle onion soy

$28.00

Seared Hokkaido Scallop (8 pcs)

Seared scallops with cucumber, white truffle, tobiko, cucumber and yuzu citrus

$25.00

Sashimi Plate

Omakase

Sushi (10 Pcs) Omakase

$80.00

Sashimi (16 pcs) Omakase

$90.00

Sushi (10 pcs) and Sashimi (16 pcs) Omakase

$150.00

Premium Chirashi

$50.00

Coke

$3.00

Diet Coke

$3.00

Sprite

$3.00

S. Pellegrino (750 ml)

$8.00

Green Tea

$4.00

Fiji Water (500 ml)

$5.00

Beverage

Tora Bowl

Chilean Seabass Bowl

Sea bass, avocado, masago, sesame oil, seaweed and furikake

$18.00

Ikura & Uni Bowl

Ikura, uni, shiso, sesame oil, tobiko, seaweed and furikake

$28.00

Blue Crab Uni Caviar Bowl

Blue crab, uni, caviar, furikake and sesame oil.

$28.00

Spicy Salmon Ikura Bowl

Salmon, ikura, furikake, avocado

$28.00

Toro & Uni Bowl

Toro, uni, shiso. ikura, caviar, sesame oil, furikake and seaweed.

$38.00

Tuna Sampler

Bluefin, chutoro, otoro and chopped toro uni

$38.00

Salmon Sampler

Salmon, salmon belly, seared salmon and spicy salmon

$20.00

Shiromi Sampler

Halibut, black snapper, red snapper and engawa

$20.00

Sushi Sampler

Premium Sushi

Nodoguro "King of white fish" (Rosy Seabass)

$13.00

Japanese A5 Wagyu

$12.00

Wagyu Uni Truffle Caviar

$25.00

Wagyu Toro Truffle Caviar

$22.00

Toro Uni Truffle Caviar

$25.00

Toro Wagyu Truffle Caviar

$22.00

Kimchi Nabe (noodle soup)

Spicy kimchi soup with assorted vegetable, pork belly and udon noodle

$25.00

Creamy Chicken Nabe (Noodle soup)

Creamy chicken soup with assorted vegetable and udon noodle

$25.00

Yaki Udon

Stir-fried udon noodle (beef or chicken) and sunny side up egg

$25.00

Kimchi Udon Carbonara

Stir-fried udon noodle with bacon and rock shrimp in kimchi carbonara sauce

$25.00

Uni Udon Pasta

Stir-fried udon noodle in creamy uni sauce and topped with fresh uni, tobiko and caviar

$38.00

Udon

Dessert

Special house made dessert

$10.00

Green tea ice cream

$5.00

French vanilla ice cream

$5.00

Mochi ice cream (2 pcs)

$6.00

Sapporo

$8.00

Asahi

$8.00

Echigo White Ale

$10.00

Echigo Red Ale

$10.00

Kyoto Red Ipa

$15.00

Kyoto Matcha Ipa

$15.00

Draft Sapporo

$9.00

Beer

Sake

Premium House Hot Sake (300 ml)

$15.00

Piano Sparkling Sake (300ml)

Fruity aroma from rice and ginkgo yeast. The whole mouth feel is gently refreshing bubbles like champagne

$18.00

Nigori (300ml)

Creamy, semi-dry, bright & lively

$18.00

Matcha Nigori (300ml)

Light Matcha flavor with milky and sweet honeydrew flavor with a hint of pistachio

$22.00

Strawberry Nigori (300ml)

The strawberry flavor is all natural, containing no flavoring agents or acidifiers. This strawberry flavor is added to a mellow nigori that has been a local favorite for 50 years

$22.00

Kurosawa "Nigori" (300ml)

The light to medium body delivers a splash of fruit flavors. Because it's unfiltered it has an opaque, creamy color and thicker texture, which help it pair easily with spicy, savory, and intensely flavored meals

$22.00

Kurosawa Junmai

Medium bodied , earthy & smooth, kimoto style junmai that pairs excellent with food

$15.00

Kikusui Junmai Ginjo

Smooth, clean & slightly dry. Sweet aroma of rose and mandarin orange

$15.00

Okunomatsu Ginjo

Has all the finest qualities og Ginjo. Refreshing ginjo flavor that spreads throughout your mouth and leaves a refreshing aftertaste

$16.00

Dassai "45" Junmai Daiginjo

A refreshing, full bodied, round flavor has a collection of sweet aromas including grape juice, cotton candy and a hint of lemonad. This sake has a plenty of body to accompany its bold flavors, fruity notes to balance the heat from the chili and pairs well with kushiyaki

$15.00

Heavensake Junmai Ginjo

On the nose are notes of lemon peel, cocoa and crme brulee, accompanied by a crisp, light and a refreshing palate with honeycomb, nougat and white raisin. Recommended pairings: Oysters, tuna, sashimi, suhi, green salads, tempura vegetables, lightly spicy food, chicken. "To me, Ginjo is like the first day of Spring with its warm rays of sunshine" Rgis Camus

$16.00

Wakatake Daiginjo Onikoroshi

"Demon Slayer" Good acidity meets good flavor hints of peach and tangerine in a fluid that has a presence in the palate

$22.00

Kubota Manju Junmai Daiginjo

$180.00

Dassai "23" Junmai Daiginjo

Say hello to one of the most polished sakes in Japan. This sake has been milled to 23% and it is in a class by itself. With a nose of grapes, flowers, strawberries and mineral water the flavor is as luscious as the aroma. Look for hints of brown sugar, fleshy plums and minerals. The flavor washes over your tongue like a gentle waterfall deep in a secluded forest, and a trickles away into a long, satisfying finish. If you like having nothing but the best, you'll love drinking Dassai "23"

$200.00

Katsuyama Junmai Daiginjo

Den means "tradition", referring to the tradition way this sake is brewed. Katsuyama is a sake brewery that was established in 1688 to brew upscale sake enjoyed by the feudal lords of the Sendai domain

$180.00

Heavensake Junmai Daiginjo (Dassai 23)

Begins with delicate floral, grape, apple and lush tropical fruit on the nos. The palate is vibrant, rich and aromatic with flavors of early summer pears, wild red berries and muscat grapes. " Daiginjo is like walking in a lovely Japanese palace with a large goblet of flowers, surrounded by elegance, refinement and the floral aromas" - Rgis Camus. Recommended pairings: uni, ankimo and sweet shrimp

$200.00

Kozaemon Junmai Umeshu

Utilizing a rare Ume (Plum) called Beni (Red) - Nankoubai this umeshu has a striking acidity and freshness on the palate with almond skin notes on the nose. Not only meant as a digestif, this umeshu pairs brilliantly with meat or fish dishes

$33.00

Junmai Daiginjo S (500 ml)

"Spectacular" Uplifting aroma of fresh fruits such as honeydew, strawberry and peach

$40.00

Salmon (6 pcs)

Seared salmon with artichoke truffle and yuzu mayo chopped salmon, avoado.

$20.00

Bluefin Tuna (6 pcs)

Spicy tuna, gobo,, bluefin tuna, kizami wasabi, yuzu citrus sauce, and lemon slices.

$24.00

Yellowtail (6 pcs)

Chopped yellowtail, green onion, serrano, cilantro, and ponzu.

$20.00

Pressed Sushi

Wine

Clos Du Boi Sauvignon Blanc (Glass)

$12.00

Canyon Road Cabernet Sauvignon (Bottle)

$34.00

Clos Du Boi Sauvignon Blanc (Bottle)

$34.00

Fess Parker Chardonnay (Glass)

$15.00

Canyon Road Cabernet Sauvignon (Glass)

$12.00

Old Soul Pinot Noir (Glass)

$14.00

Fess Parker Chardonnay (Bottle)

$41.00

Sparkling Plum Wine (Glass)

$13.00

Old Soul Pinot Noir (Bottle)

$37.00

Plum Wine (Glass)

$11.00

House Champagne (Glass)

$11.00

Tora Yuzu Special

Sake with yuzu and sprite.

$15.00

Lychee Mimosa

Lychee, champagne.

$15.00

Strawberry Margarita

Sake, Strawberry syrup, Strawberry, and lime.

$18.00

Shiso Mojito

Sake, Shiso Leaves, lime, Cane sugar.

$15.00

Passion Fruit Red Sangria

Cabernet, Passion fruit juice, and Seasonal fruits.

$18.00

Cocktail

Lunch Specials - Lunch

Salmon Bento (4 pcs)

Salmon teriyaki, rice, spicy tuna roll, and house salad.

$22.00

Beef Bento (4 pcs)

Beef teriyaki, rice. Spicy tuna roll, and house salad.

$22.00

Chirashi Lunch Special(12 pcs)

$36.00

Chicken Bento (4 pcs)

Chicken teriyaki, 4 pieces spicy tuna roll and house salad.

$22.00

Omurice

Japanese ketchup fried rice with shrimp topped with Japanese omelette.

$21.00

Sushi Lunch Special (9 pcs)

Come with hand roll.

$36.00

Sashimi Lunch Special (10 pcs)

Served with rice and sushi rice upon request.

$38.00