Kotobuki Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Kotobuki, a vibrant haven for seafood lovers located at 30 Vandam St, New York, NY. This moderately priced Japanese restaurant offers an extensive menu that caters to diverse palates. The Lunch Donburi options, like the savory Unadon with broiled eel or the crispy Tendon with tempura, are standout choices that marry traditional flavors with accessibility.
For a more refined experience, the Omakase Lunch Entrees deliver fresh sashimi and sushi combos, showcasing premium cuts that are both generous in portion and rich in flavor. For a quick yet satisfying meal, the Lunch Soups & Noodles section features comforting bowls like Tonkotsu Ramen and Nabeyaki Udon.
With its fun rolls and Instagram-ready presentations, Kotobuki is the ideal spot for friends or casual dates. Whether you're seated inside enjoying the buzz or grabbing takeout, you'll find quality sushi that makes every bite worthwhile.
LUNCH DONBURI (RICE BOWLS)
Katsudon Donburi
Panko crusted pork cutlet, sauteed in egg and vegetables, topped with our classic teriyaki sauce.
Oyakodon Donburi
Grilled chicken, sauteed in egg and vegetables topped with our classic teriyaki sauce.
Nikudon Donburi
Sauteed sliced beef with scallions and our classic teriyaki sauce.
Tendon Donburi
Lightly battered shrimp and vegetable tempura.
Unadon Donburi
Broiled eel topped with a sweet sauce.
Tempura Udon/Soba Lunch
Your choice of udon or soba noodles served in a dashi broth, topped with shrimp tempura and scallions.
Nabeyaki Udon Lunch
Udon noodles, chicken, shrimp tempura, egg, kamaboko and vegetables, served in a hondashi broth.
Tonkotsu Ramen Lunch
Thin ramen noodles in a rich tonkotsu pork broth, topped with sliced cha-su pork, Japanese fish cake, and scallions.
LUNCH SOUPS & NOODLES
OMAKASE LUNCH ENTREES
Chirashi Lunch
Assortment of sashimi served on a bed of seasoned rice.
Sashimi Lunch
10 slices of sashimi, salmon carpaccio and a UFO roll.
Sushi Lunch
7 pieces of nigiri sushi and a California roll.
Negimaki Lunch
Your choice of grilled beef or chicken, rolled with scallions, topped with our classic teriyaki sauce.
Shogayaki Lunch
Your choice of grilled beef or chicken, rolled with scallions, topped with our classic teriyaki sauce.
Teriyaki Lunch
Your choice of beef or chicken, seasonal vegetables, topped with our classic teriyaki sauce, served sizzling on a cast iron plate.
Katsu Lunch
Panko crusted chicken or pork, served with a selection of seasonal vegetables topped with a savory-sweet mustard-barbecue sauce.
Tempura Lunch
Lightly battered, served with tempura sauce and grated daikon.
LUNCH ENTREES
APPETIZERS SPECIAL
K-Mac Sliders
Chopped tuna, rice, tempura flakes, scallion "patties", topped with avocado, Romaine and spicy mayo in a rice cracker "bun".
Spicy Tuna Pizza
A crunchy rice and nori crust topped with layers of spicy tuna, shredded crab salad, tobiko, soy-mayo, and scallions.
Tacos Japoneses
Chopped salmon/yellowtail, Romaine hearts, mixed with smoked chipotle mayo in a crispy corn tortilla.
The Viaduct
Rolled pepper tuna or seared salmon, combined with a choice of crab or lobster salad, cucumber, topped with our special yuzu-jalapeno chili sauce.
Spicy Tuna Sandwich
Layers of chopped tuna, crab salad, avocado and spicy mayo sandwiched between a rice and soy-nori "bread".
Crispy Rice & Spicy Tuna
Bite sized crispy rice topped with spicy tuna and jalapeno.
Rock Shrimp
Rock Shrimp
Beach Monster Roll
Spicy scallop, eel, burdock and scallions, topped with torched-seared white tuna.
Carnival Roll
Tuna, jalapeno, scallions, and tempura flakes, topped with salmon and red tomato salsa.
Caterpillar Remix Roll
Eel, shrimp, tuna, tempura flakes, topped with avocado, tobiko, spicy mayo and our sweet sauce concoction.
Cinderella Roll
Spicy tuna, asparagus, avocado with fluke, scallions, tobiko on top.
Coquette Roll
Shrimp, super white tuna, crab salad, tobiko, asparagus, tempura flake, spicy mayo roll wrapped with soy-nori, topped with avocado.
Daisy Dukes Roll
Yellowtail, avocado, and scallions, topped with crab salad, white tuna, tobiko, tempura flakes and spicy mayo.
Gold Coast Roll
Shrimp tempura, avocado, tobiko, cucumber with lobster salad.
Grinch Roll
Spicy tuna, yellowtail, tempura flakes and scallions, topped with avocado and cayenne pepper.
H Roll
Spicy eel, tuna and tempura flakes, topped with torched-seared salmon and jalapenos.
Hole-In-One Roll
Shrimp tempura, avocado, tobiko, and mayo, topped with lightly seared scallop and a sweet sauce drizzle.
Holy Tuna Roll
Crab salad, scallions and tempura flakes, topped with avocado and tuna.
J-Pop Roll
Avocado, kampyo, tempura flakes, topped with crab salad and tuna.
Mardi Gras Gone Wild Roll
Chopped tuna, tempura flakes, scallions, spicy mayo, and avocado, topped with asparagus and torched-seared Cajun salmon.
Pink Lady Roll
A riceless roll with salmon, shrimp, crab salad and daikon, topped with red tomato salsa.
Puff the Magic Dragon Roll
A Kotobuki favorite! Salmon, asparagus, cucumber, jalapeno, tempura flake roll topped with lobster and seaweed salad.
Rainbow Bright Roll
Spicy toro topped with avocado, salmon, yellowtail and tobiko.
Spicy Girl Roll
Spicy salmon, spicy yellowtail, avocado, topped with spicy tuna and tempura flakes.
SIGNATURE ROLL SPECIAL
BENTO SETS
Bento Box
A bento box set with California roll, pork gyoza, shrimp tempura and your choice of teriyaki dish.
Age Tofu
Fried tofu, dashi, grated daikon, scallions.
Carpaccio Appetizer
Pan-seared, sliced, peppery, Cajun filets with wasabi mayo sauce.
Chilean Sea Bass Appetizer
Miso-marinated, broiled until golden crusted and flaky.
Dumplings
Choose between steamed/seared/fried, topped with spicy rice vinegar soy sauce.
Edamame
Steamed soy beans with a dash of salt.
Hamachi Kama
Yellowtail collar, served three ways.
Negimaki Appetizer
Grilled beef/chicken, rolled with scallions, topped with teriyaki sauce.
Sauteed Seafood
Sauteed seafood with garlic butter sauce.
Shrimp Go Go
Lightly fried asparagus roll wrapped with butterflied shrimp, topped with garlic-butter sauce.
Skewers Appetizer
Grilled skewers with teriyaki sauce.
Grilled Squid
Grilled, marinated squid with sweet soy sauce.
Ika Maru
Simmered squid with sweet soy sauce.
Spicy Calamari
Sauteed squid, scallions, piquant soy sauce, served sizzling.
Tempura Appetizer
Lightly battered, served with tempura sauce and grated daikon.
Teriyaki Appetizer
Grilled with our classic teriyaki sauce.
Vegetables
Steamed/sauteed vegetables.
Tatsutage
Battered-fried popcorn chicken.
APPETIZERS
SOUP
Miso Soup
White miso, tofu, seaweed, scallions.
Clear Soup
Dashi broth, mushrooms, lemon zest, scallions.
Asari Soup
White miso, Manila clams, vegetables.
Tofu Soup
White miso, tofu, vegetables.
Soba Soup
Dashi broth, soba noodles, vegetables.
Tofu & Soba Soup
White miso, soba noodles, tofu, vegetables.
Rice
Rice
Green Salad
Combination of Romaine and iceberg with house ginger dressing.
Soba Salad
Romaine, iceberg, soba noodles with a creamy ginger dressing.
Tofu Salad
Romaine, iceberg, tofu with a savory mustard-ginger dressing.
Otoshi Salad
Potato starch noodles, soy, hot pepper, sesame.
Crab Salad
Julienned crabstick, tobiko, cucumber, mayo.
Crab Wasabi Salad
Julienned crabstick, cucumber with wasabi-rice vinegar dressing.
Hiyashi Wakame Salad
3 varieties of seaweed, cucumber, crispy salmon skin, ikura, rice vinegar dressing.
Oshinko Salad
Assorted pickles, including cucumber, radish, squash and burdock.
Sashimi Salad
Salmon, tuna, yellowtail, shrimp, octopus, chopped Romaine hearts, shredded daikon, red onions, topped with a spicy ginger dressing.
Seaweed Salad
3 varieties of seaweed in a rice vinegar dressing.
Squid Salad
Thinly sliced grilled squid, avocado, cucumber, with a spicy mayo dressing.
Tuna Salad
Tuna sashimi, chopped Romaine, cucumber, red onions, tempura flakes, topped with a spicy ginger dressing.
Tuna & Avocado Salad
Tuna sashimi, avocado, cucumber, with a spicy mayo dressing.
Salmon & Avocado Salad
Salmon sashimi, avocado, cucumber with a spicy mayo dressing.
Large Green Salad
Large Green Salad
SALADS
SUSHI & SASHIMI A LA CARTE
Crabstick
Crabstick
Eel
Eel
Fluke
Fluke
Ikura
Ikura
Octopus
Octopus
Salmon
Salmon
Spicy Salmon
Spicy Salmon
Scallop
Scallop
Spicy Scallop
Spicy Scallop
Shrimp
Shrimp
Smoked Salmon
Smoked Salmon
Spanish Mackerel
Spanish Mackerel
Squid
Squid
Striped Bass
Striped Bass
Super White Tuna
Super White Tuna
Surf Clam
Surf Clam
Sweet Shrimp
Sweet Shrimp
Tobiko
Tobiko
Tuna
Tuna
Spicy Tuna
Spicy Tuna
Uni
Uni
White Tuna
White Tuna
Yellowtail
Yellowtail
Spicy Yellowtail
Spicy Yellowtail
tamago
tamago
California Roll
Crabstick and avocado. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Alaskan Roll
Salmon, crabstick, avocado. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Fire Island Roll
Yellowtail, crabstick, avocado. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Super White Tuna Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Shrimp Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Salmon Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Scallop Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Kampyo/Squash Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Crab Salad Roll
Julienned crabstick, tobiko, mayo. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Boston Roll
Shrimp, Romaine hearts, mayo. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Philadelphia Roll
Smoked salmon, cream cheese. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Crab Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Eel Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Oshinko/Pickles Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Tuna Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Uni Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Yellowtail Roll
All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Crunchy Roll
Your choice of fish with tempura flakes. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
1/2 Futomaki Roll
Crabstick, shrimp, tamago, kampyo, avocado, tobiko. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Manhattan Roll
Tempura flakes and spicy mayo, number 7 & 8 with asparagus and Romaine, number 9 with avocado and scallions. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
McRoll
Spanish mackerel, ginger, scallions. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Out of Control Roll
Tuna and avocado roll topped with tobiko. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Rich & Famous Roll
Battered fried yellowtail, crab concoction with our sweet sauce. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Tempura Roll
Lightly battered chicken or vegetables. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Vegetable Roll
Asparagus, avocado, broccoli, carrot, kampyo, Romaine. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Avocado Roll
Avocado Roll
cucumber & avocado roll
cucumber & avocado roll
CLASSIC ROLLS
MODERN ROLLS
American Dream Roll
This roll has everything! Eel, salmon, tuna, yellowtail, shrimp tempura, tobiko, avocado, spicy mayo and sweet sauce. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
California Eel Roll
California roll topped with eel and sweet sauce. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Caterpillar Roll
Eel roll topped with avocado and sweet sauce. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Crazy Roll
Your choice of fish, tobiko, avocado, topped with diced fish, tempura flakes, scallions and spicy mayo. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Dragon Roll
Shrimp tempura roll topped with eel, avocado and sweet sauce. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Happy Roll
Tilefish tempura, spicy mayo, sweet sauce. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Jumping Shrimp Roll
Panko shrimp, asparagus, Romaine, tobiko, chardonnay spicy mayo. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Rainbow Roll #1
Topped with salmon, shrimp, tuna and yellowtail.
Rainbow Eel Roll
California roll topped with eel, salmon, shrimp, tuna, yellowtail. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Red Dragon Roll
Shrimp tempura roll topped with diced spicy tuna. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Rock N' Roll
Rolls that are topped with tobiko and sweet sauce. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Shogun Roll
Riceless, crabstick, salmon, tuna, yellowtail, avocado, scallions, tobiko, wrapped with cucumber, seaweed and topped with crab salad. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Spider Roll
Battered-fried soft shell crab with spicy mayo. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
UFO Roll
Riceless, salmon, tuna, yellowtail, avocado, scallions, tobiko, wrapped with daikon. All rolls can be made plain or spicy.
Fabulous Salmon Skin Roll
Toasted, chopped salmon skin roll topped with diced scallops tobiko, tempura flakes, and mayo concoction.
Rainbow Roll #2
Topped with salmon, shrimp, tuna and yellowtail.
Rainbow Roll #3
Topped with salmon, tempura flakes, scallions and spicy mayo.
Yaki Udon
Stir-fried noodles, vegetables, teriyaki sauce, aonori garnish.
Zaru Udon
Chilled wheat/buckwheat noodles, shrimp tempura, served on ice with wasabi, grated daikon and hondashi sauce.
Tempura Udon
Dashi broth, wheat/buckwheat noodles, shrimp tempura, scallion.
Nabeyaki Udon
Dashi broth, wheat noodles, chicken, shrimp tempura, egg, fish cake, vegetables.
Sukiyaki
Dashi broth, wheat noodles, thickly sliced meat, tofu, vegetables.
Yosenabe
Dashi broth, wheat noodles, asari clams, salmon, scallops, shrimp, fish cake, vegetables.
Tonkotsu Ramen
Thin ramen noodles in a rich tonkotsu pork broth, topped with sliced cha-su pork, Japanese fish cake, and scallions.
Zaru Soba
Zaru Soba
Tempura Soba
Tempura Soba
SOUPS & NOODLES
SUSHI BAR AVANT-GARDES
Sashimi Appetizer
8 pieces sashimi.
Sushi Appetizer
4 pieces of nigiri sushi.
Beef Tataki
Flame-seared, thinly sliced beef, with garlic sauce.
Crudo
Thinly sliced fish, red onions, rice vinegar, olive oil, freshly milled sea salt and black pepper.
Fluked
Thinly sliced fluke and scallions.
K-2
Battered-fried soft shell crab topped with julienne crabstick with a side of tuna and avocado salad.
Sunomono
Sashimi made with cucumber and rice vinegar sauce.
Tartar
Chopped fish, red onion, tobiko, olive oil, sea salt, rice crackers.
Tataki
Flame seared, thinly sliced fish, red onions, garlic sauce.
Yellowtail Jalapeno
Thinly slices yellowtail, jalapenos, red onions, yuzu sauce.
Chirashi Entree
Assorted, thinly sliced fish on a bed of sushi rice.
Tekkadon
Thinly sliced tuna on a bed of sushi rice.
Hand Roll Special
5 rolls, California, eel, salmon, tuna, yellowtail.
Sashimi Entree
12 sashimi, salmon carpaccio, U.F.O. roll.
Sashimi Deluxe
18 sashimi, salmon carpaccio, U.F.O. roll.
Sushi Entree
9 nigiri and California roll.
Sushi Deluxe
10 nigiri and California roll.
Sushi & Sashimi Combo
4 nigiri, 8 sashimi, salmon carpaccio, California and U.F.O. roll.
Sushi & Sashimi Special For 1
Sushi & Sashimi Special For 1
Sushi & Sashimi Special For 2
Sushi & Sashimi Special For 2
Sushi & Sashimi Special For 3
Sushi & Sashimi Special For 3
OMAKASE ENTREES SUSHI BAR
ENTREES
Carpaccio Entree
Pan-seared, sliced, peppery, Cajun filets, wasabi mayo sauce.
Chilean Sea Bass Entree
Broiled, flaky, miso-marinated filet, served with hearty vegetables.
Negimaki Entree
Grilled beef/chicken, rolled with scallions, topped with teriyaki sauce, served sizzling with hearty vegetables.
Skewers Entree
Grilled skewers with teriyaki sauce, served sizzling with hearty vegetables.
Kotobuki Steak
Soy and sake marinated shell steak, served sizzling with seasonal vegetables.
Tofu Steak
Flour-dusted tofu steak, pan-fried until golden brown, finished with a zesty white mushrooms teriyaki sauce.
Tuna Steak
Grilled tuna steak finished with our classic teriyaki sauce.
Teriyaki Entree
Made with our classic teriyaki sauce, served on sizzling cast iron with seasonal vegetables.
Kabayaki
Stir-fried vegetables and teriyaki sauce, served sizzling.
Shogayaki Entree
Stir-fried julienned vegetables and ginger sauce, served sizzling.
Katsu Entree
Panko-crusted, seasonal vegetables, with mustard barbecue sauce.
Tempura Entree
Lightly battered, served with tempura sauce and grated daikon.
Spicy Mayo Sauce
Spicy Mayo Sauce
Ginger Dressing
Ginger Dressing
Eel Sauce
Eel Sauce
wasabi mayo
wasabi mayo
Extra White Rice
Extra White Rice
Extra Sushi Rice
Extra Sushi Rice
4 oz sauce
4 oz sauce