Dana Kai Menu
Welcome to Dana Kai, a hidden gem nestled in Dana Point, CA, where traditional Japanese cuisine meets modern flair. This cozy eatery takes pride in its diverse menu, featuring an array of sushi and sashimi options that cater to every palate, including delicious vegan combos. The atmosphere strikes the perfect balance between casual and classy, making it an ideal spot for family dinners or lunch with friends.
One of the shining stars is the sushi rice—firm yet tender, a testament to their meticulous preparation. Diners rave about the freshness of the fish, with customer favorites like the Dragon Roll and Tempura options leaving taste buds craving more. Add in their impressive drink specials, such as affordable Asahi draft beer, and you have a winning formula for a delightful meal. With services like delivery, catering, and even outdoor seating, Dana Kai ensures every visit is memorable.
Visit or call (949) 489-8168 to reserve your table today!
Lunch Choose 3 Items
Choose 4 Items
With house salad and miso soup. 4 pieces of each item.
Choose 3 Items
With house salad and miso soup. 4 pieces of each item.
7 pcs. Sushi Combo
Served with salad and miso soup.
8 pcs. Sashimi Combo
Served with salad and miso soup.
Vegan Sushi Combo
5 pcs. of chef's choice of vegetable sushi with avocado-cucumber roll. Served with miso soup.
6 pcs. Sashimi & 3 pcs. Sushi Combo
Served with salad and miso soup.
Lunch Sushi & Sashimi Combo
Lunch Lunch Bento Box Special
Chicken Teriyaki & Sashimi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Chicken Teriyaki & Tempura
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Chicken Teriyaki & Gyoza
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Beef Teriyaki & Tempura
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Chicken Teriyaki & Sushi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Beef Teriyaki & Gyoza
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Beef Teriyaki & Sushi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Beef Teriyaki & Sashimi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Salmon Teriyaki & Tempura
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Salmon Teriyaki & Gyoza
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Salmon Teriyaki & Sushi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Salmon Teriyaki & Sashimi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Pork Katsu & Tempura
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Pork Katsu & Gyoza
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Pork Katsu & Sushi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Pork Katsu & Sashimi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Chicken Katsu & Tempura
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Chicken Katsu & Gyoza
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Chicken Katsu & Sushi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Chicken Katsu & Sashimi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Tempura & Sushi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Tempura & Sashimi
Comes with miso soup, house salad, rice and 4 pcs of California rolls.
Spicy Poke Salad - Regular
Assorted Sashimi with Spicy Sauce on Spring Mix
Spicy Poke Salad - Add Uni and Ikura
Assorted Sashimi with Spicy Sauce on Spring Mix
Sashimi Salad
6pcs Assorted Chef's Choice Sashimi on Spring Mix
Salmon Skin Salad
Cucumber Salad
Sunomono with Japanese Seasoning
Octopus Cucumber Salad
Sunomono with Japanese Seasoning
Shrimp Cucumber Salad
Seaweed Salad
Wakame Salad with Ponzu Sauce & Fukuzin Zuke
Mango Avocado Salad
Ika Ika Salad
Green Salad
Uni & Ikura Cucumber Salad
Salad
Appetizer
Crispy Rice
Tempura rice with spicy tuna.& Avocado 8pcs
Baked Mussels (3)
4pcs of Green Mussel with Mayo Sauce, Masago and More
Yellowtail Kama
Salmon Kama
Ankimo
Edamame
Japanese Green Soy Bean
Spicy Garlic Edamame
Japanese Green Soy Bean
Shisito Ageni
Japanese Shisito Pepper with Special Sauce & Bonito Flake
Dynamite
Baked Scallop with Creamy Sauce
Agedashi Tofu
Crispy Deep Fried Tofu with Tsuyu Sauce
California Roll
Crabmeat, avocado, cucumber.
Spicy Tuna Roll
Spicy tuna, cucumber.
Spicy Yellowtail Roll
Spicy yellowtail, cucumber.
Philadelphia Roll
Sesame, asparagus, cream cheese.
Crunch Roll
Shrimp tempura, crabmeat, avocado.
Rainbow Roll
Cut roll. Assorted fish on a California roll.
Spicy Rainbow Roll
Cut roll. Assorted fish on spicy tuna roll.
Salmon Skin Roll
Baked salmon skin, gobo, cucumber.
Tuna Roll
Salmon Roll
Spicy Albacore Roll
Yellowtail Roll
Basic Rolls
No Rice Rolls
Sashimi Roll
Assorted fish, crabmeat, avocado, asparagus with soy paper.
Jeff Special
Spicy crab meat, mango, avocado wrapped with salmon.
Halibut Special
Gobo, oba shiso wrapped with halibut.
Daniel Special
Spicy shrimp, yellowtail, scallop mix wrapped with tuna.
Albacore Special
Spicy tuna, avocado wrapped with albacore.
Love Roll
Spicy tuna, avocado wrapped with tuna.
Lettuce Wrap
Shrimp tempura, crabmeat, avocado, lettuce, soy paper.
Hot Night
Shrimp tempura, crabmeat, spicy tuna, avocado, albacore, jalapeno, cilantro.
Japanese Burrito
Shrimp tempura, crabmeat, spicy tuna, avocado, soy paper.
Rock N Roll
Assorted fish, crabmeat, avocado wrapped with cucumber.
Rock N Spicy
Spicy tuna, avocado, wrapped with cucumber.
Hamachi Tataki Roll
Salmon Tataki Roll
No Rice Fire Crunch
No Rice Rainbow
No Rice Salmon Killer
No Rice Danakai Special
No Rice California
No Rice Crunch
No Rice Godzilla
No Rice Spicy Rainbow
Vegan Lettuce Wrap
Avocado, cucumber, gobo, asparagus, lettuce, soy paper.
Vegetable Roll
Avo, cucumber, gobo, asparagus.
Avo Q Roll
Avocado, cucumber,
Vegetable Tempura Roll
Assorted vegetable tempura, soy paper.
Cucumber Roll
Avocado Roll
Yama Gobo Roll
Vegan Rolls
Carpaccio
Toro Carpaccio
Thin sliced toro, uni, kizami wasabi, tobiko caviar with ponzu, truffle oil.
Seared Tuna Carpaccio
Thin sliced seared tuna, onion with spicy mustard sauce, truffle oil.
Salmon Carpaccio
Thin sliced salmon with pnzu, truffle oil.
Seared Salmon Carpaccio
Thin sliced seared salmon, caper with mustard sauce, truffle oil.
Yellowtail Carpaccio
Thin sliced yellowtail, onion, jalapeno with spicy mustard sauce, truffle oil.
Albacore Carpaccio
Thin sliced albacore, onion, garlic chip with mustard sauce, sesame sauce.
Halibut Carpaccio
Thin sliced halibut, yuzukoso with ponzu, truffle oil, balsamic glaze.
Scallop Carpaccio
Thin sliced scallop, yuzukoso with ponzu, truffle oil.
Bluefin Tuna Carpaccio
Toro with Uni
Kizami wasabi and tobiko caviar.
Seared Salmon with Caper
Yellowtail with Jalapeno
Albacore with Garlic Chips
Halibut with Oba
And yuzukoso, sea salt, and lemon.
Seared Scallop with Uni
Sweet Shrimp with Uni
With tobiko caviar.
Eel with Tamago
Seared Yellowtail with Jalapeno
Snapper with Oba
Bluefin with Uni
Kizami wasabi and tobiko caviar.
Premium Sushi
Sushi & Sashimi
Toro - Sushi
Toro - Sashimi
Bluefin Tuna - Sushi
Bluefin Tuna - Sashimi
Seared Tuna - Sushi
Seared Tuna - Sashimi
Salmon - Sushi
Salmon - Sashimi
Yellowtail - Sushi
Yellowtail - Sashimi
Albacore - Sushi
Albacore - Sashimi
Halibut - Sushi
Halibut - Sashimi
Snapper - Sushi
Snapper - Sashimi
Mackerel - Sushi
Mackerel - Sashimi
Sweet Shrimp - Sushi
Sweet Shrimp - Sashimi
Shrimp - Sushi
Shrimp - Sashimi
Jumbo Scallop - Sushi
Jumbo Scallop - Sashimi
Octopus - Sushi
Octopus - Sashimi
Squid - Sushi
Squid - Sashimi
Uni - Sushi
Uni - Sashimi
Masago - Sushi
Masago - Sashimi
Ikura - Sushi
Ikura - Sashimi
Eel - Sushi
Eel - Sashimi
Inari
Japanese Scallop - Sushi
Japanese Scallop - Sashimi
Tamago - Sushi
Tamago - Sashimi
Tuna - Sushi
Tuna - Sashimi
15pcs Sashimi Combo
25pcs Sashimi Combo
35pcs Sashimi Combo
10pcs Omakase Sushi Combo
6pcs Sashimi 6pcs Sushi Combo
6pcs Sashimi Appetizer
8pcs Sushi Combo
16pcs Sushi Combo
Sushi Sashimi Combination
Donburi
Spicy Poke Bowl
Assorted Fish with Spicy Sauce on Rice Bowl
Unagi Don
Oyako Don
Katsu Don
Gyu Don
Tempura Don
Chirashi Don - Regular
Chirashi Don - Premiun
Premium Chirashi Don
Amigo Roll
Avocado on crunch roll.
Fire Crunch Roll
Spicy tuna on crunch roll.
Popcorn Roll
Tempura langostina on california roll.
Spider Roll
Tempura soft shell crab, vegetables.
Mango Tango Roll
Salmon, mango on crunch roll.
Tropical Roll
Tuna, avocado on crunch roll.
Hot Hot Roll
Tempura jalapeno, cream cheese on spicy tuna.
Tempura California Roll
With coconut flakes.
Tempura Spicy Tuna Roll
With coconut flakes.
Dana Yellowtail Roll
Tempura onion, yellowtail on spicy yellowtail roll.
Tiger Roll
Machu Picchu Roll
Tempura Rolls
Fresh Rolls
Danakai Special Roll
Albacore on spicy tuna roll.
Salmon Lover Roll
Salmon on spicy salmon roll.
Salmon Killer Roll
Salmon on spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, avocado roll.
Washington Roll
Salmon on California roll.
O.C. Roll
Seared tuna on spicy albacore tempura, crabmeat, avocado roll.
Spicy Poke Roll
Spicy poke on spicy tuna roll.
Sunset Roll
Seared tuna, cilantro on spicy tuna roll.
Tuna Lover Roll
Spicy poke tuna on spicy tuna, cucumber, seared tuna.
Ya Ya Roll
Albacore, jalapeno on spicy yellowtail, cilantro, cucumber.
Hawaiian Roll
Tuna on California roll.
Baja Yellowtail Roll
Seared yellowtail, fresh onion, jalapeno on spicy yellowtail roll.
Dragon Roll
Baked Salmon Roll
Baked salmon on California roll.
Baked Lango Roll
Baked Langostino on California roll.
Baked Scallop Roll
Baked scallop on California roll.
Crazy Monkey Roll
Baked scallop and Langostino mix on tempura California roll.
Eel Special Roll
Top: eel, avocado. Inside: eel, cucumber, avocado.
Godzilla Roll
Baked eel, avocado on crunch roll.
Mountain Roll
Baked salmon on spicy tuna roll.
