Samurai Restaurant Samurai Restaurant

Samurai Restaurant Menu

2588 Lake Tahoe Blvd. (Reno Ave.)
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
530-542-0300
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Cuisine: Sushi / Japanese / Pan-Asian
Samurai serves classical preparations, but also modern rolls, Asian small plates and a solid saké selection.
Openings: Dinner nightly

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Samurai Restaurant Restaurant Review:


Samurai is decorated so that the dining room appears to be the courtyard in a Japanese home (albeit a courtyard with a très-Tahoe circular fire pit). A classically trained sushi chef, a hot commodity in the Tahoe Basin, presides over the sushi bar; he sends out pristine sashimi that showcases how proper slicing enhances fish texture and flavor. The restaurant’s “Asian Bistro” menu includes simmered catfish, prawns atop a tangy snarl of glass noodles and tender orange roughy lacquered with sweet-spicy chili-garlic sauce. Samurai also offers a good selection of chilled sakés.