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Explore the diverse menu of Geisha Japanese Restaurant and Tea House in Capitola, CA. Enjoy fresh sushi, authentic sashimi, creative vegan rolls, and traditional appetizers paired with fine teas in a cozy, authentic setting.
Introducing the Menu at Geisha Japanese Restaurant and Tea House
Geisha Japanese Restaurant and Tea House in Capitola offers a refined menu celebrating authentic Japanese flavors with a distinct vegan-friendly edge. Their Maki Mono rolls stand out, especially creative vegan options like the I Am Siam with fried tempeh and peanut butter, or the Soylent Green featuring tempura asparagus and shiitake mushrooms—each crafted without the usual vegan price premium. Signature specials such as the Home Ruler, layered with spicy albacore, yellowtail, jalapeño, and ponzu, provide bold, fresh profiles for sushi lovers.
Complementing the rolls are thoughtfully prepared sides like vegetable-based miso soup, steamed seasonal vegetables, and delicate shrimp tempura. Diners often praise not only the inventive, flavorful dishes but also the heartfelt service, making the experience memorable beyond taste alone. For those seeking genuine Japanese cuisine with inspired vegan and vegetarian selections, Geisha’s menu offers both authenticity and innovation.
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Oooooh- nagi and cucumber.
Your choice of fish, basil, garlic, and macadamia nuts topped with goma.
Spicy. Chef's blend of spicy albacore and negi.
Albacore roll.
Tempura'd prawn, o- nagi, garlic, basil, and macadamia nuts.
Spicy. Seared albacore, spicy mayo, cucumber, goma, and masago.
Spicy. Rock crab meat, spicy mayo, pineapple, shizo, and macadamia nuts roll topped with albacore, salmon, yuzu tobiko, black goma, and negi.
Tempura'd prawn, garlic, basil, and macadamia nuts roll topped with house smoked salmon, o- nagi, avocado, toasted coconut, and goma.
California roll topped with four chef's choice fish, masago, goma, tobiko, and negi.
House smoked salmon, cilantro, and lime.
Spicy. Tempura'd soft shell crab, spicy albacore, avocado, basil, masago, and negi.
Tempura'd prawn, o- nagi, cilantro, lime, garlic, togarashi, peanut butter, and negi.
Your choice of fish, avocado, and macadamia nuts.
Albacore, garlic, and basil in a tempura'd roll, rolled in a second roll with macadamia nuts and negi.
Tempura'd prawn, inari, asparagus, and grilled portabella mushrooms topped with salmon, avocado, and sesame dressing. Served broiled and finished with miso dressing, teriyaki sauce, tsume, togarashi, and goma.
Spicy. Tempura'd prawn, o- nagi, salmon, albacore, and spicy mayo.
Spicy. Spicy albacore, o- nagi, pineapple, avocado, spicy mayo, macadamia nuts, shizo, toasted coconut, and negi.
Spicy. Spicy salmon, avocado, jalapeños, a hint of satan sauce, togarashi, spicy mayo, black goma, and negi.
Spicy. Tempura'd roll with salmon, cream cheese, lemon, shizo, and ginger topped with moop sauce, teriyaki sauce, and spicy mayo.
Mackerel, lemon, shizo, and negi.
Spicy. Your choice of fish, mango, spicy mayo, cilantro, macadamia nuts, and negi.
Spicy. Tempura'd albacore, jalapeños, cilantro, lime, shredded cabbage, shredded carrots, organic salad greens, negi, togarashi, and spicy mayo topped with miso mayo and chili sauce.
Spicy. Tempura'd roll with o-nagi, albacore, rock crab meat, spicy mayo, and garlic topped with masagao, tsume and negi.
Your choice of fish, avocado, and cucumber topped with goma.
Tempura's prawn, o-nagi and cucumber roll topped with crab meat in a miso cream sauce served broiled and finished with masago and negi.
Rock crab meat, avocado, cucumber, mayo, goma, and masago.
Spicy. Albacore, arctic char, masago, shizo, lemon, spicy mayo, goma, and negi.
Spicy. Tempura'd roll with spicy albacore, pineapple, and cream cheese topped with teriyaki sauce and toasted coconut.
Spicy. Spicy albacore, pineapple, mango, lime, shizo, cilantro, and macadamia nuts topped with albacore, salmon, avocado, miso dressing, more macadamia nuts, tobiko, negi, and goma.
Tempura'd albacore, thai chili paste, mango, basil, toasted garlic, inari, and savory roasted walnuts roll topped with tsume sauce, togarashi, and negi.
Tempura'd soft shell crab, avocado, tobiko, lemon, organic salad greens, miso dressing, and negi.
Spicy. Scallop, spicy mayo, shizo, and negi roll topped with salmon, lemon, black goma, and wasabi-tobiko.
Tempura'd prawn, o- nagi, and cucumber roll topped with avocado, goma, and cashew nuts.
O- nagi, broiled house smoked salmon, mango, savory roasted walnuts, and cream cheese.
Spicy. Spicy albacore & salmon, mango, avocado, pickled jalapeños, shizo, cilantro, and negi.
House smoked salmon, cream cheese, and negi topped with goma.
Tempura's soft shell crab, house smoked salmon, rock crab meat, tobiko, spicy mayo, and negi.
Tempura'd soft shell crab, garlic, masago, and cilantro.
Salmon, albacore, house-smoked salmon, avocado, pickled ginger, negi, and masago.
Tempura'd prawn and cucumber roll topped with o-nagi, avocado, goma, negi, and masago.
Spicy. Scallop, masago, spicy mayo, and negi.
Tempura'd roll with arctic char, cream cheese and togarashi topped with savory baked walnuts, rainbow crunches, moop sauce, and negi.
Spicy. Albacore wrapped around rock crab, tobiko, spicy mayo, and negi.
Albacore, o-nagi, mango, macadamia nuts, garlic, and tobiko.
Seared and marinated namazu (close-farmed u. S. Catfish).
Sustainable farmed or wild-caught salmon from the u. S.
Troll-caught albacore from the northern pacific.
Served raw. Net-caught wild icelandic smelt roe.
Wild-caught norwegian mackerel.
Geisha's in-house alder-smoked salmon. Salmon type may vary seasonally.
Served raw. Wild flying fish roe.
Cooked wild prawn from the gulf of mexico.
U. S. Trawled scallops.
Sweet fried tofu pocket.
Cooked rock crab from canada.
with sweet bourbon tamarin glaze and fried shallots.
Served raw.
Served raw. Salmon sashimi.
Served raw. Tuna sashimi.
Served raw.
Served raw.
with sweet bourbon tamarind glaze and fried ,shallots
Six pieces of chef's choice nigiri.
Six pieces of chef's choice nigiri and four pieces of chef's choice sashimi.
Four pieces of chef's choice nigiri, four pieces of chef's choice sashimi and two rolls of your choice. Roll choices include california roll, tekkamaki, or smoke slammin'.
Avocado and rice only
Vegan. Broiled portabella mushroom, avocado, pickled burdock, shizo, macadamia nuts, and negi.
Vegan. Fried tempeh or baked tofu, garlic, lime, cilantro, peanut butter, togarashi, and negi.
Vegan. Tempura'd roll with asparagus, shiitake mushroom, baked tofu, pickled burdock, pickled daikon radish, garlic, and negi.
Vegan. Avocado, pineapple, cashew nuts, and toasted coconut.
Vegan. Fried tempeh or baked tofu, stewed king oyster mushroom, basil, garlic, and macadamia nuts.
Vegan. Seaweed salad, shiitake mushrooms, inari, baked tofu, pickled daikon radish, pickled burdock, and avocado.
Tempura'd yam, cashew nuts, cream cheese, and teriyaki sauce.
Cucumber and rice only
Toamto, cream cheese, basil, and negi.
Shiitake mushroom, avocado, carrot, daikon sprouts, and black goma.
Vegan. Roasted bell pepper, avocado, basil, toasted garlic, and savory roasted walnuts.
Spicy. Vegan. Tempura'd avocado, pineapple, cilantro, cashews, and spicy vegan mayo.
Tempura'd roll with portabella, shiitake, king oyster, enoki mushrooms, and cream cheese topped with macadamia nuts, tsume, and negi.
Spicy. Vegan. Avocado, toamtoes, pickled jalapeños, pickled burdock, cilantro, negi, and spicy vegan mayo.
Vegan. Fried tempeh or baked tofu, organic salad green, tomato, negi, and vegan mayo.
Vegan. Deep-fried tempeh or baked tofu, organic salad greens, thai peanut sauce, lime, togarashi, savory baked walnuts, and negi.
Deep-fried chicken cutlet with japanese breadcrumbs served with steamed vegetables.
Rice bowl topped with a deep-fried chicken cutlet and simmered in a sweet and savory broth with carrots, onions, and a beaten egg.
Rice bowl topped with chicken and simmered in a sweet and savory broth with carrots, onions, and a beaten egg.
Deep-fried pork tender loin with japanese breadcrumbs served with steamed vegetables.
Rice bowl topped with a deep-fried pork cutlet and simmered in a sweet and savory broth with carrots, onions, and a beaten egg.
Rice bowl topped with grilled o-nagi (sweet marinated catfish), and steamed vegetables.
Vegan. Home-made vegetable broth with tofu, shiitake mushrooms, vegetables, and a tempura'd kabocha squash.
Vegan. Home-made vegetable broth with tofu, shiitake mushrooms, vegetables, and a tempura'd kabocha squash.
Vegan. Home-made vegetable curry borth with japanese pumpkin, yams, carrots, zucchini, eggplant, onions, and fried tofu.
Vegan. Pan-fried ramen noodles tossed with onions, carrots, shiitake mushrooms and a sweet savory sauce.
House-made dashi (broth) with chicken, shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
House-made dashi (broth) with chicken, shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
House-made dashi (broth) with chicken, shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
Home-made dashi (broth) with beef, shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
Home-made dashi (broth) with beef, shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
Home-made dashi (broth) with beef, shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
Home-made dashi (broth) with shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
Home-made dashi (broth) with shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
Home-made dashi (broth) with shrimp tempura, egg, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables.
Home-made dashi (broth) with egg, shiitake mushroom, and vegetables. Served with combination tempura.
Home-made dashi (broth) with egg, shiitake mushroom, and vegetables. Served with combination tempura.
Home-made dashi (broth) with egg, shiitake mushroom, and vegetables. Served with combination tempura.
Vegan. Home-made vegetable broth with tofu, shiitake mushrooms, vegetables, and a tempura'd kabocha squash.
Vegan.
Chicken, teriyaki glaze. Options include brown or white rice. Salad dressings: creamy sesame, ginger vinaigrette, miso wasabi, say sauce sesame vinaigrette, or undressed.
Succulent beef in teriyaki sauce. Served with choice of brown or white rice. Accompanied by salad with options of five dressings including creamy sesame and ginger vinaigrette.
Salmon glazed in teriyaki sauce. Options: brown or white rice. Salad dressings: creamy sesame, ginger vinaigrette, miso wasabi, soy sauce sesame vinaigrette; option for no dressing.
Salmon lightly salted, served with choice of brown or white rice. Salad dressing options include creamy sesame, ginger vinaigrette, miso wasabi, or soy sauce sesame vinaigrette.
Broiled salmon stuffed with rock crab meat in a miso cream sauce and topped with teriyaki sauce. Served with steamed vegetables and your choice of white or brown rice.
Vegan. Broiled eggplant stuffed with your choice of white or brown rice, tempeh, shiitake mushrooms, japanese pumpkin, yams, carrots, zucchini, and onions in a creamy miso-curry sauce.
Mild traditional japanese curry with japanese pumpkin, yams, carrots, zucchini, onions, and eggplant. Served with rice.
Mild traditional japanese curry with japanese pumpkin, yams, carrots, zucchini, onions, and eggplant. Served with rice.
Vegan. Mild traditional japanese curry with japanese pumpkin, yams, carrots, zucchini, onions, and eggplant. Served with rice.
Please select one dressing
Vegan.
Your choice of seasonal fish sashimi or chef's choice sashimi served on a sweet pickled cucumber salad.
Battered and fried.
Battered and fried.
Battered and fried. squid.
Vegan. Lightly fried organic tofu with sweet sashi soy sauce and negi.
Broiled with rock crab meat in a creamy miso sauce topped with masago and negi.
Vegan. Cold wilted spinach served in a sweet dashi soy sauce and topped with sesame paste. Bonito shaving on request.
Served raw. Fresh albacore, avocado, and pineapple tossed in wasabi-ponzu sauce on a bed of chilled crunchy seaweed salad and topped with masago.
Vegan. Sliced cucumber pickled in a sweet vinegar.
5 pieces.
Vegan. Enoki mushroom, zucchini, eggplant, sweet potato, green bean, and japanese pumpkin.
Spicy. Vegan. Stir-fried edamame in spicy garlic mix.
Vegan.
Vegan.
Vegan.
Steamed chicken gyoza, typically includes a filling of ground chicken and finely chopped vegetables wrapped in a thin dough, served in a set of five pieces.
Crispy chicken dumplings garnished with shredded carrots and bean sprouts, served with a side of dipping sauce.
Pan-fried dumplings filled with a mix of vegetables, typically served with a dipping sauce.
Pan-fried dumplings filled with seasoned pork, featuring a crispy golden exterior. Served with a side of dipping sauce.
Delicate pork dumplings with a savory filling, encased in a tender wrapper.
A vegetable broth-based soup, traditionally incorporating miso paste, often accompanied by various vegetables.
Perfectly steamed sushi-grade rice, subtly seasoned for an authentic taste.
Freshly Steamed Seasonal Vegetables, Lightly Seasoned to Perfection
Shrimps coated in a light batter and deep-fried to achieve a crispy texture. Typically served with a dipping sauce.
Juicy, perfectly grilled chicken with a hint of herbs and spices.
Steamed tofu, gently cooked and typically seasoned with a light soy sauce and garnished with scallions.
Cold tofu, served with a blend of soy sauce, topped with fresh scallions and delicate bonito flakes.
Fresh and creamy fruit with a rich taste, perfect for adding a touch of luxury to any dish.
Freshly grated wasabi root, offering a distinct, sharp taste that complements sushi and sashimi.
A sweet and savory blend, our teriyaki sauce combines soy sauce, sugar, and mirin, ideal for marinating, glazing, or as a dipping sauce.
Fluffy white grains, perfectly steamed to complement any meal.
Perfectly steamed, nutritious whole grain brown rice.
Choice of Japanese-inspired salad dressings: creamy sesame, ginger vinaigrette, miso wasabi, or soy sauce sesame vinaigrette. Option for no dressing available.
Includes two chosen items, miso soup, salad, and rice.
Spicy albacore, avocado, cucumber and cilantro top with yellowtail, thinly sliced jalapeño, ponzu sauce and seeds
A Japanese restaurant that takes reservations in Santa Cruz!! Great ambiance (cherry blossoms inside). Very good food, I had katsu and sashimi and both were good. My wife had some rolls and those were also very good. Definitely recommend if you're looking for a Japanese restaurant to try.
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