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358 W Ontario St, Chicago, IL
(312) 335-9888
Ai Japanese Restaurant and Lounge Menu

Hours of Operation

Hours may fluctuate. For detailed hours of operation, please contact the store directly.

Restaurant Menu

Soups, Salads and Appetizers

Miso Soup

No description available

$3.50

Kabocha Corn Soup

Creamy Japanese pumpkin and corn soup topped with chives.

$4.50

Edamame

Steamed soybean pods.

$4.50

House Salad

Mixed greens topped with ginger carrot dressing.

$3.50

Seaweed Salad

Assorted wakame seaweed and tofu served with vinaigrette dressing.

$5.50

Sunomono Moriawase

Shrimp, octopus, and whitefish with dashi vinaigrette sauce.

$10.50

Goma Ae

Blanched spinach served with black and white sesame dressing.

$5.50

Gyu Tataki

Thinly sliced seared beef with daikon and carrots withc hives, radish, and kaiware.

$9.50

Bagna Cauda

Shrimp and squid seasoned with garlic, olive oil, and anchovy.

$10.50

Crab and Shrimp Cake

Panko battered shrimp and crab cake served with a house tartar sauce.

$9.50

Toro Tartar

Chopped o-toro tuna served over creamy soft tofu and ceviche sauce, topped with fried spring roll skins.

$12.50

Hamachi Carpaccio

Thinly sliced yellowtail topped with ceviche, cilantro, and citurs ohba sauce.

$15.50

Tempura Moriawase

Tempura battered fried shrimp and assorted vegetables.

$9.50

Beef Asparagus Maki

Grilled asparagus wrapped with sliced beef topped with honey pear sauce and shaved almonds.

$11.50

Hamachi Kama Shio

Grilled yellowtail collar with salt.

$10.50

Hamachi Kama Tare

Grilled yellowtail collar with teriyaki sauce.

$10.50

Madai Agedashi

Two pieces of tempura fried Japanese sea bream snapper with fried tofu all in a tempura sauce. topped with chives and momiji oroshi.

$7.50

Sake Ceviche

Chopped fresh salmon with ceviche sauce and topped with avocado, ikura and sour cream mayo. Served with satsumaimo chips.

$6.50

Mozzarella Cheese Agedashi

Tempura mozzarella cheese, red snapper, and zucchini with dashi sauce.

$9.50

Agedashi Tofu

Without madai.

$5.50

Kitchen Entrees

Chicken Teriyaki

Grilled chicken with sauteed broccoli, teriyaki sauce in a crispy bowl.

$12.00

Salmon Teriyaki

Walnut and rosemary encrusted Norweigan salmon garnished with fried angel hair pasta and skewers of zucchini and cherry tomatoes.

$14.50

Seabass Cartoccio

California seabass baked in lemon butter with asparagus, shimeji, and enoki mushrooms.

$16.50

Chaliapin Steak

New York strip steak with ground onions, togarshi vinegar and ponzu sauce.

$16.50

Wasabi Filet Mignon

Wasabi-rubbed 6 oz. filet mignon served over Japanese sweet potato.

$21.50

Bento Box

Chicken Teriyaki Bento Box

Chicken in a teriyaki sauce. Served with seasonal white fish sunomono in Japanese vinaigrette, seasonal chef's choice sashimi, shrimp and vegetable tempura, agedashi tofu, miso soup and rice.

$23.00

Chicken Katsu Bento Box

Panko battered chicken flash fried and served with a Japanese bbq dipping sauce. Served with seasonal white fish sunomono in Japanese vinaigrette, seasonal chef's choice sashimi, shrimp and vegetable

$23.00

Salmon Teriyaki Bento Box

Scottish salmon topped with walnut and rosemary and teriyaki sauce. Served with seasonal white fish sunomono in Japanese vinaigrette, seasonal chef's choice sashimi, shrimp and vegetable tempura, age

$24.00

Beef Teriyaki Bento Box

Tender cuts of New York strip steak in a teriyaki sauce. Served with seasonal white fish sunomono in Japanese vinaigrette, seasonal chef's choice sashimi, shrimp and vegetable tempura, agedashi tofu,

$25.00

Honey Miso Steak Bento Box

Grilled New York strip steak served with our house made honey miso sauce. Served with seasonal white fish sunomono in Japanese vinaigrette, seasonal chef's choice sashimi, shrimp and vegetable tempur

$26.00

Sushi Entrees

Tuna Don

Assorted cuts of tuna served over a bed of kampyo, gari, unagi, seasoned sushi rice. Served with miso soup.

$20.50

Chirashi Sushi

Tuna, octopus, salmon, whitefish, hamachi, uni, ikura on a bef of kampyo, gari, unagi seasoned sushi rice. Served with miso soup.

$28.50

Unagi Don

Cooked freshwater eel served over kampyo, gari, adn unagi seasoned steamed rice. Served with miso soup.

$20.00

Sushi Moriawase

Chef's assortment of nigiri served with spicy tuna maki. Served with miso soup.

$28.50

Sashimi Sushi Moriawase

Chef's selection of sashimi and nigiri served with spicy tuna maki. Served with miso soup.

$29.50

Nigiri and Sashimi

Salmon Flight

Taste cuts of salmon.

$12.50

White Fish Flight

Taste cuts of white fish.

$18.00

Tuna Flight

Taste cuts of tuna.

$36.00

Toro Flight

Taste cuts of toro.

$39.00

Roe Flight

Array of infused tobiko.

$12.00

Hamachi

Yellowtail.

$3.50

Spicy Hamachi Toro

Fatty yellowtail with Japanese yuzu pepper.

$4.00

Hirame

Fluke.

$3.50

Madai

Japanese sea bream snapper.

$4.00

Shima Aji

Striped jack

$4.00

Botan Ebi

Botan shrimp, head served fried.

$4.00

Sake

Salmon.

$3.00

Zuke Sake

Marinated salmon.

$3.00

Kunsei Sake

Smoked salmon.

$3.50

Beni Toro

Fatty salmon

$3.50

Akami Tuna

Lean tuna.

$3.00

Super White Tuna

Escolar.

$3.00

Chu-Toro

Medium fatty tuna.

$6.50

O-Toro

Premium fatty tuna.

$8.00

Aburi Toro

Torched fatty tuna.

$8.50

Tuna Avocado

Tuna topped with avocado and wasabi mayo.

$3.50

Hotate

Kokkaido scallop.

$3.00

Kani

Crab

$4.00

O-ebi

Tiger prawn.

$2.50

Botan Ebi Mayo

Botan shrimp with torched mayo, head served fried.

$4.50

Tako

Octopus.

$3.00

Tamago

Sweet egg omelet.

$2.50

Tobiko

Flying fish roe; black, red, yellow, orange, or wasabi.

$2.50

Ikura

Salmon roe.

$3.50

Uni

Sea urchin.

$4.50

Uni-Ika

Squid and sea urchin.

$4.50

Unagi

Freshwater eel.

$4.00

Unagi Sansho

Freshwater eel with mountain pepper.

$4.50

Smoked Duck

Cherrywood smoked.

$4.00

Mongo Ika

Giant squid.

$2.50

Kappa Negi-Toro

Chopped fatty tuna served gunkkan wrapped in cucumber topped with negi.

$4.50

Spicy Tako

Two pieces of spicy octups nigiri wrapped with seaweed.

$6.95

Spicy Hotate

Two pieces of spicy scallop nigiri topped with avocado and wrapped with seaweed.

$6.95

Uni-Hotate

Torched sea urchin and scallop.

$4.50

Standard Maki

Alaskan Maki

King salmon, avocado.

$6.50

California Maki

Crab, avocado, cucumber.

$7.50

Futo Maki

Shrimp, eel, tamago, spinach, kampyo, shitake.

$10.50

Garden Maki

Carrots, asparagus, shitake, spinach.

$6.50

Hawaiian Maki

Tuna, avocado.

$6.50

Negi Hama Maki

Yellowtail, scallions.

$6.50

Negi Toro Maki

Fatty tuna, scallions.

$8.50

Philadelphia Maki

Smoked salmon, cream cheese, cucumber.

$6.50

Rainbow Maki

Our California maki topped with assorted seafood.

$10.50

Salmon Skin Maki

Smoked toasted salmon skin, kaiware, cucumber, yamagobo.

$6.50

Scorpion Maki

Fried calamari, kaiware, cucumber, masago, chili sauce.

$9.50

Spicy Tempura Ebi Maki

Shrimp tempura, green onion.

$7.50

Spider Maki

Fried soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado, scallion topped with tuna flakes.

$10.50

Tempura Satsumaimo Maki

Tempura sweet potato.

$6.50

Tempura Shitake Maki

Tempura battered, fried shitake.

$6.50

Unagi Cucumber Maki

Freshwater eel, cucumber.

$8.50

Unagi Sushi Tempura Maki

Tempura freshwater eel.

$8.50

Spicy Tuna Maki

No description available

$6.95

Firecracker Maki

Spicy tuna, tempura crunch, and jalapeno.

$6.95

AI Signature Maki

Chef Hemmi Veggie Maki

Our Garden maki topped with cucumber and moro-miso, mango, endive and sashyo, avocado and nori paste.

$14.50

Chef Hemmi Spicy Tuna Maki

Spicy tuna topped with spicy tako, avocado, spicy mayo and ikura, walnuts, rosemary, cucumber wrapped tempura flakes with wasabi mayo and masago and jalapeno.

$14.50

Dragon Maki

Shrimp tempura and tamago topped with slices of unagi and avocado.

$14.95

Madai Ceviche Maki

Avocado and cucumber topped with madai, ceviche sauce, cilantro and togarashi.

$14.95

Orange Maki

Shrimp tempura and scallions with fresh salmon brushed with ponzu, chivies, black tobiko and momoji oroshi.

$14.95

Soft Shell Crab Volcano Maki

Cucumber, avocado, tempura crunch topped with chopped soft shell crab and spicy mayo sauce.

$14.95

Tropical Mango Maki

Tuna and mango topped with slices of avocado and traditional koshyu grape sauce.

$14.95

Crazy Jalapeno Maki

Akami tuna and hamachi wrapped in soy paper with avocado, cilantro, jalapeno and wasabi infused tobiko topped with sour cream and cherry tomatoes all served atop spicy mayo.

$14.95

Habanero Lobster Maki

Tempura fried Maine lobster with kampyo, ginger, mango, and avocado topped with harbanero ceviche, capers, cilantro, and sour cream mayo.

$15.95

Tako Spicy Tuna Maki

Marinated tako, cucumber and tempura crunch topped with spicy tuna drizzled with unagi sauce and wasabi mayo.

$14.95

Hotate Volcano Maki

Two pieces of smoked salmon and cucumber maki crowned with spicy scallop and spicy mayo and torched.

$6.95

Red Dragon Maki

Soft shell crab, jalapeno and spicy mayo topped with tuna and avocado. Drizzled with unagi sauce and chili sauce.

$14.95

Noodles

Tanuki Udon

Udon noodles served with shiitake, green onion, mitsuba, kamaboko, inari age, and tempura crunch.

$9.50

Organic Vegetarian Cha Soba

Organic cha soba noodles with mixed vegetables with konbu brother.

$9.50

Nabeyaki Udon

Japanese style beef strips and egg over udon noodles with a seide of shrimp and vegetable tempura.

$15.50

Lunch Soup, Salads and Appetizers

Miso Soup (Lunch)

No description available

$3.50

Kabocha Corn Soup (Lunch)

Creamy Japanese pumpkin and corn soup topped with chives.

$4.50

Edamame (Lunch)

Steamed soybean pods.

$4.50

House Salad (Lunch)

Mixed greens topped with ginger carrot dressing.

$3.50

Seaweed Salad (Lunch)

Assorted wakame seaweed, tofu served with vinaigrette dressing.

$5.50

Sunomono Moriawase (Lunch)

Shrimp, octopus, whitefish with dashi vinaigrette sauce.

$10.50

Goma Ae (Lunch)

Blanched spinach served with black and white sesame dressing.

$5.50

Ebi Fry (Lunch)

Panko battered fried shrimp.

$5.00

Harumaki (Lunch)

Japanese vegetarian spring rolls.

$4.00

Gyoza (Lunch)

Pork and vegetable dumplings

$4.00

Ebi Shumai (Lunch)

Shrimp and vegetable dumplings.

$4.00

Chicken Kara Age (Lunch)

Japanese style popcorn chicken.

$4.00

Cheese Spring Rolls (Lunch)

Fried spring rolls filled with mozzarella cheese and spinach.

$4.00

Tako Yaki (Lunch)

Balls of breaded octopus with kewpee.

$4.00

Lunch Entrees

Sushi Moriawase (Lunch)

Choice of Spicy Tuna or California along with 10 pieces of Chef's Choice Nagiri.

$18.95

Maki Moriawase (Lunch)

Choice of two maki.

$13.95

Chicken Teriyaki Bento Box (Lunch)

Grilled chicken with sauteed broccoli and teriyaki sauce. All bento boxes come with a side of house salad with ginger dressing, two pieces of spicy tuna maki, edamame, mashed Japanese sweet potato, s

$13.50

Salmon Teriyaki Bento Box (Lunch)

Walnut and rosemary encrusted Norwegian salmon with teriyaki sauce. All bento boxes come with a side of house salad with ginger dressing, two pieces of spicy tuna maki, edamame, mashed Japanese sweet

$13.50

Honey Miso Steak Bento Box (Lunch)

Grilled New York strip steak served with homemade honey miso sauce. All bento boxes come with a side of house salad with ginger dressing, two pieces of spicy tuna maki, edamame, mashed Japanese sweet

$15.00

Lunch Nigiri and Sashimi

Salmon Flight (Lunch)

Taste cuts of salmon.

$12.50

White Fish Flight (Lunch)

Taste Cuts of white fish.

$18.00

Tuna Flight (Lunch)

Taste cuts of tuna.

$36.00

Toro Flight (Lunch)

Taste cuts of toro.

$39.00

Roe Flight (Lunch)

Array of infused tobiko.

$12.00

Hamachi (Lunch)

Yellowtail.

$2.50

Spicy Hamachi Toro (Lunch)

Fatty yellowtail with Japanese Yuzu pepper.

$4.00

Hirame (Lunch)

Fluke.

$2.50

Madai (Lunch)

Japanese sea bream snapper.

$4.00

Shima Aji (Lunch)

Striped jack.

$4.00

Shime Saba (Lunch)

Marinated mackerel.

$3.50

Sake (Lunch)

Salmon.

$2.50

Zuke Sake (Lunch)

Marinated salmon.

$3.00

Kunsei Sake (Lunch)

Smoked salmon.

$3.50

Beni Toro (Lunch)

Fatty salmon.

$3.50

Akami Tuna (Lunch)

Lean tuna.

$2.50

Super White Tuna (Lunch)

Escolar.

$3.00

Kappa Negi-Toro (Lunch)

Chopped fatty tuna served gunkkan wrapped in cucumber topped with negi.

$4.50

Chu-Toro (Lunch)

Medium fatty tuna.

$6.50

O-Toro (Lunch)

Premium fatty tuna.

$8.00

Aburi Toro (Lunch)

Torched fatty tuna.

$8.50

Tuna Avocado (Lunch)

Tuna topped with avocado and wasabi mayo.

$3.50

Hotate (Lunch)

Hokkaido scallop.

$3.00

Kani (Lunch)

Crab.

$4.00

O-ebi (Lunch)

Tiger prawn.

$2.50

Botan Ebi (Lunch)

Botan shrimp, head served fried.

$4.00

Botan Ebi Mayo (Lunch)

Botan shrimp with torched mayo, head served fried.

$4.50

Spicy Hotate (Lunch)

Two pieces of spicy scallop nigiri topped with avocado and wrapped with seaweed

$6.95

Tako (Lunch)

Octopus

$3.00

Tamago (Lunch)

Sweet egg omlet.

$2.50

Tobiko (Lunch)

Flying fish roe.

$2.50

Ikura (Lunch)

Salmon roe.

$3.50

Anago Shio (Lunch)

Sea eel and salt.

$4.00

Anago Tare (Lunch)

Sea eel and sauce.

$4.00

Unagi (Lunch)

Freshwater ell.

$4.00

Unagi Sansho (Lunch)

Freshwater eel with mountain pepper.

$4.50

Smoked Duck (Lunch)

Cherrywood smoked

$4.00

Mongo Ika (Lunch)

Giant squid.

$2.50

Spicy Tako (Lunch)

Two pieces of spicy octopus nigiri wrapped with seaweed

$6.95

Lunch Maki

Madai Ceviche (Lunch)

Avocado and cucumber topped with Japanese sea brea, ceviche sauce, cilantro and togarashi.

$12.50

Rainbow Spicy Walnut Tuna (Lunch)

Spicy tuna with walnuts and rosemary topped with assorted seafood.

$12.50

Dragon Maki (Lunch)

Shrimp tempura and tamago topped with slices of unagi and avocado.

$12.50

Salmon Skin Maki (Lunch)

Smoked salmon skin toasted, kaiware, cucumber yamagobo.

$6.50

Alaskan Maki (Lunch)

King salmon and avocado.

$6.50

Philadelphia Maki (Lunch)

Smoked salmon, cream cheese, and cucumber.

$6.50

Cream Sake Maki (Lunch)

King salmon and cream cheese.

$6.50

Firecracker Maki (Lunch)

tuna spiced with chives and ra-yu, jalapeno, and tempura crunch.

$6.50

Spicy Tuna Maki (Lunch)

Tuna and chives.

$6.50

Hawaiian Maki (Lunch)

Tuna and avocado.

$6.50

Negi Toro Maki (Lunch)

Fatty tuna and scallions.

$8.50

Negi Hama Maki (Lunch)

Yellowtail and scallions.

$6.50

Rainbow Maki (Lunch)

Our California maki topped with assorted seafood.

$10.50

Spider Maki (Lunch)

Soft shell crab tempura, cucumber, avocado, scallion, ohba, spicy mayo drizzled with eel mayo.

$10.50

Scorpion Maki (Lunch)

Fried calamari, kaiware, cucumber, roe, and chili sauce.

$9.50

Spicy Tempura Ebi Maki (Lunch)

Shrimp tempura and green onion.

$7.50

California Maki (Lunch)

Crab, avocado, and cucumber.

$7.50

Futo Maki (Lunch)

Shrimp, eel, tamago, spinach, roe, kampyo, and shiitake.

$10.50

Garden Maki (Lunch)

Carrots, asparagus, shiitake, and spinach.

$6.50

Tropical Maki (Lunch)

Mango and avocado.

$6.50

Tempura Shiitake Maki (Lunch)

Shiitake tempura.

$6.50

Unagi Cucumber Maki (Lunch)

Freshwater eel and cucumber.

$8.50

Unagi Sushi Tempura Maki (Lunch)

Tempura sushi with freshwater eel, tamago, yamagobo, and spinach.

$8.50

Tempura Satsumaimo Maki (Lunch)

Sweet Potato tempura.

$6.50

Lunch Noodle Entrees

Tanuki Udon (Lunch)

Udon noodles served with shitake mushroom, green onion, mitsuba, kamaboko, inari age, and tempura crunch.

$9.50

Organic Vegetarian Cha Soba (Lunch)

Organic cha soba noodles with mixed vegetables with a konbu broth.

$9.50

Nabeyaki Udon (Lunch)

Japanese style beef strips and egg udon noodles with a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura.

$10.50

Sides

Extra Ginger

No description available

$0.50

Extra Wasabi

No description available

$0.50

Low Sodium Soy Sauce

No description available

$0.50

Fresh Wasabi

No description available

$2.00

Eel Sauce

No description available

$1.00

Oshinko

Pickled radish.

$3.50

Ponzu Sauce

No description available

$1.00

Quail Egg

No description available

$1.00

White Rice

No description available

$2.00

Sushi Rice

No description available

$2.50

Mashed Japanese Sweet Potato

No description available

$3.50

Spicy Mayo

No description available

$1.00

Chili Sauce

No description available

$1.00

Wasabi Mayo

No description available

$1.00

Teriyaki Sauce

No description available

$1.00

Shrimp Tempura

One piece.

$2.50

Ceviche Sauce

No description available

$1.00

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