With almost 50 years of experience Tamasan has been a Chef in some of the finest restaurants in New York City, Key West, Aspen, CO, Portland, OR and Mexico City. Tamasan is excited to present his vision of high quality prepared sushi to you and all our guests. Our caring and committed staff will work hard to ensure you have a great experience with us.
Our restaurant is available for private events: weddings, special weekend lunches, dinners, and more. We would love to discuss how to be a part of your next event here at our place or prepare items to be served at a place of your choice.
We refuse to compromise on quality in our restaurant. That's why we source our fish from local businesses and make our best efforts from local produce.
A Great Start to A Beautiful Experience
Our special house salad topped with select pieces of sashimi, avocado, and cucumber
Chef’s choice of assorted sashimi
Thinly sliced Avocado with sweet miso based sauce
A clear noodle vinaigrette salad with cucumbers or seaweed (wakame)
A clear noodle vinaigrette salad with cucumbers and octopus or shrimp
A clear noodle vinaigrette salad with cucumbers, seaweed, octopus, and shrimp

2 shrimp and 6 vegetables dipped in batter and fried

10 vegetables dipped in batter and fried

Fresh green onions wrapped in thinly sliced beef covered with teriyaki sauce

4 shrimp dipped in batter or breaded and fried

4 deep-fried breaded oysters
Boiled potstickers and veggies served with ponzu sauce

Tuna tempura covered in spicy teriyaki sauce

Japanese style deepfried egg roll

Japanese style pot sticker (pan-fried or deep-fried, non-spicy or spicy)

Deep-fried fried breaded salmon and potato patties

Breaded and deep-fried squid marinated in ginger soy sauce
Sautéed squid with ginger sauce
Deep fried breaded Spanish Mackerel
Grilled chicken skewers brushed with teriyaki sauce

Japanese style fried chicken

Tofu and vegetables cooked in hot water (Yu) served with a side of dried bonito and ginger dipping sauce

Deep-fried tofu with special broth topped with grated daikon and scallion

Tofu covered with thick vegetable Ankara sauce

Chilled ofu with ginger, scallions, and Bonito flakes topping

A savory salad with sesame flavored seaweed
Steamed soybean pods

House salad topped with Konnyaku and Radish sprouts served with spicy dressing
Konnyaku served with Sumiso and wasabi
Konnyaku topped with special mild sweet miso sauce

Yakitori, Gyoza, Harumaki, and Kara-age

Salmon Croquette, Spicy Tuna Tempura, Ika Shoga Yaki, Aji Furai, and Ama Ebi Head

Deep Fried Soft shell crab
Lovely Food Artistry and Tasty

8 pieces of California Roll, 6 pieces of Tuna Roll, and 6 pieces of Cucumber Roll

7 pieces of assorted Nigiri, 3 pieces of Tuna Roll, and 3 pieces of Cucumber Roll

8 pieces of assorted Nigiri, 3 pieces of Tuna Roll and Cucumber Roll, and 4 pieces of California Roll

Chef’s select choice of assorted Sashimi, served with a side of steamed rice

5 pieces of assorted Nigiri, 4 pieces of California Roll, 3 pieces of Tuna Roll, and Chef’s choice of assorted Sashimi

Chef’s choice of assorted sashimi placed on a bed of sushi rice

Maguro Tuna and Bin Cho Tuna Sashimi on a bed of sushi rice
A delicately sliced Maguro Tuna placed on a bed of sushi rice

Krab Roll wrapped with Chef’s choice of colorful fish

Salmon, Salmon Roe, Albacore Tuna and radish sprouts

California Roll covered with orange fish roe

Fresh Tuna Roll
Squid, Pickled Plum Paste, and Shiso Leaf in a roll

Fresh Tuna with jalapeños and special spicy sauce

Krab, avocado, and cucumber
Freshwater Eel rolled in rice then topped with sliced avocado

Shrimp rolled in rice then topped with Freshwater Eel
“Big Roll” with Krab, veggies and egg

Fried Soft Shell Crab and cucumber
Crispy Tempura Prawn with mayonnaise
Smoked Salmon with cream cheese and cucumber

Grilled Salmon Skin, sprouts, and cucumber

Cactus and Octopus with special spicy sauce

“Big Roll” with cucumber, spinach, Kan Pyo (cooked Gourd), and shiitake mushroom
Traditional Japanese fermented soybeans, green onion, and Shiso Leaf
Cucumber, daikon sprouts, burdock root, and asparagus
Choose from crispy tempura sweet potato or carrot
Plum Paste and Japanese Shiso Leaf
Cucumber Roll
Japanese pickled roll -- choose from Takuwan (daikon radish), Yama Gobo (burdock root), and Shiba Zuke (purple cucumber)

Avocado Roll



Served with salad, miso soup or rice.

Chicken teriyaki, tempura, and half California Roll

Pork or chicken katsu, tempura, and California roll

Beef teriyaki, tempura, and California roll

Salmon teriyaki, tempura, and California roll













Some Foods may be served raw or undercooked

Sushi Tama seems one of those mysterious restaurants that looks deserted often enough that one wonders if they're still in business. Sushi Tama may not do the bustling business of TwoKoi or Sushi Town, but the Sixth Avenue restaurant does have a steady stream of customers and fans aplenty. Ask an experienced sushi eater around town and they'll probably tell you they've feasted on Tama's sushi.
Tama's maki menu of about 20 rolls is very straightforward, much like the rest of Sushi Tama. Sushi newcomers will find the restaurant relaxed and accessible; small, but inviting; the sushi reliable and good. It's the kind of place where you take your co-workers for a quick and quiet business lunch, or the family for a laid-back, inexpensive dinner. For the quality of ingredients and the amount of fish in each roll, Sushi Tama is a great value for your sushi dollar, too.The sushi menu lacks lengthy descriptions, so sushi newcomers may need direction from a server. The service is friendly and knowledgeable and food arrives quickly (this is a great place to take squirmy kids, you'll be in and out fairly fast).The maki list is typical of what you'd find at a traditional Japanese restaurant. You won't find rolls with mango or bananas. And you won't find pastel colored sauces drizzled in zigzag patterns or vertical tower presentations. But you will find tekka maki (tuna) and California rolls, among other standard maki offerings. Sushi is served simply on trays. It's a no frills kind of sushi place, after all.The ika ume shiso ($6.29) is a chewy-sweet-pungent combination of squid, plum sauce and shiso leaf. The spicy tuna roll ($7.29) combines meaty strips of tuna with a spicy sauce that is zippy without being overbearing. A Dragon roll ($13.89) was monstrous in size and chock full of shrimp and crab and covered with a heaping portion of barbecued eel on top.Note: Real crab can be substituted in place of the fake stuff for $2.00 (order it, you'll be glad you did).
The tempura ($8.99) appetizer is worth mentioning at Tama. It's one of the best in town – with 12 kinds of vegetables, battered and quickly fried and deliciously light and crispy.


Don't forget to order a very specially created meal or Bento Boxes for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Special Events/Occasions.

Tempura Dinner is a staple meal for a great meal.
3919 6th Ave, Tacoma, Washington 98406, United States
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We are now open for Reservation Seating at the Sushi Bar. Please call in advance for availability or Take Out. If you would like delivery, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grub Hub, and Post Mates service our restaurant.