Tuesday to Sunday, lunch and dinner
Fresh fish, slow broth, good sake.
Mitama is a neighborhood Japanese restaurant on College Avenue between Rockridge and Elmwood. Sushi and sashimi from San Francisco fishmongers, soba and udon in a daily dashi, 20-hour ramen, and a sake bar next door.
Something for the sushi purist and everyone they brought along.
The sushi bar handles the raw fish. The noodle station makes broth from scratch every morning. The kitchen grills, fries and packs bento. Order across all three at the same table.
Sushi bar
Twenty-five nigiri, from wild halibut and Hokkaido scallop to bluefin toro, plus 37 house rolls, including the Rockridge and the College.
Sushi and rolls
Noodles and ramen
Cold zaru soba, hot udon in an MSG-free bonito and kombu dashi, and ramen built on pork and chicken bones boiled for 20 hours.
Noodles and ramen
Kitchen and bento
Black Angus teriyaki, miso katsu, grilled black cod, gyoza and tempura. Bento lets you pick any two, with rice and organic greens.
Entrees and bento
Ramen that takes most of a day.
Fresh pork and chicken bones go into a big pot at full heat and stay there until every bit of flavor and umami is out. Then we build the bowl.
- Slow-cooked Berkshire pork belly
- Shoyu-marinated soft egg
- Sweet corn
- Mung bean sprouts
- Wakame
- Naruto fish cake
Choose shoyu, pork, miso or spicy. The broth is naturally rich in collagen, which regulars swear is good for your skin.
Ramen menuPacific fish, bought from people we know.
Our fish arrives through local, San Francisco based fishmongers who pull from the Pacific and fly in specialties from Japan. The video shows the trip from their market floor to our cutting board.
That is why the wild albacore, red snapper and halibut change with the season, and why uni and bluefin toro are listed at market price.
Read our storyIron Chef approved.
“Two thumbs up! Fish are fresh and superb quality. Felt like I'm in Japan.”
“Tradition and innovation are rolled into a winning combination at Mitama.”
Rated by 223 diners on Google. Regulars come back for the chirashi, the ramen and the friendly sushi bar.
The Sake Bar.
A lounge with its own feel, fifteen sakes by the glass or carafe, the full restaurant menu, and a 100-inch screen for Warriors, Giants, A's and Niners games.
Recently on the table.
On College Avenue at Alcatraz.
- 3201 College AvenueBerkeley, CA 94705
Get directions - Tuesday to SundayLunch 12 to 3pm. Dinner 4:30 to 8:30pm. Closed Monday.
- Reservations and takeout(510) 652-6157