Hayashi Japanese Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Hayashi Japanese Restaurant, a hidden gem nestled in Raleigh, NC, offering a delightful escape into Japanese cuisine. The menu is an enticing blend of both sushi and kitchen appetizers, ensuring a memorable dining experience for all tastes.

Begin your meal with their exceptional Sushi Appetizers, featuring the delicate Usuzukuri Carpaccio or the refreshing Seaweed Salad. For the adventurous, the Niku Tataki showcases expertly char-broiled beef, while the Spicy Tuna Crunchy dazzles with its bold flavors.

The Kitchen Appetizers are equally impressive, including the savory Age Dashi Tofu and the hearty Stuffed Mushroom. The Hibachi Menu features tender Hibachi Chicken, perfectly cooked and accompanied by fresh salad and miso soup.

With its serene ambiance, friendly service, and delectable dishes, Hayashi is truly a must-visit for sushi lovers and culinary enthusiasts alike.

Kitchen Appetizers

Edamame

Boiled soy beans.

$5.50

Shumai

Steamed shrimp dumplings.

$8.50

Fire Cracker Shrimp

Deep fried jumbo shrimp stuffed with crabmeat and cream cheese and drizzled with sweet chili sauce.

$9.00

Stuffed Mushroom

Large white mushroom stuffed with shrimp and vegetable mix and served with teriyaki sauce.

$12.00

Shrimp Tempura

$9.00

Vegetable Tempura

$9.00

Seafood Tempura

$10.00

Gyoja

Pan fried pork dumplings.

$9.00

Age Dashi Tofu

Fried tofu garnished with bonito, nori, chives, radish, ginger and served in hot dandashi broth.

$12.00

Softshell Crab Tempura

Deep fried soft shell crab with ponzu sauce.

$11.00

Calamari Tempura

Deep fried calamari served with ponzu sauce.

$10.00

Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura

$10.00

Seaweed Salad

$10.00

Hayashi Special Salad

Calamari cucumber, seaweed, crab meat and with house special sauce.

$10.00

Kanisu

Crab, cream cheese, avocado wrapped in thin slice of cucumber and served with special sauce.

$10.00

6 Pieces Sashimi Sampler

$13.00

Tataki

Lightly seared tuna served with ponzu sauce.

$17.00

Niku Tataki

Char-broiled beef, rare inside, sliced thin and served with ponzu sauce.

$17.00

Calamari Salad

$10.00

Avocado Salad

$10.00

Sunomono Salad

Cucumber, crab meat, squid, octopus, surf clam, seaweed with house special sauce.

$10.00

4 Pieces Sushi Sampler

$10.00

Usuzukuri

Carpaccio. Thin slices of sashimi served in house special sauce.

$17.00

Spicy Tuna Crunchy

$15.00

Real Wasabi

$4.00

Sushi Appetizers

Kitchen Hibachi Menu

Hibachi Vegetarian

Chef's choice of fresh vegetable prepared to perfection. Served with house salad and miso soup.

$17.50

Hibachi Shrimp

Cooked with just the right touch of seasoning to bring out the flavor of delicate shrimp and served with grilled fresh vegetables. Served with house salad and miso soup.

$23.00

Hibachi Chicken

Careful selections of white meat, combined with the right choice of vegetables cooked to perfection. Served with house salad and miso soup.

$21.00

Hibachi Steak

Prime steak cooked to your taste on a teppan grill and served with selected vegetables. Served with house salad and miso soup.

$23.50

Steak and Shrimp Combo

Served with house salad and miso soup.

$27.50

Chicken and Shrimp

Served with house salad and miso soup.

$27.50

Chicken and Beef

Served with house salad and miso soup.

$27.50

Kitchen Combination Hibachi

Dinner Teriyaki

Chicken Teriyaki Dinner

Topped with house teri sauce and served on a bed of fresh grilled vegetables. All of our teriyaki dinner entrees are served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$21.50

Salmon Teriyaki Dinner

Topped with house teri sauce and served on a bed of fresh grilled vegetables. All of our teriyaki dinner entrees are served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$21.50

Galbi Yaki Dinner

Thin strips of beef short ribs marinated Korean style and grilled with selected fresh vegetables. Topped with house teri sauce and served on a bed of fresh grilled vegetables. All of our teriyaki dinner entrees are served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$26.95

Shrimp Teriyaki Dinner

Topped with house teri sauce and served on a bed of fresh grilled vegetables. All of our teriyaki dinner entrees are served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$21.50

Steak Teriyaki Dinner

Topped with house teri sauce and served on a bed of fresh grilled vegetables. All of our teriyaki dinner entrees are served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$22.95

Chicken Bento Dinner

Served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$20.00

Beef Bento Dinner

Served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$21.00

Salmon Bento Dinner

Served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$21.00

Eel Bento Dinner

Served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$21.50

Dinner Bento

Dinner Tempura

Vegetable Tempura Dinner

Served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$15.50

Seafood and Vegetable Tempura Dinner

Served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$20.00

Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura Dinner

Served with steamed rice and miso soup.

$18.00

Pork Katsu Dinner

Pork cutlet. Prime pork coated with tempura flakes and deep fried. Served with shredded cabbage, steamed rice, miso soup and katsu sauce.

$19.50

Chicken Cutlet Dinner

Chicken cutlet coated with tempura flakes and deep fried. Served with shredded cabbage, steamed rice, miso soup and katsu sauce.

$19.50

Yakisoba Dinner

Stir fried soba noodles with fresh vegetables. Served with shredded cabbage, miso soup and katsu sauce.

$16.50

Dinner Katsu

Dinner Udon

Tempura Udon Dinner

Shrimp tempura and vegetable. Traditional Japanese noodle soup.

$15.00

Nabeyaki Udon Dinner

Shrimp tempura, chicken, vegetable and egg. Traditional Japanese noodle soup.

$16.00

Hot Night Roll

Shrimp tempura, cucumber, crunch topped with spicy tuna and jalapeno with eel sauce.

$12.50

Mt. Fuji Roll

Deep fried. Hot or mild. deep fried California roll topped spicy tuna with eel and spicy sauce.

$12.50

Subaru Roll

Salmon, tuna, whitefish, cucumber, crab, cilantro, with wrapped daikon radish.

$13.00

Screaming O Roll

Shrimp tempura, spicy tuna topped seared tuna with screaming O sauce.

$13.00

Rainbow Roll

California roll topped with tuna, shrimp, salmon, snapper and avocado.

$13.00

Wakefield Roll

Shrimp tempura, lobster salad, cucumber with masago and wasabi sauce.

$12.50

Crazy David Roll

Hot or mild. Shrimp tempura, avocado topped spicy mixed crab, jalapeno with eel and spicy sauce.

$12.50

Crunch TNT Roll

Hot or mild. Tuna, salmon, snapper, cucumber and crunch with spicy sauce.

$12.50

Piano Roll

Shrimp tempura and spicy crabmeat topped with avocado with wasabi and eel sauce.

$13.50

Ah-Sho Roll

Hot or mild. Cucumber, avocado and crunch topped with salmon, mixed crab salad and masago on top.

$12.50

Fried Veggie Roll

Deep fried. Deep fried sweet potato, carrot and onion topped with deep fried shredded potato.

$11.50

Shrimp Tempura Roll

Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado with masago and eel sauce on top.

$12.50

Hungry Roll

Deep fried. Deep fried spicy tuna roll with eel and wasabi sauce.

$12.50

Ninja Roll

Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado topped with masago and sweet and sour sauce.

$12.50

Aloha Roll

Hot or mild. Spicy tuna roll topped albaco tuna, avocado with ponzu and spicy sauce.

$13.50

Great White Shark Roll

Shrimp tempura, spicy tuna topped white tuna with screaming O sauce.

$13.50

Las Vegas Roll

Deep fried. Deep fried eel, spicy crab, cream cheese with eel and wasabi sauce.

$13.50

Mango Roll

Shrimp tempura and crunch topped mango slices, shrimp with house and eel sauce.

$12.50

Spider Roll

Soft shell crab, cucumber, crab meat, avocado with masago and eel sauce.

$12.50

Volcano Roll

Baked. Crab, avocado cucumber, salmon topped mixed spicy scallop and sweet sauce.

$13.50

Surf N Turf Roll

Shrimp tempura, crab meat, cream cheese topped seared ribeye strip and balsamic glaze.

$13.50

Hayashi Crunch Roll

Hot or mild. Spicy mixed fish roll topped with salmon, avocado, crunch and spicy sauce.

$13.50

Dancing Eel Roll

California roll topped with eel, avocado and eel sauce.

$13.50

Rock'n Roll

Eel, cream cheese and crunch roll topped with crab meat with eel sauce.

$12.50

Hayashi Special Roll

California roll topped with smoked salmon avocado, shrimp, green onion, bonito, eel and special sauce.

$13.25

Dragon Fire Roll

Hot or mild. Shrimp tempura, crunch, spicy mixed fish and cucumber topped masago and spicy sauce.

$12.50

Dynamite Roll

Baked. Spicy crab, gobo, avocado, cream cheese topped with salmon with dynamite sauce.

$13.50

Dragon Roll

Shrimp tempura, crab, cucumber topped with eel and avocado with eel sauce.

$13.50

Under the Sea Roll

Spicy tuna roll topped with seaweed salad and special sauce.

$12.50

Sushi Special Rolls

Lunch Bento

Chicken Teriyaki Bento Lunch

Served with miso soup.

$16.00

Spicy Chicken Bento Lunch

Served with miso soup.

$16.00

Steak Bento Lunch

Served with miso soup.

$16.00

Salmon Teriyaki Bento Lunch

Served with miso soup.

$16.00

Seafood Tempura Bento Lunch

Served with miso soup.

$16.00

Wolves Bento Combo Lunch

Tempura, sushi, sashimi, salad and California roll and miso soup

$20.00

Roll Combo Lunch

with miso soup

$17.00

Sushi and Roll Combo Lunch

7 pieces sushi and California roll and miso soup

$18.50

Sashimi and Roll Combo Lunch

9 pieces sashimi and California roll and miso soup

$18.50

Lunch Sushi Combo

Lunch Rice Bowl and Noodles

Gyu Don Lunch

Beef with onion stir fried and served over rice and miso soup

$13.50

Hayashi Udon Lunch

Traditional Japanese noodle soup with napa cabbage, mushroom, broccoli, onion, spinach, fish cake, fried tofu served with 4 pieces of California roll.

$14.00

Veggie Yaki Soba Lunch

Stir-fried noodles with fresh vegetable and miso soup

$14.00

Chicken Hibachi Lunch

Served with choice of rice and salad.

$15.00

Shrimp Hibachi Lunch

Served with choice of rice and salad.

$16.00

Vegetarian Hibachi Lunch

Served with choice of rice and salad.

$12.00

Steak Hibachi Lunch

Served with choice of rice and salad.

$16.00

Lunch Hibachi