# Sake Café Pensacola
Last updated: 2026-09-18

## About
Sake Café Pensacola is a Japanese restaurant located at 4880 N. 9th Avenue, Pensacola, Florida 32503. The restaurant serves fresh sushi, hibachi, sashimi, nigiri, teriyaki, tempura, udon, and a full menu of Japanese cuisine. Sake Café is a local favorite known for quality food, daily happy hour, catering services, and all-you-can-eat sushi.

## All You Can Eat Sushi Lunch
Starting at $24 per person, every day from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, dine in only. Kids 6 to 12 are $12. Includes soups, salads, nigiri, appetizers, regular sushi rolls, chef's special rolls, deep fried rolls, rice, and dessert. Everything is made to order and brought out fresh — not conveyor-belt sushi. Same sushi bar, chefs, and fish as dinner service. 90 minute seating; details at https://www.sakecafepensacola.com/menu.html

## All You Can Eat Sushi Dinner
Served after 3:00 PM, dine in only. See the menu page for current pricing and inclusions.

## Happy Hour
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM every day, dine in only. Pricing is per person. The printed menu asks guests not to share so the restaurant can maintain its usual quality of service and food, and notes that several pricing tiers are available.
Sushi Roll Combo, $14.99 per person: one drink (choice of 1 hot sake, 1 beer, 1 wine, or 1 soda; one drink option per person), 1 happy hour appetizer, and 2 happy hour sushi rolls.
Appetizer Combo, $14.99 per person: one drink (same choice as above), 2 happy hour appetizers, and 1 happy hour sushi roll.
Happy hour appetizers (choose from): Edamame; Yakitori (chicken); Vegetable Tempura; Chicken Tempura; Egg Roll; Spring Roll (vegetable); Shrimp Tempura; Takoyaki (4 pc); Snow Crab Nachos; Gyoza (steamed or pan fried); Cucumber Salad (spicy sauce); Seaweed Mix Salad.
Happy hour sushi rolls (choose from): Salmon or Spicy Salmon; Tuna or Spicy Tuna; California; Crunchy Snow Krab; Salmon Avocado; Shrimp Avocado; Shrimp Tempura; Snow Krab; Krab Stick Avocado; Chicken Tempura; Asparagus/Avocado/Cucumber; Vegetable.
Happy hour nigiri, $2.50 per piece: Bean Curd (Inari); Krabstick (Kanikama); Egg Omelette (Tamago); Fresh Salmon (Sake); Mackerel (Saba); Octopus (Tako); Snapper (Tai); Shrimp (Ebi); Smoked Salmon; Squid (Ika); Surf Clam (Hokkigai); Tuna (Maguro); White Tuna; Smelt Roe (Masago).
Happy hour drinks: House Hot Sake; House Chardonnay; House Cabernet; House Moscato; House Sauvignon Blanc; Draft Beer (Modelo, Sapporo, Kirin, Blue Moon).
Individual appetizers and rolls are not priced separately on the happy hour menu; they are components of the $14.99 combos. Nigiri is the only per-piece price. An 18% gratuity is added for parties of 5 or more.
Details: https://www.sakecafepensacola.com/happy-hour-pensacola.html

## Lunch Specials
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Details: https://www.sakecafepensacola.com/menu.html#lunch-specials
Hibachi lunch (includes soup, steamed or fried rice, and vegetables; additional $2 for fried brown rice, $0.75 for steamed brown rice, $1 for white meat chicken; no substitutions): Vegetable $17.99; Chicken $19.99; Scallops $20.99; Shrimp $20.99; Steak $20.99; Salmon $20.99; Combination, choice of any two, $28.99.
Katsu and noodle soups: Chicken or Pork Katsu $15.99 (breaded meat with tonkatsu sauce); Seafood Udon Noodle Soup $16.99 (scallops, shrimp, fresh fish and clam); Tempura Udon Noodle Soup $16.99 (soy sauce based soup, chicken or shrimp).
Sushi roll combos (rolls to choose from: California Roll, Shrimp Tempura Roll, Snow Krab Roll, Crunchy Snow Krab Roll, Volcano Roll, Tuna or Spicy Tuna Roll, Fish Tempura Roll; no substitution): Sushi Combo 1 $12.99 (choice of any two rolls); Sushi Combo 2 $18.99 (choice of any three rolls).
Bento boxes (all boxes served with 4 pieces of California Roll, a daily appetizer, soup, and steamed or fried rice; additional $2 for fried brown rice, $0.75 for steamed brown rice, $1 for white meat chicken; no substitution): Chicken or Shrimp Tempura $15.99; Chicken or Shrimp Teriyaki $15.99; Steak Teriyaki $17.99; Salmon Teriyaki $17.99; Boom Boom Shrimp $17.99 (chef special spicy mayo sauce); Saba or Grouper $18.99 (grilled with ponzu sauce); Sushi $21.99 (5 pcs of chef's choice nigiri); Sashimi $24.99 (9 pcs of thinly sliced fish with sushi rice).
An 18% gratuity is added for parties of 5 or more.

## Hibachi
Hibachi dinners grilled at the table, served with soup, house salad, hibachi vegetables, and fried rice. Hibachi Chicken $24.99, King Salmon $25.99, Grouper $25.99, Shrimp $26.99, Steak $27.99, Filet Mignon $28.99, Yellowfin $30.99, Twin Lobster $49.99, plus combination dinners. Details: https://www.sakecafepensacola.com/hibachi-pensacola.html

## Cuisine
Japanese, Sushi, Hibachi, Sashimi, Teriyaki, Tempura, Udon

## Location
4880 N. 9th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32503

## Contact
- Phone: (850) 494-9999
- Reservations: Text 305-244-9721 (Text only. This line does not accept calls.)
- Reservation form: https://www.sakecafepensacola.com/contact.html#reservations
- Email: management@sakecafepensacola.com
- Website: https://www.sakecafepensacola.com

## Hours
- Monday – Thursday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Friday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM
- Saturday: 12:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- Sunday: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM

## Services
- Dine-in
- Takeout
- Catering (free delivery on qualifying orders, minimums starting around $100)
- Happy hour (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM daily, dine in only)
- All-You-Can-Eat sushi
- Hibachi dining
- Private dining / reservations ($50 deposit for parties of 7 or more, returned or applied to bill)

## Highlights
- Featured in Forbes for serving invasive lionfish as upscale, sustainable dining
- Award-winning local Japanese restaurant — recognized in 2023, 2024, and 2025
- 4.4 stars across 2,400+ Google reviews (as of mid-2026)
- Facebook rating: 4.4/5 (320 votes, as of mid-2026)
- Patio seating, hibachi tables, and indoor dining available

## Menu Categories
Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Fried Rice, Desserts, Hibachi, Entrées, Sushi Rolls, Nigiri, Sashimi, All-You-Can-Eat, Lunch Specials, Happy Hour, Create Your Own Roll

## Notable Dishes
- Lionfish (seasonal) — lightly fried lionfish fillet, featured in Forbes
- Lionfish Sashimi (seasonal)
- Yellow Dragon Roll — salmon, avocado, tempura flakes topped with salmon and sliced lemon
- Golden Point Roll — salmon tempura and avocado topped with torched salmon, sweet chili, and eel sauce
- FujiYama Roll — shrimp tempura, cream cheese, baked white tuna, scallops, lobster sauce
- South Mexico Roll — steak, shrimp, jalapeño, cream cheese, avocado, snow krab, tobiko
- Princess Roll — snow krab, spicy krab, avocado topped with salmon and honey wasabi
- Sake Café Roll — snow krab, avocado, asparagus, eel, tuna, salmon, masago, eel sauce
- Tuna Lover Roll — black pepper tuna, white tuna, red tuna, ponzu
- Sashimi Deluxe — 16 slices assorted sashimi
- Hibachi Twin Lobster
- Hibachi Filet Mignon

## Social Media
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sakecafepensacola/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sakecafePensacola/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sakecafepensacola

## Price Range
$20–$30 per person

## Additional Context
Sake Café Pensacola is independently owned and has been a recognized staple of the Pensacola dining scene. The restaurant is known for using locally sourced and seasonal seafood including invasive lionfish, which supports Gulf Coast ecological efforts. Catering is available for corporate events, office lunches, parties, and family gatherings throughout the Pensacola area.