Plan backward from the party

Grad parties in Hawaiʻi run long, feed more people than the invite list suggested, and often overlap with two other parties the same weekend. Build in more food than the headcount implies, and lock your pickup time early.

Order online as soon as the date is set, even if the headcount is still changing. Quantities can be adjusted later. Pickup times on busy May Saturdays fill up.

What works for a grad crowd

The platters with the most pieces, plus a California platter. Teenagers and their friends will clear a California platter faster than anything else on the table, while the aunties and uncles work through the nigiri.

If the party runs across an afternoon, splitting the order into two pickup times keeps the second wave as fresh as the first. Call the store to arrange it.

Starting points

Plans that fit this

Platters from the menu, at menu prices. Change anything when you order online.

Premium Nigiri Platter, part of the Celebration catering plan

Celebration

Birthdays, graduations and anything where the food is part of the occasion

Pieces
96
Menu price
$205.85
Rough estimate
10 as a meal, 19 as part of a spread

Premium nigiri for the sushi people, torched aburi for the ones who like it warm and garlicky, California for everyone else.

Estimate only, based on 9 pieces a person for a meal and 5 when sushi is one of several dishes. You set the final quantities when you order.

Mixed Combo Platter, part of the Large Event catering plan

Large Event

A hall, a church function, a graduation party that keeps growing

Pieces
164
Menu price
$257.80
Rough estimate
18 as a meal, 32 as part of a spread

Built around the Mixed Combo and the Kazoku, two of the largest platters on the menu. For a bigger group, add more of the same platters.

Estimate only, based on 9 pieces a person for a meal and 5 when sushi is one of several dishes. You set the final quantities when you order.

Order these

What usually goes on the table

  • Mixed Combo Platter, platters at Domo Cafe

    Menu number #4Mixed Combo Platter

    Forty-six pieces: ebi, local ahi, salmon and unagi nigiri, California roll and assorted hosomaki.

    46 pieces
    $61.95
  • California Platter, platters at Domo Cafe

    Menu number #7California Platter

    Thirty-two pieces of California roll.

    32 pieces
    $56.95

    Upgrade to all Volcano rolls $71.95

  • Kazoku Sushi Platter, platters at Domo Cafe

    Menu number #11Kazoku Sushi Platter

    Forty pieces: ahi, salmon and California roll, with seared garlic ahi and seared garlic salmon.

    40 pieces
    $76.95
  • Sushi Combo Platter, platters at Domo Cafe

    Menu number #2Sushi Combo Platter

    Thirty-two pieces: Dragon roll, spicy ahi bombs, ahi, salmon and California roll.

    32 pieces
    $64.95

Questions

How early should I book graduation catering?

As soon as you have a date. May and June are graduation season, so order early.

Can I increase the order closer to the date?

Usually, subject to what the kitchen has available that day. Call the store you are ordering from to ask.

Can I split pickup into two times?

Call the store to arrange two pickup times. For a long party, it keeps the later food as fresh as the first round.

What is the largest order Domo can handle?

Call the store with your headcount and date.

Also useful: the full catering FAQ and how much sushi do I need.