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Ordering sushi when not everyone eats raw fish

A practical split for parties with mixed appetites. The cooked items on Domo's menu, how to divide the order, and a starting ratio for how much to buy.

By the Domo Cafe team3 min read

Order a cooked platter or a set of cooked rolls alongside your raw sushi, sized to the number of guests who are skipping raw fish, not as an afterthought. Domo’s menu has enough fully cooked options to cover that group without anyone eating around the edges of a shared tray.

What actually has no raw fish

The easiest anchor is the California Roll Platter, 32 pieces at $56.95, built from crab, avocado and cucumber with no raw finfish anywhere on it. It is designed to sit next to a raw platter at the same party, not as a substitute meal off to the side.

Beyond that platter, several individual rolls and boxes are fully cooked:

Item Price What’s in it
California Roll Platter $56.95 32 pieces, crab, avocado, cucumber
California Roll $14.95 8 pieces, crab mayo, avocado, cucumber, masago
Dragon Roll $15.95 Shrimp tempura, unagi, avocado, kabayaki sauce
Crispy Tempura Roll $14.95 Shrimp tempura, crispy onions, kabayaki sauce
Vegetarian + Inari $14.95 4 pieces vegetarian maki, 4 pieces inari, no fish at all
Unagi + 2Pcs Ebi Bento $18.95 Grilled unagi, ebi nigiri, rice, edamame, miso soup
Teriyaki Chicken + 2Pcs Unagi Bento $18.95 Teriyaki chicken, unagi nigiri, rice, edamame, miso soup

A word of caution on labels: a tag like “cooked options” on Domo’s broader menu can mean a dish includes some cooked components, not that the whole dish is raw fish free. The Spicy Tempura Roll, for example, pairs shrimp tempura with spicy ahi, which is raw. If raw fish is a hard no for someone in your group, stick to the list above rather than the tag.

If someone wants a full cooked meal on their own

Not everyone wants to eat off a shared platter. For a standalone plate, Domo’s Domo Bowl section is entirely cooked, teriyaki chicken, unagi, sukiyaki beef and the Unagyu Don, and tempura udon skips raw fish too. The bento boxes work the same way when someone wants a fuller plate with edamame and miso soup included, though check the specific box, several bento combinations pair a cooked protein with two pieces of raw or aburi nigiri.

How to split the order

Start with a headcount of guests who are avoiding raw fish, separate from your total guest count. Then size the cooked order the same way you would size a raw one. Using the same nine pieces as a meal, five pieces as a side rule from how much sushi you need per person, one 32 piece California Roll Platter covers roughly three to four guests when it is their whole meal, or about six when it is one dish among several.

For a small group, a couple of rolls read as more thoughtful than a whole extra platter. Two California Rolls and a Dragon Roll gets four cooked-only guests a real plate without you buying a second full-size platter.

For a larger party, order both formats in the same pickup: one or two raw platters for guests eating sashimi and nigiri, one California Roll Platter and a couple of rolls for guests who are not. Everyone eats off the same table, nobody is served a special plate, and nothing goes to waste because both trays get used.

Do not solve it by adding more raw platters

The instinct when a group is mixed is to order more sushi and hope people figure it out. That leaves your raw-avoiding guests picking through a platter for the two or three cooked pieces buried in it, usually the California roll corner of a Mixed Combo Platter. A dedicated cooked platter or rolls costs less than an extra raw platter and actually solves the problem.

For more on how the raw side of the menu breaks down, sushi vs sashimi covers which formats are raw and which are not.

Tell us the split

Work out how many guests are skipping raw fish, add a cooked platter alongside the raw ones, and order online for your pickup date and time.

More questions

Is California roll actually raw fish free?

Yes. Domo's California Roll and California Roll Platter are built from crab, avocado, cucumber and masago, with no raw finfish in either.

What about someone who eats no fish at all, cooked or raw?

Vegetarian + Inari is fish free entirely, four pieces of vegetarian maki and four pieces of inari. Teriyaki chicken options across the bento and udon menu also skip fish completely.

Can one order include both raw and cooked platters?

Yes, and that is the normal way to handle a mixed group. Order a raw platter for guests who want it and a cooked platter or rolls alongside it, in the same pickup order.

On the menu

What this looks like at Domo

Every item below is on the current menu with its published price. See the full menu.

  • California Roll Platter, platters at Domo Cafe

    Thirty two pieces of California roll, so a table that skips raw fish is covered.

    32 piecesNo raw fish
    $56.95
  • California Roll, rolls at Domo Cafe

    Eight pieces of crab mayo, avocado and cucumber, topped with masago.

    8 piecesNo raw fish
    $14.95
  • Vegetarian + Inari, rolls at Domo Cafe

    Four vegetarian maki and four inari. No fish, no meat.

    8 piecesNo raw fish
    $14.95
  • Unagi + 2 Pcs Ebi, bento at Domo Cafe

    Grilled unagi with two ebi nigiri, sushi rice and edamame. Miso soup included.

    No raw fish
    $18.95
In pictures

What this looks like

Domo's own photography. More on Inside Domo

Bento

Tempura on the cooked side

Two shrimp tempura alongside ahi poke and nigiri. The bento to order when half your table skips raw fish.

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