What to order on your first visit

Order one thing you already know and one thing you don’t, and split the table between raw and cooked if anyone’s unsure. Domo’s menu is big, but it doesn’t have to be intimidating. Here’s a solid starting order for one person, two people, a group, and anyone at the table who skips raw fish.

Eating alone

Start with a poke bowl or a bento box. Both are a complete meal for one. The Mixed poke bowl at $17.95 puts spicy ahi and onion ahi poke in one bowl, no chopsticks required. For more variety, the Ahi + Salmon + Cali Roll + Poke bento at $18.95 has salmon and ahi nigiri, four pieces of California roll, ahi poke, edamame and miso soup.

If you’d rather try nigiri, the Kahala Aburi Set, 16 pieces for $36.95, gives you two pieces each of eight kinds: salmon, ahi, hamachi and ebi, each plain and torched with garlic. It’s a wide taste of the menu without a full platter.

Two people sharing

Two people do better splitting a platter than ordering separately. The Deluxe Sushi Platter, 32 pieces for $69.95, is a strong all-around order: spicy ahi bombs, salmon, hamachi, ahi and ebi nigiri, plus California roll. Raw, cooked and a little spice in one box.

For more variety in a smaller order, the Kahala Nigiri Set, 16 pieces for $39.95, covers ahi, salmon, hamachi, unagi, ebi, ika, masago and ikura. Add a California Roll, 8 pieces for $14.95, if either of you wants something familiar.

Ordering for a group

For four or more people, think in platters, not rolls. The Mixed Combo Platter, 46 pieces for $61.95, has the widest range on the menu: ebi, ahi, salmon and unagi nigiri, California roll and assorted hosomaki. There’s something for the cautious eater and the adventurous one in the same box.

Pair it with the California Platter, 32 pieces for $56.95, and nobody at the table is stuck. It’s the same approach we recommend for any group order: one platter with range and one safe fallback, rather than five platters that all do the same thing.

For bigger groups, the platter comparison lines up every platter by price, piece count and what’s raw or cooked, and the menu finder narrows the menu by group size and taste. For a party or office order, start at catering.

If someone doesn’t eat raw fish

This comes up with almost every group order, so ask the store when you order. The printed menu does not mark items raw or cooked, and Domo counts masago as raw fish. The California Roll, 8 pieces for $14.95, is topped with masago and can be made without it on request.

The Inari & Veggie Roll, 8 pieces for $14.95, is inari and a veggie roll with lettuce, takuwan, cucumber and avocado, and the donburi section is the printed menu’s hot entrees over rice if someone wants a hot meal instead. For what the menu itself calls cooked, our guide to ordering when some guests skip raw fish lists it.

Good to know before you order

Every item is prepared to order to preserve its freshness and delicate flavors and textures.

Wasabi comes on the side. Add as much or as little as you like.

Pickup is at Kahala or Pearl Kai. Both stores serve the sushi, poke and platter menu, and Pearl Kai adds ramen and most of the appetizers. Kahala is open daily 10:00am to 8:00pm, Pearl Kai daily 10:30am to 8:30pm.

Still not sure where to start? Best sellers groups the menu by situation (first time here, best poke, best sushi, best platter, best value), so you can browse by what you want instead of scrolling the whole menu.

Next step

Pick your lane above and go to the menu or the menu finder to build your order. If you’re still unsure, the California Roll and the Mixed poke bowl are the two easiest places to start.