Japanese Pub & Tapas Bar
“Izakaya” is a compound word consisting of “i” (to stay) and “sakaya” (sake shop).
Izakaya 88 is Rockford’s newest contemporary dining experience. Traditionally known throughout Japan as sake shops that pair small portions of food with sake, this concept is presented to you with new inventive food ideas from the culinary mind of Chef Macku Chan.
Enjoy a fun night out in a casual upbeat atmosphere. Sing your heart out in a large karaoke room or kick back. Enjoy the game in our cozy lounge. Most importantly… Eat. Share. Drink. Laugh!
Karaoke & Entertainment
Having a fun night out with friends or coworkers?
Join us for Happy hour Monday through Friday – 4:30 to 6:00 pm. $5 happy hour menu. Items include, Fish Tacos, Korean Beef Tacos, Burger, Nested Fries, Gyoza, Egg Rolls, Pulled Pork Burger, Beef Tempura Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll
Tuesday and Thursday – Half off any glass of wine.
Pub & Bar Menu
Rice
| Fried Rice Scallions, onions, carrots and rice made teppan style | 4.25 |
| Rice 2 Ways Beef, chicken or shrimp (choose 2) | 13 |
| Spicy Garlic Bowl Shrimp or chicken, 7 spice, panko and fried rice | 13 |
VEGGIES
| Spicy Sunomono Salad Crabstick, arugula, apples, chicory salad | 7.5 |
| Avocado Tempura Fresh avocados deep fried served with tempura sauce | 6.5 |
| Nameko Tofu Nameko mushrooms and tofu mirin soy reduction | 7.5 |
| Shishito Peppers Shishito peppers with salty and sweet stir fry | 7 |
| Brie Salad Brie, arugula and Japanese vinaigrette | 10.5 |
| Eda Mame Steamed or cold soybeans | 4.75 |
| Spiced Eda Mame Chili, garlic, sea salt | 6 |
| Vegetable Tempura Assorted vegetables in fresh tempura batter | 5.75 |
| Potato Croquette Potato with Japanese sesame dipping sauce | 6 |
SEAFOOD
| Tuna Tartar Spicy tuna, grilled saku tuna in a cream eel sauce | 14 |
| Crab Cake House made crab cake set on a bed of arugula | 12 |
| Sizzling Sashimi Seasonal fresh sashimi, infused jalapeno ponzu in sizzling sesame oil | 17 |
| Shrimp Tempura 4 pieces of shrimp tempura | 7.5 |
| Tataki 88 Seared tuna served cold in light dressing | 12.5 |
| Soft Shell Crab Soft shell crabs in chili sauce | 14 |
MEAT
| Gyoza Japanese chicken and pork potstickers | 7.5 |
| Seared Asparagus Steak Seared steak, asparagus, endive and kaiware | 9 |
| Korean Flamed Chicken Marinated chicken drum legs chargrilled, served regular or spicy | 9.5 |
| Pork Belly Slow roasted pork belly, soy herb reduction | 10 |
| Chicken Kushi Breaded tender chicken served with Japanese barbecue sauce | 7.5 |
FANFARE
| Meatballs 88 Beef meatballs, sweet cream sauce and mozzarella | 9.5 |
| Pulled Pork Burger In house pulled pork, slaw, pickled red onions and jalapenos | 10.5 |
| Burger Our version of a classic American plate. Figs and cream aioli sauce | 10.5 |
| The Rocquefort Steak Burger Tenderloin steak, Rocquefort Cheese, arugula, potato croquette | 15 |
| Soft Shell BLT Soft shell crab in a classic BLT | 12 |
| Nested Fries Yolk, masago, sea salt dipping sauce, dill aioli | 6.5 |
| Korean Beef Tacos Marinated grilled beef and garden greens, blue cheese | 9 |
| Fish Tacos White fish seared with cabbage apple slaw | 8.5 |
| Shrimp Taco Shrimp, chili, soft shell tortilla and cabbage apple slaw | 8.5 |
| Pork Taco Slow roasted BBQ pork, asian salad, pico de gallo | 9 |
| Egg Roll Beef egg roll served with sweet dipping sauce | 9 |
| Roffalz Pizza Kimchi, beef sausage, bacon, scallions, pepper | 13 |
SOUP AND NOODLES
| Macku Udon Executive chef Macku’s traditional udon recipe | 15.5 |
| Spicy Seafood Udon Scallops, shrimp, udon noodles assorted vegetables in seafood broth | 16.5 |
| Ramen Slow simmered ramen stock, fresh ramen noodles and pork belly | 14.5 |
| Spicy Ramen Spicy pork ramen noodles | 14.5 |
| Tonkatsu Ramen Slow simmered pork broth, marinated pork, scallions | 15.5 |
| Vegan Ramen Creamy Vegan Garlic broth, ramen noodles made from kale and assorted vegetables | 12 |
| Miso Soup Tofu, mountain mix, bonito, broth | 3.5 |
WINGS
| Wings Deep fried perfectly seasoned wings, served with spicy dipping sauce | 13 |
| Sticky Wings Slow simmered sauce, soy and mirin | 13 |
| Garlic Buffalo Wings Our version of classic buffalo wings | 13 |
DESSERTS
| White Chocolate Raspberry Swedish raspberry marmalade in chocolate cheesecake | 8 |
| Key Lime Key lime and strawberry puree on a graham crust | 8 |
| Mochi single $2.75 double Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, mango, red bean, coffee and green tea | 5 |
Sushi List
SUSHI
| Tuna (Maguro) 4 | Smelt Egg (Masago) Market |
| Salmon (Sake) 3.50 | Salmon Row (Ikura) Market |
| Albacore (White Tuna) 3.50 | Eel (Unagi) Market |
| Yellow Tail (Hamachi) 4 | Fatty Tuna (Toro) Market Price |
| Japanese Snapper (Tai) 3.75 | Abalone (Awabi) Market Price |
| Halibut (Hirame) 4 | Sea Urchin (Uni) Market Price |
| Mackerel (Saba) 3.50 | |
| Shrimp (Ebi) 3.75 | Oil Fish (Escolar) 3.50 |
| Sweet Shrimp (Amaebi) 4.50 | Smoked Salmon 3.50 |
| Squid (Ika) 3.50 | Striped Bass (Suzuki) 4 |
| Octopus (Tako) 3.50 | Sato Scallop (Hotategai) 5 |
| Crab (Kani) 5.25 | Surf Clam (Hokegai) 3.75 |
| Egg (Tamago) 3 |
SUSHI WITH TOPPINGS
| Ohba Scallop Gunkan Sato scallops, gochoojang, ohba leaf. | 5.25 |
| Orange Sharbet Sato Japanese Scallops with scallions, mayo and masago. | 5.00 |
| Mish Mash Tuna mix gunkan sushi. Tuna mixed with scallions, masago and mayonaise base mix. | 5.00 |
| Kani Gunkan Crab mix gunkan sushi. | 5.25 |
| Spicy Egg Spicy egg and masago gunkan sushi. | 3.75 |
| Baby Octopus Marinated baby octopus gunkan sushi. | 4.00 |
SASHIMI
| Tuna (7pc) 18.00 | Mixed Sashimi #1 (9pc) 22.00 |
| Salmon (7pc) 17.00 | Mixed Sashimi #2 (19pc) 39.00 |
| White Fish (7pc) 17.00 | Mixed Sashimi #3 (30pc) 59.00 |
| Albacore (7pc) 18.00 | Yellow Tail (7pc) 19.00 |
SHOGUN ROLLS
Each roll is wrapped inside rice and seaweed and is cut to 6, 8 or 12 pieces. Note – Rolls do not list every ingredient. Please notify us for any food allergies.
| Asparagus Roll Asparagus | 4.25 |
| Avocado Roll Avocado | 4.25 |
| BBQ Beef Steak Roll Barbecue beef rolled up in a lettuce wrap with gobo and cream cheese, topped off with our great tasting eel sauce | 18.00 |
| Beef Tempura Roll Choice beef and mozzarella deep tempura and covered in special sauce | 7.75 |
| BSCR California roll with baked scallops on top covered with special sauces | 14.00 |
| California Roll Crab, avocado and cucumber | 5.00 |
| Caribbean Roll Mango, crab, tuna, masago, cucumber, avocado and spicy sauce | 10.50 |
| Chicago Roll Cali roll, spicy crab, tempura flakes baked in a special sauce | 14.50 |
| Crab Meat Roll Alaskan king crab leg meat | 9.00 |
| Crazy Roll (12pc) Shrimp, salmon, tuna, yellow tail and crab wrapped in a unique soy wrap | 17.00 |
| Crunchy Shrimp Roll Take a piece of shrimp tempura, avocado, crab, tempura flakes drizzled with eel sauce | 8.25 |
| Cucumber Roll Cucumber | 3.50 |
| Daniel’s Roll Crab, eel, avocado and eel sauce | 13.50 |
| Dragon Roll Avocado on the outside with shrimp tempura and eel on the inside | 15.00 |
| Dynamite Roll Tuna with wasabi tobiko mix and cucumbers | 10.00 |
| Eel Roll Eel and cucumber | 7.25 |
| Eel Tempura Roll Avocado, crab and eel deep fried in tempura batter | 9.25 |
| Futo Maki (12pc) Various japanese vegetables, egg and crab | 11.00 |
| Gluten Free Roll Choose 3 ingredients – Asparagus, Avocado, Cucumber, Crab, Cream Cheese, Mango, Tuna, Salmon, Salmon Skin, Shrimp, Spicy Mayo | 8.00 |
| Harvest Roll California roll with spicy crab baked on top | 13.00 |
| Hawaiian Roll King crab mix inside and tuna on the outside | 14.00 |
| Hollywood Roll Spicy tuna and crab deep fried with a crunchy breading and finished off with wasabi mayo | 13.50 |
| Ichi Roll King crab mix inside and shrimp on the outside | 13.50 |
| King Dragon California roll with half of a whole eel on top garnished with tobiko | 19.50 |
| Lobster Roll Lobster baked mayo sauce, avocado, cucumber and masago | 11.50 |
| Maui Roll Tuna, spicy mix, mango, cucumber and kaiware | 8.75 |
| Mel’s Roll King crab mix inside and avocado on the outside | 13.50 |
| Mexican Roll Crab and spicy shrimp mix and cucumber | 6.25 |
| Mido Robu Roll Spicy crab inside, avocado outside, lobster masago broil on top (10pcs) | 19.00 |
| Morning Roll Cucumber wrapped with egg, crab, gobo and cucumbers in a light vinaigrette and topped with ginger and wasabi sauce | 7.00 |
| Mr. Power Roll (12pc) Soft shell crab, spicy tuna, masago, crab, cucumber, asparagus, shrimp and avocado | 18.00 |
| Ocean Roll crab roll with crab and ginger maki sauce on top along with side of seafood medley (lobster, spicy tuna, scallops baked in mayo sauce) | 18.50 |
| Oshinko Roll Oshinko | 3.50 |
| Philadelphia Roll Smoked salmon, cream cheese and avocado | 7.00 |
| Rainbow Roll California roll with various sashimi on the outside | 14.50 |
| Rockford Roll California roll wrapped with salmon and topped with spicy tuna and baked with special sauces | 14.50 |
| Saku Maguro Roll Sake tuna marinated with scallions and onions topped and seared on a tuna cucumber spicy roll | 15.00 |
| Salmon Roll Salmon | 4.75 |
| Salmon Skin Roll Salmon skin and gobo | 4.50 |
| Scallop Nadare Scallops on top of baked spicy scallops and scallions | 15.00 |
| Scallop Roll Scallop and cucumber | 8.50 |
| Shelly Roll Minced jalapenos and shallots with shrimp flamed on top of crabstick and avocado roll topped with scallions | 10.50 |
| Shogun Roll (12pc) Soft shell crab, tuna, yellow tail, avocado, masago and asparagus | 16.00 |
| Shrimp Roll Shrimp, crab and cucumber | 6.00 |
| Shrimp Tempura Roll Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, masago and crab | 7.00 |
| Spicy Mono Roll Spicy octopus mix with spicy tuna, masago and scallions on top | 13.50 |
| Spicy Salmon Roll Spicy salmon mix and cucumber | 6.50 |
| Spicy Tako Roll Spicy octopus mix consists of masago, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, octopus and spicy sauce | 6.50 |
| Spicy Tuna Roll Spicy tuna mix, cucumber and kaiware | 6.50 |
| Spicy Yellowtail Roll Spicy yellowtail mix, cucumber and kaiware | 6.50 |
| Spider Crab Roll Soft shell crab, avocado, cucumber and masago | 10.50 |
| Summer Roll Cucumber wrapped with tuna, crab, salmon, avocado, mango and spicy sauce on the inside | 10.00 |
| Sunset Roll Scallop roll with eel and avocado on the outside | 14.50 |
| Surf & Turf Roll Steak, mozzarella, crab deep fried in crispy shell and covered in rich sauces | 9.75 |
| Surf Roll White fish tempura, crab, lettuce, avocado, cucumbers baked with spicy crab mix on top then topped with 3 different sauces | 10.00 |
| Tataki Roll Eel, salmon, tuna and cream cheese on the inside with tuna tataki on top with a light masago and scallions vinaigrette | 15.50 |
| Tuna Roll Tuna | 5.50 |
| Tuna Tempura Roll Tuna deep fried tempura style and covered in special sauce | 7.25 |
| Vegetable Roll Cucumber, avocado, gobo, kaiware, oshinko and asparagus | 4.25 |
| Vegetable Tempura Roll Vegetable roll deep fried in tempura batter | 5.50 |
| Volcano Roll Spicy tuna covered in masago and our signature chili spicy dressing | 9.50 |
| Wasabi Roll Eel, salmon, cream cheese and wasabi tobiko deep fried to perfection with hint of wasabi | 10.00 |
| Washington Roll King crab mix inside and salmon on the outside | 13.50 |
| Yellow Tail Roll Yellow Tail | 5.75 |