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Dash Japanese Tapas and Sushi.

Japanese, izakaya and sushi · Downtown San Mateo · $$ · Staple · verified

204A 2nd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401

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Dash Japanese Tapas and Sushi

An izakaya on Second Avenue that opens at five, seven nights a week. Its own site publishes the hours and stops there.

Good to know

  • Hours: 5pm to 9:30pm Monday through Thursday, 5pm to 10pm Friday and Saturday, 5pm to 9pm Sunday.1
  • On what to order, I have nothing for you. The restaurant's site posts hours and an ordering link and says nothing about the cooking, and nobody I could read has eaten here, so I am not going to guess at a dish.

Verdict

listed — Everything I can stand behind fits in a sentence: an izakaya trades at 204A Second Avenue and opens at five, seven nights. The restaurant's own site publishes hours and an ordering link and says nothing about what it cooks, and nobody with a byline has been through the door in anything I could read. That is a listed row, and it should stay one until somebody reads the menu at source.

At a glance

  • Booking: walk-in
  • Timing: dinner
  • Best for: dinner, date, drinks
  • Verified 2026-08-28

Where

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204A 2nd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401

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Key: what the badges mean

★ Michelin star · Bib Bib Gourmand · Green ★ Michelin Green Star · Michelin in the Michelin guide, no distinction · J Jeff's own note · Jeff ★★★★☆ 2019 his own rating out of five, and the year he gave it · new the venue itself opened recently · just added recently added to Jeff's list, whatever its age · 2◆ independent chef/industry recommendations · ! hygiene caution in force · ? no current public hygiene record, not a caution · keep walking Jeff has been and would walk past it · the line under a name says when to go: Destination (plan around it) / Solid (the dependable send) / Listed (on the radar). Under it, where the entry states one: how the room takes bookings, and the date I last checked the entry.

Sources & mentions

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Record

page id
dash-japanese-tapas-and-sushi
city
San Mateo
group
Restaurants
category
Restaurant
cuisine
Japanese, izakaya and sushi
area
Downtown San Mateo
price
$$
editorial class
Staple
verdict
Listed
how I know
verified
confidence
medium
status
Open
address
204A 2nd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
coordinates
37.565884, -122.323627
last verified
2026-08-28
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