Sake usually arrives at the table on its own terms, warm or chilled, poured small and treated as something you sip beside the food rather than mix into it. Our signature list takes the other road. Sake cocktails make up almost the whole of it, 21 of 23 drinks, and the reason is less about novelty than about what sake does when it stops being the centerpiece: it carries fruit without burying it, which is exactly the job cachaça does in a caipirinha.
The Caipisake, Where Sake Cocktails Meet Brazil
A caipirinha is cachaça, lime and sugar, muddled and served over ice. Swap the cachaça for sake and you have a Caipisake, and nine of them sit on the list. Lime is the original. Lime Mint adds the herb. Strawberry, Strawberry Lime and Strawberry Mint run the fruit through the same three combinations. Lychee is built on the fruit and its juice together. Passion Fruit and Cashew are the two most Brazilian of them, since cashew is a juice bar staple in Brazil and almost unheard of in a cocktail here. Tropical Caipisake goes furthest, folding orange juice, passion fruit and cashew juice into one glass.
Every one of them is the same three-line recipe: sake, the fruit, sugar. Nothing is hiding behind a liqueur. That is also why the family works next to raw fish, where a heavier spirit would flatten the first bite.
Sake Cocktails Built on Familiar Templates
The rest of the signature list takes drinks you already know and rebuilds the base. The Sake Mule is sake, fresh lime juice and ginger beer, finished with a ginger foam. The Pineapple Moscow Mule takes the same idea somewhere warmer with Malibu and pineapple juice. Sake Sunrise is sake, orange juice and grenadine.
Others go richer. The Sake Colada brings condensed milk and coconut cream alongside Malibu and pineapple. The Sake Key Lime Martini leans on key lime liqueur and condensed milk. The Espresso Saketini is the after-dinner option, with Kahlúa, Baileys and coffee. For something drier, the Tokyo Tropical Spritz adds Prosecco and Aperol to sake, pineapple, lime and orange, and the Osaka layers Grand Marnier and sweet vermouth underneath.
Two drinks on the list are not sake at all, and it is worth knowing which. Redberries is gin, grenadine, lemon-lime soda and fresh mixed berries. Umenti is plum wine with gin and cranberry juice.
Sake also holds its own against the grilled side of the menu. The Premium tier sends out teppans on a hot plate, octopus, salmon, shrimp or white fish at 12 slices each, and the ginger edge of a Sake Mule cuts through butter better than a glass of wine does.
Straight Sake, Wine and the Alcohol-Free Half
If you would rather drink sake as sake, it is served hot or by the bottle, in 300ml and 750ml, with a named premium option in the Kagatobi Junmai 720ml. The classics section runs alongside it with the Caipirinha and the Caipiroska in their original forms, plus the Negroni and the Old Fashioned.
The wine list carries named bottles including Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley and Hugel Pinot Blanc from Alsace, alongside the house Kingdom Reserve in Malbec, Cabernet, Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio, by the glass or the bottle. Beer comes in bottle and draft. Several of these carry a “check availability” note on the site, so ask your server rather than assuming.
Nobody at the table has to drink alcohol to drink well here. Twelve fresh juices cover cashew, passion fruit, strawberry lime, pineapple and a Swiss lemonade, and several are available by the pitcher, including one made with condensed milk. The full drinks list sits under the Menu, beside the food.
Where to Order Sake Cocktails
The bar runs with the dining room, from noon until 11:00 PM at most locations, with the lunch service ending at 4:00 PM. You will find it at 5632 International Dr in Orlando, where this started in 2019, at 22191 Powerline Rd in Boca Raton, and at 4027 S Dale Mabry Hwy in Tampa.
Offers run alongside the menu with their own terms, and the ones worth knowing are on Specials: 20% off for active and retired military with official ID on the All You Can Eat menu, and 15% off for corporate groups of 10 or more with 24 hours notice. Hold a table through Reservations, order food to the door with Sushi Delivery, or collect Royal Rewards points and $10 off when you spend $100 through the Kingdom Sushi App. Sake cocktails are the part of the menu that travels least well, though. Order those where they are poured.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Caipisake?
A caipirinha built on sake instead of cachaça, muddled with fruit and sugar the same way. Nine versions are on the signature list: Lime, Lime Mint, Strawberry, Strawberry Lime, Strawberry Mint, Lychee, Passion Fruit, Cashew and a Tropical made with orange juice, passion fruit and cashew juice together.
Are all the signature cocktails made with sake?
Almost all of them. 21 of the 23 drinks on the signature list are sake-based. The two exceptions are Redberries, which is gin with grenadine, lemon-lime soda and fresh mixed berries, and Umenti, which is plum wine with gin and cranberry juice.
Can I order sake on its own instead of in a cocktail?
Yes. Sake is served hot, and by the bottle in 300ml and 750ml, with a named premium option in the Kagatobi Junmai 720ml. Wine, bottle beer and draft beer are on the same list. Some items carry a check availability note, so confirm with your server on the night.
What is there to drink for someone not having alcohol?
Twelve fresh juices, including cashew, passion fruit, strawberry lime, pineapple and a Swiss lemonade, several of which come by the pitcher. There is also a condensed milk pitcher, espresso and a double espresso, one topped with Nutella and whipped cream, plus hot tea and sweet or unsweetened iced tea.
