SomiSomi Las Vegas: Taiyaki & Soft Serve at Shanghai Plaza

There are plenty of dessert stops along Spring Mountain Road, but SomiSomi stands out for a combination that is hard to miss: warm fish-shaped taiyaki paired with smooth soft serve.

Located inside Shanghai Plaza in Las Vegas Chinatown, SomiSomi specializes in Ah-Boong, taiyaki, rotating soft-serve flavors, and specialty drinks. We returned on April 11, 2026, and this updated story reflects our visit and SomiSomi’s current menu.

If you’re already exploring the plaza, SomiSomi is also an easy dessert stop after a meal at Kura Revolving Sushi Bar, which is located in the same Shanghai Plaza complex.

What Is SomiSomi?

SomiSomi is built around two related desserts. The first is taiyaki, the familiar fish-shaped pastry cooked in a molded iron and filled before being served warm. The second is SomiSomi’s signature Ah-Boong, which combines a fish-shaped waffle cone with a filling and soft serve.

The contrast is what makes the combination work: warm and slightly crisp pastry on one side, cold soft serve on the other. You can also skip the ice cream entirely and order filled taiyaki by itself.

SomiSomi’s setup makes it easy to customize your order, which is especially useful if your group wants completely different desserts.

SomiSomi Las Vegas Menu: Ah-Boong, Taiyaki & Soft Serve

The current SomiSomi menu centers on soft serve, taiyaki, and Somi Sips rather than a long list of composed desserts. The soft-serve selection rotates, so the flavors available when you arrive may differ from the combinations we saw during our visits.

Fresh Taiyaki

Taiyaki is cooked in a fish-shaped mold, giving the pastry its recognizable appearance and crisp edges. At SomiSomi, you can order them separately in quantities of two or five and mix fillings in your order.

SomiSomi currently lists fillings including Nutella, Oreo, cheddar, custard, red bean, black sesame, and matcha custard for its standalone taiyaki. Availability can vary, so it’s worth checking the menu board before deciding on a combination.

If you’re planning a full Chinatown food outing, another option nearby is Weera Thai Kitchen, followed by SomiSomi for something sweet.

Ah-Boong Soft Serve

Ah-Boong turns the taiyaki concept into an ice cream cone. Instead of a standard cone, it pairs soft serve with a fish-shaped waffle and a filling. SomiSomi also offers cup and upside-down serving options if you’d rather avoid juggling a filled cone.

For Ah-Boong, the current menu lists fillings such as Nutella, custard, red bean, matcha custard and black sesame. The soft-serve side changes more frequently, so a repeat visit doesn’t necessarily mean ordering the same dessert twice.

Toppings and Rotating Flavors

The customization continues with toppings. SomiSomi’s current selection includes Biscoff crumble, Oreo crumbs, macaron, Cap’n Crunch, Cocoa Pebbles, rainbow sprinkles, matcha powder, strawberry, coconut flakes, graham cracker crumbs, and Fruity Pebbles.

Soft-serve flavors rotate rather than staying permanently fixed, so we wouldn’t plan a visit around one specific flavor without checking first. During our earlier visits, combinations included flavors such as ube, Thai tea, milk tea, cookies ‘n cream, matcha and strawberry.

If you’re after customizable frozen desserts, The Paleta Bar at Shanghai Plaza offers a different option nearby with Mexican-style paletas, dips, and toppings.

Ordering Taiyaki Without Ice Cream

You don’t have to order soft serve to enjoy SomiSomi. The standalone taiyaki is one of the easiest ways to focus on the pastry itself, especially when it comes out warm.

The outside develops slightly crisp edges while the interior remains softer around the filling. Ordering multiple pieces also makes it easy to split different flavors among a group rather than committing everyone to the same choice.

For another nearby sweet stop with a very different menu, Mama Chai’s near Shanghai Plaza focuses on drinks, matcha, fruit desserts, mochi donuts, and pastries.

Somi Sips: Drinks to Pair With Dessert

SomiSomi also has a smaller drink menu called Somi Sips. Current options include Cold Brew, Strawberry Milk, Strawberry Matcha Milk, and a Cold Brew Float.

The Cold Brew Float is the obvious crossover between the drink and dessert sides of the menu because it combines cold brew with soft serve. Strawberry Milk and Strawberry Matcha Milk lean further toward the sweet side if you’re not looking for coffee.

What to Expect at SomiSomi in Shanghai Plaza

SomiSomi is more of a casual dessert stop than a sit-down ice cream shop. Seating inside is limited, including a stepped area toward the back, but Shanghai Plaza offers plenty to explore before or after dessert.

The location works particularly well as part of a larger Spring Mountain outing. Grab sushi nearby, explore the plaza, and finish with taiyaki or soft serve without moving the car. Readers looking for more neighborhood ideas can also explore our Spring Valley stories.

And if Korean flavors are what brought you to the area, Nalsso Korean BBQ & Sushi is another Spring Mountain option we’ve visited when you’re looking for a full meal rather than dessert.

Is SomiSomi Worth Visiting?

SomiSomi makes the most sense for anyone who likes dessert with a little customization. Keep it simple with a couple of warm taiyaki, build an Ah-Boong with soft serve and toppings, or stop in for one of the Somi Sips.

The warm taiyaki and cold soft serve combination is why we point first-time visitors to the Ah-Boong. The fish-shaped presentation may get the attention, but the contrast in temperature and texture is what gives the dessert its personality.

Because the soft-serve flavors rotate, there’s also a reason to look at the menu again on a return visit rather than automatically ordering what you had last time. For even more dessert options around Las Vegas, OMG Tea Lab offers another mix of tea, boba and frozen treats in Spring Valley.