maybe I'm just not the izakaya type... coming here to DonDon izakaya and even Guu... My tastes are probably more attuned to the pedestrian "North American" version of Japanese food.
Went to DonDon with a party of roughly 20 individuals for a Friday Birthday dinner. For some reason they must not number their seats when they do orders because every time an order came in, we had to yell out the order and the person that ordered would have to raise their hand. Maybe it's part of the bar experience but since the place is loud, sometimes the person that ordered didn't hear it and someone would take theirs or we'd send it back.
Then there was the whole forgetting someone else's order which kind of sucked.
Another issue I may also have had is that they said they couldn't split the bill more than 2x... Maybe it's a way to ensure their severs aren't running around with multiple terminals but 2 seems a bit low, but hey maybe again it's part of the experience.
There were a few party rooms in the back that were sit down, that seemed a bit fun... If not awkward sitting cross legged for that long.
The prices id say were slightly more affordable than Guu.
If you want to enjoy a variety of Japanese inspired and Japanese alcoholic beverage they seemed to have a good menu... A friend ordered plum wine (bonus points for the actual plum) the grapefruit vodka came with a half of grapefruit and a metal juicer lol. At least you know the juice is fresh?
Good place to hang out overall and a lot cheaper than going to Japan as the restaurant said