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| - Summary: pleasant looking and friendly vibe, Donburi offers great rice bowls (especially signature beef!) and yummy ongiri in good portion sizes, but deep-fried items taste old
Top Must-Get: donburi gyuu don (signature beef)
Top Regret: katsu (any of them!)
Third time here tonight, and second with a big group at night (post-game meals).
You're greeted by a brightly lit location, clean looking shop with cute paper restaurant-themed drawings on the wall (adds a bit of personality to the restaurant if you're into that).
Service is pretty quick, although it wasn't particularly busy on a Wednesday evening at 9:30 pm (3 tables). We got our food after less than a ten minute wait.
But first, you get a mini salad and soup on the house for starters. Soup leans on the salty side (2/5) but salad dressing is pretty good (4/5).
The D1 signature beef is amazing. The beef is very flavourful, and portion size is decent - although you'll need to get the extra beef to get satisfied if you're a big eater. The onions really add a little oomph to the taste and it's hard for me not to get it every time.
The gyuu curry rice is also solid - it has quite a bit of rice in proportion to meat, but the curry is really tasty.
The unagi (eel) don and teriyaki chicken don got a thumbs up from my teammates.
On the other hand, the katsu (deep fried) meals taste disappointing. The oil seems "old" and the unfortunate folks who ordered them felt a bit queasy after.
The ongiri is respectable, but don't order too much - it can get pretty filling if you're using it as dessert and you've already had a don.
The green tea ice cream you get for free when checking in is okay - a bit sweet with a tinge of bitterness that I didn't love. I've definitely had better green tea ice cream elsewhere.
All in all, they do the things they're good at VERY well - but they have some things I'm not quite a fan of (katsu and ice cream). Their signature beef, though, is phenomenal and worth a return trip!
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