3.5/5
*The restaurant is more of a fast-food place where you have to order at the cashier and a server will bring out the food for you, so don't expect a fine-dining-ish service here.
*A quick glance at the menu, I was surprised to see that all their prices included taxes! Almost everything was under $10 except for a few, but even their most expensive dishes were only at $13, thus Gyutaro is a very student budget friendly restaurant.
-Spring Roll:
I don't recall that the filling contain any meat at all, I believe it consisted of vegetables, mushrooms and glass noodle (?). These weren't greasy and had a nice golden brown crispy crust. I liked how the vegetables were not overcooked inside and still had some crunchiness to it. The filling was well seasoned, salty enough to not taste bland with a nice kick of white or black pepper.
-Lava Egg
They were exactly how a ramen egg should be. The egg white was softly firm while the golden yolk was creamy and just slightly runny.
-Takoyaki
too doughy and I couldn't find any octopus pieces at all.
-Ginger Pork rice bowl
Don't let the word "ginger" scare you, the ginger taste was really minimal and not overbearing at all. The pork was tender and succulent, and nicely soaked up all of that sweet soy based sauce.
-Gyudon - Beef bowl with raw egg
I thought the beef was a bit too dry so I definitely recommend getting either a raw egg or cheese for an extra dollar to solve that issue. Otherwise the beef was thinly sliced and marinated in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with daishi, soy sauce and mirin.