Domo Japanese Country Food Restaurant

Loved the fresh food and amazing patio

I hesitate to add yet another 5-star review to this place, remembering how it once got too popular and the owner had to shut it down from sheer overwhelm. I'm so glad it's back, it's truly a gem. Every time I go the menu changes slightly, but always it is homestyle food, of a kind and quality that you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere outside the coasts or, well, Japan. The museum and garden out back are superb as well.

Service very slow. One appetizer was not delivered until asked about and then served with entrees. Entrees were served mismatch over 15 minutes. One wasn't served until asked about again. Some people thought the food was pretty good, while others were not impressed. Overall, we will not be returning.

We were really excited to come here to try the food only to see the signs that they are closed for a private event. There was no notice of it on here or online and we drove quite far to come here and are disappointed. We should’ve called, but I would love for them for be a notice online too. The reviews are great, so I’m sure the food must be good. I just wish they would let customers know beforehand.

Wow, first time here. Everything was Great. I ordered a Hotspot and it was great, the broth was very good and went well with the chicken. The service was good. The atmosphere was one of the best things, it has many old items used in Japan on the inside but the seating outside was just as great, it is an Japanese garden that you get to relax and enjoy your meal in. Excellent.

Food that truly reminded me of Japan! This is the most delicious and nostalgic Japanese food I've had in Colorado, period. The ambiance is very comfortable and service was super quick.

Soba was great, broth had a nice flavor, noodles were perfect, side veggies that came with the dish were delicious

This was the highlight of my trip to Denver. The atmosphere at this restaurant is absolutely incredible—truly a hidden gem! The food was genuinely enjoyable. I had read some negative reviews mentioning servers who aren’t Asian, but I was impressed by their etiquette and manners. Even though they’re not from the culture, it’s clear they’re making a sincere effort, and I really appreciated that

A great variety of delicious, authentic food, a GORGEOUS thematic atmosphere (my friends and I ate in the zen garden outside), and the owner does meaningful charity work around the world. This is a restaurant I would have loved to go to for any one of those reasons, but the combo makes it my newest local favorite!! I fully plan on bringing every person who comes out to visit us to this place to show off such an amazing Denver restaurant.

This place is a treasure. The food was delicious and the building and garden are so calm and beautiful. Worth going out of your way for.

Domo has the best ramen in Denver, and a beautiful outdoor garden for summer dining.

Domo has the best ramen in Denver, and a beautiful outdoor garden for summer dining.

Sadly, Covid broke a lot of great places to eat and that appears to be the case with DOMO in Denver. Pre-COVID I had taken family and clients to DOMO and it had been a fun an unique experience in Denver.

The DOMO that exists now is nothing like the DOMO from back in the day. Came on a Sunday before a Broncos game to have lunch with family and friends and the experience might be the worst restaurant experience I've had in my life.

We arrived, DOMO was about half full, 3 large tables available. Our party was a party of 8. The first experience was telling the hostess and him giving a big sigh, absolutely did not want to serve us.

After about 15 minutes we were sat and after another 15 or so our waitress came over to take our order. This is where things went from meh service to bad.

DOMO is running a hotpot seasonal entree, a few different types of broth and a few different proteins. Most of the table, including my wife who is Korean, ordered some form of the Hotpot and a couple appetizers.

Entrees came out first, one at a time, and the waitresses were putting plates to the wrong people (mix ups happen), its fine, so we correct or pass plates around. We receive 7 of 8 entrees, my wife not receiving hers. At this point the we're trying to explain to the waitress that we're missing an entree. There is some mix up between two of the hot pots and another person in out party apparently had my wife's and had taken a few bites before realizing that the order was wrong.

Not a big deal, but we're trying to get the 8th entree. The waitress takes one of the entrees from a party member and is going to have the kitchen correct. Then after a few minutes she brings back the entree she took, unfixed, and says that because one or more bites was taken she can't take it back and to get the right entree we'd be double charged.

Weird, and not very customer service oriented. But we are trying to explain we're still missing an entree. There are 8 people, 7 entrees.

At this point, I think the owner, Gaku Homma, comes out and starts yelling at our table, saying its our fault that the entrees ended up with the wrong people and that he wasn't going to remove any charges.

No one at our table had asked to be comped, we never asked to speak to the chef, we're only trying to get our final entree.

The owner continues to aggressively talk down to the table and the begins to berate my wife that its "our mistake".

Finally, I tell the owner this conversation is over and ask him to leave the table. My wife, feeling discriminated against and verbally abused, leaves the restaurant, won't come back in. We never get the 7th entree.

It was the the most shocking restaurant experience I've ever had. I don't know if the owner was having a bad day, really doesn't like Koreans, or something else but to verbally attack a table of patrons in a fairly crowded restaurant is just mind blowing.

This new DOMO since Gaku Homma reopened is a shell of its former self. Not only did this situation occur but the food was lackluster, nothing like the old DOMO food. Hotpot and soup broths were bland and watery, meat was over cooked.

Food: 2/10

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- A note about this service. My wife is Korean, my children are half Korean. I don't know if the owner/chef was having a bad day or what, but I would never expose my family to the gross behavior that was presented.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The service is amazing, the food is excellent, and the hotpot is very good! ! Curry plums are flavorful and very sweet! ! ! My family members are in tears! Ice tea is so delicious! ! !

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Like walking into Japan, minus the Japanese people and with larger portion sizes. Food was excellent! Wait staff could have been more attentive with water and the check. Great atmosphere, love the decorations.
Thank you very much, Mr. Honma, for taking the trouble to bring a part of Japan to Denver! ! It was the first time I had such delicious Japanese food in Japan!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Chicken Katsu, Beef Sukiyaki Ramen, Takoyaki, Gyoza