Daruma is vastly overrated--it is hard to believe that many of these reviewers have had many experiences with Japanese "yakiniku," or even Mongolian "Chinggis Khan" (in Mongolia, where I have spent a lot of time). I rated the service one star b/c of the long waits that everybody mentions, not b/c of the service inside which is just fine and friendly. But waiting one or two hours in the snow (last February during the Ice Festival) or last night in the pouring rain is a joke unless the dining is superb, and it is not. There are only three menu options (Chinggis Khan @ ￥1280--mutton, I think, Superior Meat @ ￥1400, and Filet @ ￥1600). Each is about four smallish hunks of meat. The Superior meat was chewy and the filet was OK, but lacked taste. There is only one kind of sauce, a rather bland soy-mirin combo. You can add only garlic or red pepper. There is a big pile of onions that get piled on the coal-fired hot cast iron cooking plate that are tasty. The "Mom's home-made kimchee" is pretty good. You need at least two plates of meat per person to fill up. Our total bill was ￥9800 for two people, four plates of food, three beers. The overall taste of the meat was about 2-3 stars, the lack of other sauces and condiments about 1 star. The atmosphere was fun and lively, but since they rush you out it is isn't much fun. Since there are only three set options for meat, everything is pretty bang-bang, order, eat, run. There are many, many other places that are cheaper, have better tasting meat, and vastly more menu options--and no wait. I am happy to have had the famous Daruma experience, but I wouldn't go back. If you must go, try one of their other shops (Daruma 7.4, Daruma 5.5, etc.) which are bigger and have less lines.