Domoishi — Restaurant in Fredericksburg

Domoishi is a chain. Its other east coast locations average around 4.1 stars, ranging from 3.7 to 4.4 max.

That sounds about right. Domoishi is OK, you might love it or hate it.

Their overwhelming flavor is salt. We wished for less salt and more flavor. The ramen pork broth was too salty, and I’m told the salmon poke was fishy. The wings were good, but again I wished for some seasoning you could taste. The ramen could’ve used some vegetables.

And yes it is overpriced. It was $100 for 3 people, and the food fit in one bag. Ramen is $14, poke bowl is more.

My family’s experience was soured when we discovered at home they’d left out the dinner I ordered. It wasn’t a large order and they weren’t busy. Infuriating not to have the food you paid for while everyone else eats. So always check your to go order.

They...

Great food, pretty quick, and great service

I’ve eaten at Domoishi a couple times now and I can definitely recommend it. The most recent time I got a poke bowl, beef gyoza, and shrimp tempura. Their shrimp tempura are worth every bit of $6.95 or whatever the price is for 3. They’re top notch, not unlike something I’d find at my favorite hole in the wall Japanese spot in Midtown NYC. They load up their poke bowls. I got two scoops of spicy tuna, seaweed salad, cucumber, pickled ginger, masago, crispy ginger, and eel sauce on top of sushi rice. Their spicy tuna is a little spicier than local competitors, but it’s not so hot you don’t want to just keep eating it. The beef gyoza is good; it’s the only thing I might not get every time, but I won’t write it off by any means. It’s still good.

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I got a bowl doordashed to enjoy while I watch movies with a friend. I was so excited because I never had a poke bowl before and my friend hyped them up so much. The portions are abysmal. $16 for a poorly made bowl of sadness and despair. I expected at least half of the bowl to be full, but it was as empty as the chef-who-made-it's head. The salmon sashimi was dry and very terrible quality. I also ordered fish eggs and guess how much they gave me? A small enough portion to count the individual eggs and it be under 100. The crab and seaweed salad were drier than millennial humour. Never order here unless you're itching to be disappointed. It also gave me food poisoning, probably from the low quality salmon. I'd rather explain chemistry to a frat boy than to order from this...