DOMU - Dr. Phillips

Kinda of disappointed. I’ve been waiting to visit Domu for a while now. My sister had been raving about how great the other locations are, she even brought me some to sample and the flavors were out of this world. Last night we decided to choose this location (DR.PHILLIPS) and was most certainly a MISTAKE. Don’t get me wrong the environment and service was wonderful. We were seated at a reasonable time our server was nice, but the foodddd did not equate to excellence at alllll. So disappointed that my first time I had bloody chicken, the RAMEN was nothing spectacular, and our Soft shell crabs was just shoved between baby fried bread. Even my sister was astonished on how different the two Locations are in regards to the quality of the food. Likeeee nooo! My advice would be try another location.

I and my husband went here for the first time. The server did not tell us that we had to scan the QR code to see the menu, so we had to figure out by ourselves. We ordered spicy tonkotsu ramen and uni mazemen. Overall, the foods were good and fresh. However, I felt that Tonkotsu ramen is a bit overpriced, and the ikura tastes very acidic.

While visiting family in Orlando, we decided to try a new ramen place. During my search, DOMU repeatedly came up as well as from locals recommending the restaurant. DOMU received a Bib Gourmand Award from Michelin. We came in for brunch on a Sunday with no reservations. We were seated outside; service was attentive. The atmosphere inside wasn't my taste, but it was clean and has a theme it sticks to. All of the food we tasted at DOMU was fantastic. We were sold on the wings by our server and were not disappointed! They were crunchy, extremely flavorful, and cooked perfectly. I personally had the Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen. It is advertised that DOMU makes their own noodles, and it is evident this is true. The noodles are chewy and springy. The broth was deeply rich and flavorful as I'd expect of a tonkotsu. All of the toppings, from pork belly to menma, were well thought out and tasty. The attention to detail at DOMU is really refreshing. I am not accustomed to eating at restaurants this good in Orlando. I've had my fair share of ramen, and DOMU holds my 2nd favorite bowl of ramen. If you're in the Orlando area, or visiting and like ramen, you must stop at DOMU.

My husband and I tried this location for the first time today. We came for brunch. We were seated right away, but it took awhile for our waiter to come to our table. First off, the music was way too loud. I like to be able to hear the people at my table, and the waiter. The decor of the restaurant is nice, and it doesn’t feel as claustrophobic as their East End Market location. I do wish they had chairs with better backs though. You can’t hang your purse off of the backs of their chairs because they have rounded edges. We tried the fried chicken sando, tuna don, spicy tonkotsu ramen, uni mazemen, and pure milk soft serve ice cream. Let me begin by saying that the fried chicken sando isn’t actually a sando (big disappointment). A sando is defined as Japanese milk bread filled with pork cutlets, eggs, or fruit. It should be meat inside of two pieces of crust less white bread. The fried chicken sando was just a regular chicken sandwich. To be fair, the description on the menu does say potato bread bun, but I do think they should change the name to sandwich. It wasn’t bad. The fried chicken was very crispy, and it was a nice surprise to see that it was dark meat instead of white meat, but I wouldn’t get it again. It was extremely greasy, and not easy to eat. A “sando” would’ve been very clean and easy to eat. Chibi Domu has real sandos, so I expected this location to have real sandos too. The tuna don was delicious! I usually don’t like raw tuna that much, but the tuna was good quality. The watermelon radish had an overpowering flavor, so that was best eaten separately, but I would definitely get this dish again. The spicy tonkotsu ramen was good, although I felt like the spicy flavor overpowered the tonkotsu flavor. Maybe next time I should just get tonkotsu instead. Their chashu is some of the best. It’s juicy and fatty. I was disappointed that they didn’t have the black garlic oil add-on. The uni mazemen wasn’t what my husband was expecting, but he did end up liking it. There wasn’t much uni, and the ramen was cooked al dente. The butter sauce and al dente noodles made it seem more like an Italian dish than a Japanese dish. The pure milk soft serve was very strongly flavored and the pretzels really complimented the soft serve. To me, it tasted like butterscotch, and I’m not really a big fan of butterscotch. Our server Aaron was very good. I originally wanted to order the fried chicken sando and the yuzu citrus pepper domu wings, but he informed me that the fried chicken sando and the wings were both yuzu citrus pepper so I was basically ordering the same thing. I ended up not getting the wings because of that, and I appreciated his honesty. I have only been to Domu for the dinner menu, but I wanted to try the brunch menu, and honestly don’t think the brunch menu is worth it. They have so many good dishes that are only offered during dinner, so if I do come back, it’ll be for dinner.

One of my favorite ramen places out here in Orlando! Always a wonderful experience. From the excellent service to the food everything is a 10/10. The wings are always so crispy, flavorful, and juicy. The Cheezus with the beget is so creamy and cheesy with the sweetness of the corn and the freshness of the scallions and the lime adds a nice fragrant touch. The ramen is always great, so flavorful and well balanced on the palette. They really know what they are doing here.