Don Japanese Kitchen

With over 500 very positive reviews, I doubt I have much to add. Don Japanese Kitchen is an eclectic, small restaurant that fills quickly. The staff are really friendly, always so nice. Don serves Japanese cuisine offering chicken & seafood dishes, plus sashimi & rice bowls. We ordered Don Chicken, Nan Ban (giant popcorn chicken), N.Y. Strip, and Torch Salmon. All orders were served in a to-go box on a bed of steamed sticky rice with cabbage and pickled ginger. Our party ordered a side of Don Fries, waffle cut fries topped with Don’s house-made teriyaki sauce and spicy mayo. The quality is consistently very good and bottled water is free. Highly recommend.

The Torch salmon is killer. Raw salmon with some kind of glaze and blowtorched? the top of on a bed of rice and seaweed. I like the multiple options of mayo Don's has. Choices of spicy curry and wasabi. Spicy and wasabi were great on the salmon. The curry mayo was weak in my opinion. Smallish sized placed which kinda gives it charm. They got everything on the walls for charm: decorative art, skateboards, dollar bills, you name it Japanese they put it up. Bathroom was smallish and kinda backroomish as you would expect from a china town style joint in San Frisco. Small and not impressive looks wise but clean.

My goodness they are so quick. The same people have been working here forever and they never fail! The chicken teryaki is amazing on a bed of rice and little seaweed flakes on top. Plenty of parking, always open for dinner, always affordable, always delicious, and always makes you feel at home. They offer 3 bottles of sauce on the side as well that include spicy mayo and wasabi mayo. I highly recommend the Don style fries and they can drown it in teriyaki sauce and/or spicy mayo for you. Been coming here since the Austin location in 2017. Love yall!

Amazing street food here. Everything dish we tried was amazing. Takoyaki - 10/10 Pork Belly - 10/10 Nan nan/Karage - 10/10 Torch Salmon - 8/10 The 3 mayo sauces were amazing. They had curry, wasabi, and spicy. For a non spice eater like me, it was still good for my taste buds. Ordering was easy. They were kind, explaining every item in detail, and the person who served our food was super nice. Since we were sharing, he brought us sharing plates. The place had limited seats, but we were able to get a place to sit, considering it was Valentine's Day.

Delicious food served by kind people. I eat here weekly and will not slow down anytime soon. These folks have seen me at my best and worst but I always leave in good spirits. My favourite dish is the NY strip with crispy brussels sprouts. The portions are pretty generous at a very reasonable price. 10/10 I recommend to anyone visiting San Marcos or looking for quick and delicious meal.