You know those meals that make you sit back mid-bite and say, "Oh wow... this is it. This is my personality now." That's Daruma. Let's start with the lobster roll, because this thing deserves its own standing ovation. Perfectly chilled lobster, just the right touch of creamy sauce, wrapped up like a little sushi love letter. It's rich without being heavy, and it'll ruin you for any other roll in town. Then there's the spicy ramen, which might be one of the most comforting, soul-recharging bowls you'll find in Greeley. The broth hits you with that warm, savory hug you didn't know you needed, and the spice level is dialed in perfectly - enough to wake up your taste buds but not enough to make you regret life choices. The vibe? Cozy, chill, and just a little fancy without being intimidating. Perfect for a date night, family dinner, or that solo night out where you pretend you're the mysterious main character in an indie film. Bottom line: Daruma is the kind of place you keep coming back to because it just gets it. Go for the lobster roll, stay for the spicy ramen, and thank me later. read more

Very fresh seafood. The best that I've found in Greeley and I have tried several places.

We've been to this place many times before but have never left a review. This place is definitely a hidden gem! We got the sushi, Udon noodles, and chicken katsu. The rolls were solid, and the taste was good I would recommend them to anyone. The chicken katsu was done well, the chicken was crispy and the rice was warm and very good as well. It was also served with cabbage and another sauce as well as broccoli and carrot slices. The udon noodles were nice and springy they tasted fresh and the broth was somehow sweet with onions in it. It also came with a piece of shrimp tempura, cucumber, and carrots. I can honestly say that it is one of my favorite udon noodles yet. The broth felt very nice and homemade, would recommend these to anyone! I have had the boba and a few other dishes, and I have never had anything from here that I have not liked! read more

It's small restaurants like this that you know have the best food! Great deals on basic sushi rolls and the crab rangoons were great. The quality of fish was especially good, and the portions were great as well. Can't wait to come back! read more

Was looking for a different sushi place in the area and was curious what Daruma was like. Yes, this is a sushi restaurant. And yes, the sushi is good. First, I'll tell you about my experience. When I arrived there was plenty of parking outside along the street of this sushi restaurant. There is outside seating and inside seating. The inside has several tables that can seat around 6 people. See my pictures attached. I ordered my sushi; 3 rolls for $9.99, which is a fair price. There are select types of sushi on a list that can be part of the 3-roll deal. I also got hot saké for around 6 bucks. Some of the special rolls cost around $10. The sushi took a little longer than I expected to come out and get to my table, but when it came out I was happy. The sushi is rolled tightly, was a good size, and a decent amount of ingredients inside. It was also styled nicely on my plate. See my attached pictures. I ordered all salmon avocado rolls, because they are my favorite. I was pleased to see that they also have gluten-free soy sauce. The hot sake comes in the ideal hot saké glass with the small shot glass. I have no gripes with my meal and was pleased. All together for a decent price, would make it tempting to me to come back often. I posted pictures of the menu items above the cash register. Check out the variety of food here. There is more than sushi here. If I were to make any improvements to this place, I would add some more sushi types to the menu, and not bother with sushi rolls with only a single meat in it, and no other combined ingredients. Spicy Mayo, cucumber, and avocado can make sushi more tempting. Before I came here I had a hard time finding a menu. This restaurant needs a website with the menu posted. Possibly a Facebook page with pictures of different plates and drinks posted on it occasionally. It would be nice if there was some Japanese music being played in the background, and the TV shouldn't be on the CNN channel (laughing). I also would enjoy seeing some of the staff going around and checking on customers to see how they are doing. So what do I think overall? Well I definitely approve of this restaurant, and I certainly will be coming back for sushi. The prices are also fair, so in that case, why not come back more often with some friends? I think this place would be twice as busy if people could see the menu items online. Also, gluten and lactose free food options always bring more people in. I do suggest you come by to try the sushi here. I approve and believe you should come by and try this place soon. See my attached pictures. read more

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Some might consider it an addiction but we just can't resist. We order take out from here all the time, at least once a week. The food is consistently delicious, generous portions, and the staff is always very friendly. read more

I got sushi here and it did not disappoint. The standard rolls are really good quality for the price. Didn't try any specials rolls but I assume the quality is the same. My girlfriend got the chicken katsu and it was excellent! Crispy chicken and great tangy sauce! Good food here. Would recommend. read more

My daughter and I stopped by for lunch today. I ordered the seafood ramen, tempura combo & my daughter ordered the spicy ramen, and the spicy sushi. The shiro (soup base) had no body or flavor, It seems to be packaged Saimin with a lot of chili pepper in it. The shrimp tempuras were way to small, though the veggies were nice. And the Spicy sushi roll was not up to speed. The rice was very mushy (too much water while being cooked), and I couldn't find the shrimp! I will not be visiting this place anytime soon, I'd rather make my own Saimin if they are the last result. The counter clerk was nice and friendly...that's why I rated this place two stars! read more

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Very goo sushi. The ramen bowl was good but way too many onions. Will return to try more

Well I got a Grubhub delivered to my job today...I have craving sushi and tempura shrimp for two weeks now. I was undecided about where to get it from but I'm very happy I chose Daruma. I got the Hot Night Roll and tempura shrimp. Delicious!!! read more

Daruma Japanese Restaurant - 3-2. Shrimp Tempura - Japanese Near Me - Greeley, Colorado

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to make a long story short i tried their ramen and it tasted STRAIGHT UP AWFUL. The egg on the ramen did not look good, the yolk looked like its nasty because it is and the ramen? Oh yea the ramen, it tasted like someone bought a ramen beef pack and cooked them for their customers. Never visiting this again. read more

This is decent sushi for the price. You get 3 rolls (6 pieces each) for $12. Before inflation, it was $10. I get the tuna & avocado, salmon & avocado, eel & avocado, shrimp tempura, and calamari tempura. I've had the bulbogi (Korean beef) & Udon noodle soup there as well. Their Udon soup has onions and carrots in it, which makes it unusual. If someone has to spend time in Greeley, this is a good restaurant for the area. It's also walking distance from the University of Northern Colorado. read more

Food was ok. Service was terrible. We ordered to take out. Food sat on their counter for 10+ minutes before someone thought to check it for an order. Bagged it and didn't give proper utensils. read more

Big menu, but we enjoyed the veggie teriyaki, veggie yakisoba, and a bento box. Girls working up front aren't ever super friendly, and food can take awhile to come out. However, it's super tasty and we have eaten here a few times when in town. Our daughter eats here regularly and loves it. Prices for sushi affordable. Not bad for college town grub. read more

Hot food was cold, over priced, extremely unorganized. Lost our order. Place is a mess. read more

I always get the three roll combo with the tempura rolls as my selection. They used to be fully breaded. Now they a skimming... Quality sank hella... Just having a fried shrimp on the inside doesn't taste the same! No longer have a reason to go here, over other sushi places. Especially when you consider the high price and wait time. (Plus they are out of boba almost every time Im there) read more

We have been coming here for years and it is always a great place for good sushi at an excellent price. And a carafe of hot sake hits the spot every time! read more

As this is walking distance of both the UNC School of Music and the Business School it is often packed with students and faculty. However, it is quiet and a great place to get lunch after the throngs have dispares back into the classrooms. @1:15. A popular choice among the Asian options is the three roll combo- you can choose any of the ten options. My rolls today were tasty (I prefer traditional, fewer ingredient rolls), how ever, they were rather haphazardly constructed and tended to fall apart between the plate and my mouth. Normally they are better. This is a decent place for rolls, bento box lunches and some ramen or bulgogi. They don't have straight out sushi- but Colorado hasn't been close to an ocean since the Paleozoic era. The atmosphere is comfortable with appropriate volume music- which you can see from my other reviews is my frequent complaint. read more

Daruma Japanese Restaurant - Japanese Near Me - Greeley, Colorado

I got my food and as take out and it was all messed up like t was thrown in there. And towards the end of eating the sushi I found a piece that was completely mangled as pictured. It just looks like no effort was put into my food and I paid a decent price for it... read more

Daruma Japanese Restaurant - Japanese Near Me - Greeley, Colorado

Worst restaurant ever! The girls working are so rude to you and don't care for the job. The food is already not something to look forward to. The girl working messed up on my order and gave me the worst dirty look and worst attitude for their mess up. Will never return again. read more

YOU WILL GET SCREWED OVER!! I tell you now, do not order from this very shady establishment!!! i'de give the idiots zero stars if i could!! After you order they will delay your order frequently and then cancel it 10 minutes before its supposed to be delivered (grubhub)!! STAY AWAY STAY AWAY!!!! Their food is cold and stale too and their sushi is the most disgusting ever tasted!! I encourage you do not order from this shady joint!!!!!!!!! read more

I was the first customer in on Mon for lunch and ordered a Spicy Ramen. After 15-20 mins and watching 2 other customers come in, order and get their food, I asked about my order. I was assured they were working on it. After 10 more mins, mind you I'm just sitting like an idiot with no food, I ask again about my order. They acted surprised and didn't seem to know what was going on. Complete incomparable by the "manager" or whoever was supposed to running the place. Wish I could leave a review for their food but I never got anything. I walked across to Qdoba. Waste of time and money. read more

What a rip off! I'm pretty sure they use top ramen for their noodles and it'll run you $11. It says it comes with mongolian beef but you literally get one small piece of meat (the size of the top third of your pinky. You get half an egg and some onions and carrots. Don't go here for ramen. read more

My husband and I love the food. The environment is very relaxing. Very nice place for a date night.

Honestly such a big let down. Their Ramen has the quality of cup of noodle Ramen. The beef in it is disgusting. All of their fried goods such as pot stickers and egg rolls we tried were soggy. Everything was bland. Don't waste money for this expensive garbage. read more

Anytime I am craving Japanese noodles, I always come to Daruma, especially for the tempura udon. I have tried udon from every Japanese restaurant in town and by far Daruma's is the best. The broth is super flavorable and tasty and I appreciate the perfect noodle/vegetable-to-broth ratio - I have found that other establishments overfill the bowl with noodles and vegetables which end up soaking up all the broth and quickly become soggy, so that's always a plus! I have also tried the spicy ramen here, which overall is pretty good, but would much rather prefer a meat-based broth for added flavor and savor instead of a vegetable-based broth in this dish. Daruma is a great place for a casual meal and offers a variety of other Japanese foods like yaki soba or udon, fried rice, teriyaki, sushi, and bento boxes. The table next us ordered sushi and from eyeing it, it looked pretty good. The atmosphere is definitely izakaya-esque with nice Japanese decor and offers a pretty good selection of beers (on tap and bottled), as well as sake. There is also boba tea - the taro and thai boba teas are delicious! The ONLY complaint I have is the service. I don't mind self-service of retrieving our order, but our items always come out at different times. I find myself having to get up mid-bite to grab an item from our order. I would rather just get everything all at once instead of having to keep going up in between bites, but I can deal. read more

Stopped by for dinner on Wed Sept 15. Waited 15 minutes to place my order. After 50 minutes of waiting I decided ask for my money back and left. Staff seemed poorly trained. I do not recommend this restaurant. Greeley has much better choices. read more

Whaaaat? Greeley has a cute little homestyle Japanese restaurant and Fort Collins doesn't? That's so wrong, but lucky for the UNC community. I decided to stop by while I was in the area, and since the call themselves a noodle house I decided to try the spicy ramen. It was decent -- the noodles had the right texture, but the vegetable broth was lacking in umami ... more like what I would expect for udon (so maybe I will try the tempura udon the next time I'm around). It's a nice space with plenty of Japanese ambience, but I happened to get take-out and really appreciate that they were willing to package my noodles and my soup separately so the noodles wouldn't get too soggy. It's also nice to see other Japanese comfort food items like katsu curry and yaki soba on offer, too. Soooo ... Fort Collins expansion? There's a place for something like this in the CSU community, too. read more

Normally I'd give Daruma 3 or 4 stars given that it is ok Japanese fare for a small college town in Colorado. It is laudable that they are open during the pandemic, but I am disappointed to see the front of house workers not wearing masks. The FDA says it is optional, but Weld county is a hotspot. May reconsider ordering again until it is clear the management is protecting customers and staff. read more

Walked in to eat at this restaurant at 8:40 PM only to be told that they had already given out the last call for food. They were open. But not going to make us food. We promptly left and spent our money elsewhere.I will not recommend this place ever again! Staff is rude and everyone was hanging out in the parking lot outback. read more

I wanted a challenge in spice and got my ass kicked lol. The BEST place to get some traditional food in town, despite being a little pricey. They deserve every cent and then some, especially after the bulgolgi from hell haha read more

Good food. Very cozy, clean place. Bus your own table, pick up your own food, no wait staff kind of place. Definitely one of my favorites in Greeley. read more

Perfectly acceptable and nice place for the neighborhood. Hey, they're right next to the University, so they need to offer good food at budget prices. They are perfect for their constituency. The food is great - good flavors, reasonable prices. I agree they don't go overboard on portion size, but still, you'll pay twice the price for some of the sushi rolls (i.e. Dragon Roll) at the more upscale locations. This place is a perfect option when my kids are craving Asian and I don't feel like spending a lot. read more

Had this a few months ago and it was terrible. Seems to be packaged ramen and has absolutely no flavor and for the price it's a complete ripoff and incredibly disappointing. read more

Quality is not what it used to be. The last time we went, the Edamame smelled like a pond and resulted in food poisoning. Very disappointed as this was one of our go-to places. Hopefully they will turn things around and deliver the quality of service that they did in the past. read more

Seafood Ramen, was not worth $14. It was the kind of noodles you get in the square at the grocery store no seafood just soup and onions... very disappointed! Won't go there again. read more

Definitely ish. Flavors were wrong, cheap cuts of meat, nothing special. However, for what it is, vibe in the restaurant is pretty cool. If you've had anything legit (think NY/SF/LA), you're going to want to take a pass. read more

My husband and I were in town visiting family for Christmas. We decided to stop and show mom how delicious ramen and treat her to dinner. We waited 15 minutes just standing to order food. The restaurant is a casual dining fast food type of restaurant. I ordered the spicy ramen and it came with a bowl of rice. The soup base was not thick or flavorful. It also came with a hard boiled egg and fish cake. I was confused with the consistency as it was more like Pho with top ramen noodles rather than miso. This is mostly likely due to the broth being vegetable based. Also, it was way spicy for my liking. Sushi was ok. I liked the crunch roll, but was over priced. Our meal cost $80.00 for 4 people, but was only worth $40.00. read more

Well prepared and presented for takeout. Great staff. Hope they soon get karaoke going!

Today for the second time I was given a 15% off card. While I appreciate the offer i will not be using it here. I waited nearly 30 minutes for 2 boba drinks. The last time I waited an hour for my food becuase it was given to someone else. During both encounters i was not offered an explaination until i went to the front counted (mind you its 5 feet away from where i was sitting.) and asked what the issue was. Poor service. Too long of wait times. Expensive. I will not be returning. read more