Shichidon -- Good

This lovely restaurant offers quick Japanese donburi. For the price, the food is really good. They offer a combination of yakiniku, katsu, and curry to go along with your rice or udon. The yakiniku is pleasantly sweet and the katsu uses a nice thick cut of chicken (unlike someplace like Sushi Tei, where the breading is thicker than the chicken...). The curry tastes a little watered down, but I don't mind when I get a lot of meat. The yakiniku curry udon offers the best flavor by enriching the curry with the savory beef. I think the food is mostly reheated, but hey, they still taste good.

 

Update: I came across the Shichidon at Galaxy Mall. In addition to the donburi, they sell ramen. I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. For a fast food joint, the ramen is better than in most full-service restaurants.

De Sushi -- Neutral

I love Japanese food, especially sushi, but let's face it: there's no good sushi in Surabaya. De Sushi is no exception. The sushi served here is just chunks of rice dressed... erm, drenched in mayo in the hopes that it will eventually taste good. I am very partial towards traditional sushi (nigiri, temaki, gunkan) where you can taste the quality of the fish. Here, even if you omit the meat, everything will taste about the same.

This didn't get a negative review mainly because of the exceptionally cheerful and helpful staff. Even if the food isn't that good, if the servers do their best to make you happy, then it's pretty much impossible to hate the place.