Curry Dō

Curry Dō (pronounced dough, meaning “the way of” in Japanese) opened in Buena Park as a Japanese katsu curry shop at the end of 2020, added Tustin and Costa Mesa locations in 2023 and 2024, then closed the original location in early 2025. Originally so highly focused on essentials that they were hard to revisit unless one had a very specific craving for curry, the locations have since expanded their menus – notably including bringing back cookies from Dough & Arrow, a sweet shop that Curry Dō replaced when it opened in Costa Mesa.

The original menu was simple: pick rice or udon as a base, choose from pork belly, beef belly, shrimp tempura, or chicken katsu as a protein, then augment the plate with your choice of a fried egg, cheese, or one of the four proteins as an add-on. Curry Dō’s only appetizers were white rice, curry, and curry fries, with one dessert added later (vanilla crepe cake), plus a list of drinks (teas, sodas, strawberry milk) that were all fairly basic but more numerous than the restaurant’s food choices. Currently, the “build your own curry” plates sell for $14.50 (small) or $17.50 (regular) with a choice of any base, protein, and original/mild/spicy spice level.

Gyoza ($7.50), takoyaki ($7.50), and french fries (now curry fries, $12.50) were added around 2024 as appetizers, along with pork tonkatsu as a protein, and around 2025, additional entrees joined them: donburi bowls ($16.50), lemon cold udon ($15.50), Ishiyaki Curry ($18.50, a hot stone bowl with curry, rice, protein, cheese, tomato, and the option of menchi katsu) and Children’s Set ($9.95, with katsu or sausage, gyoza, edamame/miso soup/vegetable curry). In late 2025, the menu grew more substantially with the addition of chicken wings ($11), agedashi tofu ($7), fried squid ($9), and fried chicken ($11) appetizers; fries are now available as a base alternative to rice or udon.