Daiichi Ramen Kahala - Honolulu

I ordered katsu curry, but the rice was hard. I mentioned this to them over the phone, but the person I spoke to insisted that when they had their lunch, the rice wasn't hard and suggested that I must have taken too long to eat it.

A nice and clean ramen shop with friendly service. Located in a crowded strip mall in Kahala where parking is tight, even for compact vehicles. The watery soup bases are on the salty side, the noodles are served soggy and the meats are tough and chewy. The noodles should be of better quality if one is spending an average of $15 per bowl. GTR is just accross the street where the ramem is exceptionally better.Parking: The parking lot is usually full and the spaces are small, even for compact vehicles.Kupuna have difficulty negotiating raised curbs and narrow lanes.

Food was cooked. Yup, that’s why it isn’t 1 star.Had the mochiko chicken which had no mochiko. When I asked the server they told me “mochiko” was a style and I said, “no, it’s rice flour,” and they disagreed. Also had soggy gyoza that fell apart when I picked it up.Definitely not going back.

I had this place bookmarked after seeing my Yelp buddy Bruddah Brian M. write an awesome review about this place called Daiichi Ramen in the Kahala neighborhood.I 'll be honest, I 'm not really a ramen eater and rarely eat ramen unless its on a cold day in da 808, but what I do like is Japanese curry, and Daiichi Ramen does do curry.Located at the Ku 'ono Marketplace, you can find Daiichi Ramen just next door to the Lanikai Juice shop. The restaurant is well lighted, clean, and the restaurant itself has sorta of an L shape configuration, not a large sized restaurant, but not small either.We didn 't have to make reservations to come here to dine, but I would recommend coming here early if you don 't want to fight for parking in the Ku 'ono Marketplace parking lot.As I entered the restaurant, we were greeted right away got a table instantly. Menus and water were dropped after we were seated and after looking over the menu, I decided to get the Mochiko Chicken Curry on Rice.My homie ended up getting the Mapo Tofu on Fried Noodles.What can I say about the grub?I would say that my Mochiko Chicken Curry was pretty good, generous portions, but I wished they offered different levels of spiciness like the other curry places I 've been to in the past.As for my homie, he said that his Mapo Tofu on Fried Noodles was good too.Nothing like local style comfort food, and the prices here were pretty reasonable and on point.Now if you 're not into curry like me, Daiichi Ramen does offer salads, soups, fried rice noodle dishes, and of course ramen udon options.

Ever since Sanoya Ramen closed we were searching for a good place with good fried rice and Ramen. I think we found it at Daiichi Ramen! The service is fast and dining experience is clean and friendly.