Kanji-kana - Washington DC

My children and I go here when we are in town. Everything I have had is great. Very pleased with the spicy yellow curry bowl. My children all tried and said they want that next time we go. I checked hours and we set out at 6:30 pm on a Saturday evening and they were closed. Very disappointed. I hate to take a star away since it could have been an emergency but I see another reviewer said the same thing. Red Curry with Shrimp was great. Love this place. I did find out that weekends are slow and they maybe closed on Saturdays. If going on Saturdays I would call in the afternoon to see if they are open. I am changing my 4 to 5 star. I gave a 4 because I did not understand why they were closed when I went on a Saturday. I understand now so I am giving a 5 star rating.

The food was pretty good, and the prices were very reasonable compared to other Japanese restaurants in DC. The tonkotsu domburi was an interesting idea: serve the chashu (pork belly) and nidamago (half-boiled egg) from a tonkotsu ramen on top of rice instead. If everything had been piping hot instead of warm (pork and rice) or cold (the egg), I would have gone with five stars. Still, it was a tasty meal.

Staff were very nice. Very clean and relaxing place. Ramen base soup was good, noodles not so much. Takoyaki here is good too.

Not the greatest ramen in the city but the difference between here and the top notch spots is not considerable. Way more accessible than most and inexpensive and still quite tasty. A frequent lunch break spot.

Surprisingly spacious and clean space on the third floor. The ramen wasn't like specialty ramen shop but it was quite good. Overall it's a great fast-food type of place that's cheap and functional and clean. They are in GrubHub too.