Kanji-kana - Washington DC

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.

I am a big fan of authentic Japanese cuisine and Kanji-Kana did not disappoint! Located on the 3rd floor, Kanji-Kana is one of the cutest restaurants I've been to downtown. I ordered a chashu pork bento for lunch and was presented with a with a wonderfully arranged sampling of foods including miso soup, white rice, pickled ginger, and more in a beautiful bento box. Everything was prepared freshly, but I didn't have to wait more than 5 minutes to be served. Having said that, there is a wide range of Japanese foods and beverages available and I plan on trying more. The servers were very prompt and polite and the restaurant is incredibly clean. The decor is cheerful, cute, and makes for a lively lunch spot. All in all, I would recommend checking this place out and will personally return next week.

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.