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adequatefiber t1_j9w22ji wrote

I liked Haikan's ramen better than Toki, but both are decent. Music is slightly loud in toki and it may be hard to hear your wife but it's a fun vibe. Haikan is slightly better for a date imo if yall want to be able to take things at a relaxed pace. Haikan is also close to 930 club if yall wanna catch a show afterward. Both Haikan and Toki have really good cocktails!

Haikan and Daikaya are both owned by the same people right? Is Daikaya any better than Haikan? Im open to what yall think. Ps if you do Daikaya OP, they don't take reservations last time I checked. Their attached izakaya restaurant (upstairs) DOES take reservations and has other tasty goodies.

Making it at home could be a fun couples activity if nothing sparks your interest? c:

I'll be honest with you, my boyfriend is a Japanese man from LA that goes to Japan every few years... and his take on Toki / Haikan was "it scratches the itch but I'm not wowed". My friend that grew up here adores Haikan. YMMV.

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jofijk t1_j9wnxqw wrote

Daikaya is owned by the same restaurant group as Haikan. The menus and concepts are different though. The ramen bases at both spots are different as are the noodles.

I used to work for the company and because of that am definitely biased but even if they don’t offer some of the most popular styles of ramen (because they don’t match the concepts) their noodles are top tier. Each restaurant has a specific spec that is produced specifically for them by Nishiyama. If I’m getting ramen in DC it’s at one of the Daikaya spots (haikan, bantam king, Hatoba) or Menya Hosaki

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