Reviews for Hana Ichimonme in Los Angeles, CA

Not real japanese ramen place. Almost a mix of korean kimchi broth and japanese style noodles. Do not go here expecting real... broth. Also the curry was thin yet salty. Read more

This place was a great place to get food. Not all the dishes were good but I didn?t have a problem with going to the restaurant... 5 to 10 times a year. Then the pandemic hit. I decided one day to go back to the restaurant one day because I didn?t want therestaurant to close because of the pandemic. I was surprised that the restaurant changed owners. Restaurant was always run bywhat I believed to be a Japanese Family owned restaurant, so now it is Latino Family owned restaurant. Changing ownership isthe problem but the food was severely lacking. At first I thought it was a bad day. So I tried again maybe a couple monthslater. Nope the food didn?t get any better. I ordered a large curry which was like $9. All it was was the curry sauce with nopork or things that come curry and rice! I realized the changed the recipe which I could only assume was because the restaurantwas severely hurting because of the pandemic so the owners cut corners. After this visit and as horrible as this sounds, I hadhoped the restaurant would go out of business. Since the restaurant is still standing, I assume things got better but for menever again. It?s really unfortunate because I have a craving for ramen and the places I have gone to are ok but a bit greasy interms of cooking styles. I wish I knew if the restaurant changed owners again but never again. Read more

Such a friendly and homey place! The food is delicious and big portions. Everything is freshly made.

Great udon and great tempura. The only issue is that I always end up waiting after the set pick up time everytime I order... online. Read more

Everything about our experience here was exceptional! We were going to Max Karaoke in the same mall later in the evening and... wanted to grab dinner beforehand. The staff was so courteous and accommodating and fit my large group in, with the table readyand waiting for us at our reservation time. The food (and drinks) were excellent and again, the staff was wonderful. My onlyregret is not buying the t-shirt to remember a fantastic evening! Read more

We found this place when we were shopping around and it's such a small cute place! I got the spicy miso ramen and it was... absolutely delicious! The portions are HUGE for the price and I ended up taking a whole takeout container of leftovers! And thestaff is so attentive and helpful! Even when the restaurant started to get busier, they still would swing by often to check inon us. 10/10, this place was amazing and it has definitely been added to a must stop whenever we are in LA. Read more

Great selection of Ramen, also in combo with other dishes. I?d love to return to enjoy the food and friendly service they offer.... Located on the 3rd floor in a small mall in Little Tokyo. Read more

Hana Ichi Monme in Japanese means, "Flowers for 1 Monme". Monme, a small coin, containing 3.5g of Ag back in the Edo period from... 1603-1868. It is also the name of a kid's game much like our long gone "Red Rover". Love the displays of realistic lookingplastic models of representative dishes in front of Hanaichimonme which nostalgically remind me of many Teishoku/set mealrestaurants in Japan. My waitress was cheerful, perky, helpful in determining what level of chile heat (mild, 1-5). If I likedspicy, she suggested a "3", but I thought better & chose "2" since there was Ra-yu/hot chile oil; Shichimi To-garashi/7 flavourchile powder; smoky, white ground pepper on the table which I could add in later if the piquancy level were low. Even for me, aperson into Thai, Mexican, Korean, Indian foods, "2" was hot enough. 1) Tried their signature Coconut Champon which remindedme of Malaysian Laksa, a pool of coconut milk w/ tiny beads of bright orange red chile oil floating. There seems to be a chickenbased stock, Ra-men noodles, small shrimps, bay scallops, julienned squid, barely cooked crunchy bean sprouts, thinly slicedonion. If you drink most of the soup, there is at the bottom of the bowl rough ground pork oil sautéed w/ garlic which infusesa funky, earthy, sulfurous sensation to the rich, creamy broth. Excellent non-traditional "fusion" take on Japanese Ra-men. 1a) Cold Yaègaki (yah eh gah kee) Sakè (sah keh) had a touch of woody bouquet w/ sweet toastiness countered by a refreshing touchof bitterness. Smooth ripe delicious apple tone. At $6.50 for a 300ml bottle, it was a good deal that paired well w/ the CoconutChampon. 2) They were out of Coffee Jelly which would have ended the meal on a refreshing, low calorie note. So I opted forthe Fruit Anmitsu (ahn mee tsoo) which has canned pear, tangerine, pineapple, fresh banana, Anko/sweetened, dark brown Azukibean paste, vanilla ice cream, light sugar sauce, neutral tasting cubed Kanten/agar agar gelatin Read more