Daikokuya Monterey Park

Post pandemic experiences are always tricky. The staffing may be short, but the experience is still there!

Came hungry on a Saturday night. Broke the first rule of Daikokuya: came with a "large" party of 5, and had to wait a premium but knew full well what to expect.

After being seated, I knew immediately what to get: Daikokuya Ramen Koteri combo with a Salmon sashimi bowl.

The salad came briskly and after engulfing it, the salmon bowl was soon to follow.

The main star arrived in a timely fashion. The soup was rich and delicious and the ramen was nice with a bite.

Service was polite and quick. It's been a while since I've been here due to my keto attempts.but man does this place always satisfies my urges.

888 ya man as far as original authentic premium beef or pork bowls go, this place won’t disappoint. 888

If you want to feel transported to a small Ramen house in Japan this is the place! Being small there may be a wait, some times 40+ on busy nights. It's worth it tho!

Best place for ramen with thick. Juicy, succulent flavor. Periot! I got me the spicy ramen with some corn. Had the pitcher for 3. And it was refreshing! Also we ordered the daiko ramen combination comes with salad eel teriyaki, and ramen. I cannot stress how delicious it is here. This is it!

Heard about this place from a co worker the place is small lots of Asians I think chinese or Koreans I'm Japanese. The waitress seemed rushed not in a pleasant mood from the start food had good presentation I ordered charshu pork a bit salty and the teriyaki flavor was like soy and sugar. My co worker ordered sushi which had 6 pieces or bites. Paid 27 bucks with 8 bucks tip so total 35 and when I gave it to the waitress she didn't even say thank you. I usually don't give low stars but this place I would not recommend or go to again cause it seems like they don't need the business. Anyways, islanders dis place I'd stay away from if you looking for choke ono grinds for your hard earned buck and no mo Aloha. So until da next run for killa grinds ahui hou!

Called several times, different days for take out and never seem to answer. Very disappointed

The food was good! Not the best but definitely worth a try. Bought the spicy sesame ramen which lacked salt and spice in it but adding it made it tasty. Wish there was more veggies in the ramen. The rest were good!

Try Spicy Miso ramen here, thats the best in the menu. You can customise the protein in the ramen. Its a small place, not much sitting capacity within, they have some tables outside as well. Gets pretty crowded in the evening.

Been to this location just once, past 8pm and it was still very busy. We had to wait in line and didn’t mind the wait too much as we always had delicious experience at the WeHo location. Their overall pricing has gone up, but it’s reasonable since the inflation and Covid must have taken a toll on them as it did to any other businesses.

Got our usual ramen, spicy miso and tonkatsu. The spicy miso was missing the chasiu pork and when reported to the server, she kindly informed the kitchen staff and brought out a dish of chashiu pork slices a bit later on. To our surprise, pork slices were COLD and not pan-fried. Based on my experiences, hot ramen soup always came with cooked-then-freshly-pan-fried chasiu pork slices in it. I get that they’re busy, but serving not completely prepared cold pork for hot ramen soup was just a huge turn off! Also both ramen didn’t taste as good as the WeHo location. I liked that they were less salty (than WeHo) but the flavors were lacking. I just felt like the ramen broth were not cooked/prepared properly.

Based on just one experience (may be it was just a bad day, IDK), we left disappointed. It didn’t uphold the quality of Daikojuya that we credited it for. The quality control seemed to be lacking.

Overpriced for stinkin noodles. Why you people making asian food so expensive! Water n noodles, half egg, really!

The chashu egg bamboo shoot are all cold! The bamboo have kind of wired taste. Their soup is one of the worst I have ever tried. But their fry rice, curry rice are not bad

Good location.with a pool hall right next door so you can play n eat after, good combo and you can eat outside.the ramen was great

Haven’t been here for years after the pandemic. Today just swing by and give it a try. There are lots of flies inside. In my opinion a electrical lamp will resolve it but they don’t take any action on that. During eating, they land on your arms or food. You need to prepare scattering them. Actually they already landed on your noodle while the chef put it on the counter before the waiter pass to you. According to another customer, they saw cockroaches before. Today’s Chasiu pork taste bitter for some reason. I don’t know what’s wrong but it just have a bitter taste unusual. Hopefully it is not some pesticide by accident. I will not come in the next five years most likely.

Really enjoyed the delightful dining experience from their combo of their rich big bowl pork broth ramen that's cooked to an optimal "jing-doh"/"al-dente", the Japanese cole slaw salad with the Japanese dressing is.the best cole slaw ever (?). The mini poke bowl in the combo order really satisfies that wider craving!

This place is still the go to ramen spot! It gets busy on the weekend, especially nights. Worth the wait ️

Not my taste at all. It was too traditional taste. Too expensive. 3 Fried shrimps is $7.50 with one inch size shrimp. Never go there again.
They Never told us about happy hour so I had to spend more.

Daikokuya looked like a pretty popular ramen spot out in Monterey Park, so I decided to give it a try. The shop is not big. There are only a few tables and the rest of the seats are alongside the kitchen. On a Saturday night, all tables were already filled, so I had to put my name down and wait for a party of 2. Not sure how long I waited, but it felt like forever.

Finally got seated and we decided to get the homemade gyozas, Spicy Miso Ramen, and a Daikoku Ramen combination, which includes a small pork cutlet bowl and a side salad. The gyozas were good, but I didn't see anything special about them. The ramen broth was very rich, but expected to have a little more flavor and spice. The ramen had a good texture to it. I felt like there wasn't enough toppings in each ramen bowl. I would pass on the pork cutlet bowl. The pork cutlet wasn't crispy and there wasn't much flavor to it. There was more rice than pork cutlet and egg, so I felt like I was eating plain rice.

I really wanted to enjoy this ramen spot as it was highly rated, but sadly, I just thought it was OK. The price and the quality of food was not worth the wait.

OUIOUIOUI OISHII! My Nexy was acting up and giving me the most Bon Qui Qui cravings. So I went out here and the SALMON BOWL was DELICIOUS! It was served with a refreshing, creamy coleslaw. Super quick and sweet service. The food snapped me right outta my hormonal mood swing! This location is also right by Half and Half + SmokeHub for an amazing night!