Rai Rai Ramen has been in business on Oahu for years. I would consider it to be one of the OGs for ramen on Oahu. I remember going to their original location in Kaimuki many years ago (over 10 years ago) with my friends after tennis practice. Since then, they relocated to Kailua, and more recently opened a second location on Dillingham Blvd. in Kalihi.
Recently after a late afternoon hike with my son in Lanikai, he was hungry and craving ramen, so I took him to Rai Rai Ramen. We had dined here before when he was younger, and he vaguely recalled the restaurant, but couldn't remember what the food was like. He ended up liking it so much that he now considers it one of his most favorite places for ramen and gyoza.
We each ordered the mini combo fried rice set which comes with a mini shoyu ramen and fried rice. When you think of shoyu ramen, you normally picture a dark clear broth, however, at Rai Rai, their shoyu broth is cloudy, similar to a paitan broth. This particular son likes tonkotsu broths, so he really liked this broth, and the ramen noodles too (prepared al dente).
The fried rice was very tasty! We took the leftovers home for the next day's lunch.
No ramen meal is complete without gyoza. We ordered a 6-piece side order and saved some of it for the next day's lunch as well.
They seem to do a lot of take-out orders here, and we saw a few people come in to pick up their orders while we were here. Online ordering is available!
Rai Rai Kailua is open daily, 11:00 am - 8:30 pm.
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RAI RAI RAMEN
124 ONEAWA STREET
808-230-8208
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