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Sozai Banzai

Super GemArlington Heights (suburb) · Japanese Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1089 E Golf Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Sozai Banzai runs cafeteria-style out of an Arlington Heights strip mall, open since 2016, with a daily-changing menu that regulars track by checking the restaurant's own social feed rather than a printed sheet — the kind of system you only need when the kitchen is actually cooking something different every day instead of running a fixed menu with a seasonal special bolted on.

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The ebi is a reliable order, but check the daily specials board first — that's usually where the real move is.

Ramen, bento boxes, and home-style Japanese comfort dishes make up the core, and it's specifically called out by former residents of Japan as tasting genuinely authentic rather than Americanized. Seating is simple and fast-turnover, built for a lunch crowd that's in and out, not a destination dinner.

Closed Mondays; the rest of the week splits into a lunch window and a separate dinner window with a gap between.

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Sozai Banzai

Super Gem
Arlington Heights (suburb)Community

Hours

MonClosed
Tue-Fri11:30AM-2PM,5-7:30PM
Sat11:30AM-2PM,4:30-8PM
Sun11:30AM-2PM,4:30-7:30PM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (847) 758-7328

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❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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