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Winter has finally arrived !

The mighty North Pacific has awoken and the North Shore is basking in the glow of winter-time waves. While North Shore residents are busy preparing for the Triple Crown of Surfing, BANZAI Sushi Bar is gearing up to celebrate our 10-year anniversary on Saturday, November 9th. You read it right sushi people, 10 YEARS! For such a momentous occasion, Banzai will be hosting a special event hosted by 6 of KTUH’s favorite DJ’s starting at 6 pm and going strong to 2 am. This is THE party of the winter, don’t miss out!

Thank you for 10 great years Hawaii! BANZAI will continue to serve its community and visitors alike with amazing sushi for yet another 10 years to come.

Banzai Sushi Bar, we keep it real and we keep it raw.Winter has finally arrived !

The mighty North Pacific has awoken and the North Shore is basking in the glow of winter-time waves. While North Shore residents are busy preparing for the Triple Crown of Surfing, BANZAI Sushi Bar is gearing up to celebrate our 10-year anniversary on Saturday, November 9th. You read it right sushi people, 10 YEARS! For such a momentous occasion, Banzai will be hosting a special event hosted by 6 of KTUH’s favorite DJ’s starting at 6 pm and going strong to 2 am. This is THE party of the winter, don’t miss out!

Thank you for 10 great years Hawaii! BANZAI will continue to serve its community and visitors alike with amazing sushi for yet another 10 years to come.

Banzai Sushi Bar, we keep it real and we keep it raw.

The Banzai Sushi Bar is once again excited to be taking part in our favorite local Hawaii festival, the Joy of Sake! Celebrating the world’s finest sakes, the Joy of Sake pairs up great sakes with delicious appetizers and entrees from 16 exclusive Oahu restaurants.

This year the Joy of Sake festival will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center on Friday, August 16th from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. Banzai Sushi Bar’s very own Chef Hide has crafted an exquisite dish, Tasmanian king salmon saikyo misozuke sashimi with Okinawan sweet potato mash and chrysanthemum ohitashi, especially for the festival. You don’t want to miss out on this delectable dish!

Celebrating Hawaii’s hundred-year love affair with the Japanese rice wine, the Joy of Sake is an annual event that is full of great food and delicious sake. Tickets are $85 per person, and $95 per person at the door. From the early days of Japanese immigration to the founding of the Honolulu Sake Brewery, Honolulu has a long history with sake. And did you know that Honolulu has more sake-serving restaurants per capita than any other city in the US? It’s true!

Come enjoy a beautiful night in Honolulu with the Banzai Sushi Bar as we keep it real and we keep it raw at the Hawaii Convention Center!

Stop by Banzai Sushi Bar and pick up your Joy of Sake tickets at a discounted rate – only $75 per person!!!

Big news at the Banzai Sushi Bar this summer! Everybody’s favorite North Shore sushi bar is now selling BANZAI hats, t-shirts and tank tops. The perfect apparel for the North Shore lifestyle, BANZAI apparel also makes a great gift for your friends and family that miss Hawaii.

Printed and designed in Hawaii, this new BANZAI apparel is made for cruising down the famous coastline of the North Shore and for representing the North Shore while traveling abroad! Speaking of cruising, Banzai Sushi Bar is now selling a CD of our favorite lounge music. Our BANZAI CD is guaranteed to give you the good time vibes that only an evening at Banzai Sushi Bar can give!

Banzai Sushi Bar can’t wait to see you again this summer! Whether you join us at our Happy Hour Wednesdays from 9:30 – 10:30pm featuring half off all Maki Mono rolls or our Live Music Saturdays (our summer tradition with no cover charge that is full of Aloha) or for Sake Sundays (all SAKETINIS are half off on Sunday), good times are always on offer at the North Shore’s favorite sushi bar.

Pressed for time and can’t stay for a relaxing meal at our sushi bar? No worries, Banzai Sushi Bar has you covered with our new bento boxes! Our Banzai Bento Box is great for the local Haleiwa work force that need a healthy, raw lunch. Available only for take out, the Nigiri Bento and the Fish Filet Bento are the perfect healthy lunch for North Shore residents on the go!

Having a party but don’t want to cook? Let Banzai Sushi Bar help you out with our fantastic Banzai Party Platters that are sure to be a hit. With the Sashimi Platter, the Nigiri Platter and the Maki Mono Platter, Banzai gives you three tasty raw options to keep your friends and family happy this summer!

Banzai Sushi Bar, we keep it real and we keep it raw.

Summer is in full swing and the crew here at Banzai Sushi Bar are enjoying the longer days and the beautiful weather. And there is no better song for a sushi bar to kick off the summer to than Jane’s Addiction “Summertime Rolls.”

Summertime means good times, and there is no better time than Sake Sundays at Banzai Sushi Bar. That’s because every Sunday all SAKETINIS are half off all day long! If you need to relax, just head into Haleiwa and suck’em up and try our special Poke Nigiri.

Banzai Sushi Bar is well known for our Live Music Saturdays, and this summer the tradition continues. With an ever-changing list of local artist’s performing live music on our outdoor lanai, every Saturday night Haleiwa comes alive at Banzai Sushi Bar! And did we mention there is no cover charge? It is all about the Aloha at Banzai.

And you don’t have to wait for the weekend to have a great time this summer. Come enjoy Happy Hour Wednesdays at Banzai Sushi Bar when all Maki Mono rolls are half off from 9:30 to 10:30pm. You won’t want to miss this, the sushi bar goes off!

Come join the Banzai Sushi Bar ohana for some summertime rolls. Banzai Sushi Bar, we keep it real and we keep it raw.

Did you know that Banzai Sushi Bar serves some of the healthiest food in all of Hawaii? It’s true! Raw fish is one of the best foods for brain-boosting and heart-strengthening nutrients. Not only is raw fish low in calories, it is also loaded with Omega-3 fatty acids that help your heart. Which helps to explain why the Japanese people age so healthy, and why the raw food movement is spreading across the world.

Banzai Sushi Bar’s very own Chef Hide couples raw fish with fresh, raw locally grown organic produce to create delicious, incredibly healthy sushi. This means that a meal of raw fish at Banzai Sushi Bar can be an important part of a balanced diet. Getting our fresh fish everyday is imperative, and our fish buyer, Mike Kealoha, scouts the Ahi/Tuna fish auction every morning the market is open. After Mike purchases the freshest Hawaiian seafood, Chef Hide and the team at Banzai Sushi Bar craft these fish into the most delicious tropical sushi you have ever tasted!

But it’s not just the fish that makes Banzai Sushi Bar such a healthy dining option. Chef Hide sources the freshest organic produce from local farmers such as Ho Farms, Rainbow Trader, Pupukea Gardens, and Marine AgriFuture. Banzai Sushi Bar prides itself on using some of the best organic greens grown on the North Shore. Using only in-season produce means that our menu is a seasonal one, making each visit to Banzai Sushi Bar a new, raw dining experience.

Visit Banzai Sushi Bar in Haleiwa where we Keep it real and we Keep it raw.

Surfing is more than a sport in Hawaii. Surfing is a religion. This religion has fostered a lifestyle that makes these islands the best place in the world to live. Being located in Haleiwa, the surf capital of Hawaii, Banzai Sushi Bar is committed to supporting the surf community in a variety of endeavors.

Banzai Sushi Bar is proud to have given our support to two North Shore junior surf contests in 2013. First was the North Shore Surf Shop Pro Junior held at Sunset Beach back in January and just recently in March the North Shore Surf Shop Pipe Pro Jr. Not only are both of these contests giving Hawaii’s junior surfers much needed ASP points that will help them to qualify for bigger events in years to come, the contests are giving these young surfers valuable contest experience. Hawaii is home to some of the most talented junior surfers in the world, and it is imperative that the North Shore continues to host more contests to help these local surfers. Banzai Sushi Bar is committed to helping more Hawaiian surfers make it onto the coveted ASP World Championship Tour by supporting these important events!

Not only does Banzai Sushi Bar support the youth, we also give love to the local pros as well. Proof of that commitment is our sponsorship of the Hawaii Masters Surf Team, comprised of surfers all 35 years or older. Hawaii’s team of 8 won the team gold medal in last years International Surfing Association’s Master Championship in Nicaragua, and they look poised to repeat the feat in Ecuador this April. This year’s team, which features Sunny Garcia, Pancho Sullivan, Ross Williams, Michael Ho, Rochelle Ballard and more, will fly the Aloha flag as they compete against teams from Australia, Brazil and 28 other countries.

If you want to catch the last of the winter surf season, be sure to come to Banzai Sushi Bar soon. Even if the waves aren’t up, you can always catch a session at the restaurant as we play surf movies nearly every day! At Banzai Sushi Bar, we keep it real and we keep it raw.

2013 has started off with a bang here at the Banzai Sushi Bar. Straight on the heels of our recent re-branding, the mighty Pacific Ocean has been sending huge waves to the North Shore, making this a winter to remember.

With all the energy Mother Nature has been providing the islands, Banzai Sushi Bar continues to light up Haleiwa each weekend with our Live Music Saturdays. With a great group of rotating local musicians performing live on our outdoor lanai and no cover charge, Saturday nights are all about the aloha!

If you don’t enjoy going out on the weekend, be sure to join us on Wednesday nights from 9:30 to 10:30 for “Banzai’s Happiest Hour,” because all of Chef Hide’s delicious Maki Mono rolls are half price! No sushi lover will want to miss the mid-week festivities as our sushi bar goes off!

Thanks again to everyone who came to the KTUH / Banzai Dance Party DJ Night. A big mahalo to KTUH, the talented DJ’s, and all the party people that made the night such a huge success. Be sure to check out our Facebook page to see all the great event photos. Banzai can’t wait until the next KTUH party!

Finally, we are pleased to announce the winner of the first Banzai Pipeline Photo Contest. Drum roll please . . . and the winner is Matt Luttrell with a split image of an empty, flawless Pipeline lefthander. Congrats Matt, you’ve just won yourself a $100 gift certificate to Banzai Sushi Bar! A huge thanks goes out to all the participants that sent in photos. You can check out our favorite photo entries on Banzai’s Facebook page.

Don’t be left out, come join the fun. At Banzai Sushi Bar, we KEEP IT REAL KEEP IT RAW.

Congrats to Matt Luttrell for winning the “Best Banzai Pipeline Photo Competition” !!!

Make sure to stop by during our normal business hours to redeem your $100 banzai gift card !!!

Thanks again to all participants as we enjoyed everyone’s submissions and look forward to more events in the near future.

KEEP IT REAL KEEP IT RAW

Do you fancy yourself a bit of a photographer? If you do, be sure to visit Banzai Sushi Bar Hawaii’s Facebook page to enter our Banzai Pipeline Photo Contest for a chance to win a $100 Banzai gift card!

Starting on January 18^th and running through February 1^st, Banzai Sushi Bar will be looking for epic images of the Banzai Pipeline. Photographs can be of empty waves, surf action, underwater, wipeouts, modeling, or even lifestyle.

Entering is easy. Just tag your best Banzai Pipeline photo to our Facebook page. What are you waiting for?

Enter today and may the best photo win!