Santouka
Hours
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Alcohol
Yes
Finding it
Santouka is in West Gates, After Security near Gate 201A in Terminal B - West Gates near Gates 201-225 at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gates 201-225
Terminal B - West Gates has 6 places to eat and 11 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 5am.
Hours against the security queue
Santouka opens at 9am and closes at 9pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical LAX checkpoint queue at 16 minutes around 9am.
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes. The queue is typically building before this location opens.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Reached after security near Gate 201A on the West Gates side of Terminal B, it runs 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. — a window that misses the earliest departures and covers most of the rest of the day. Shio ramen is the draw, a menu built around one broth style rather than the broader American and fast-food options at Burger King and Chicken Guy nearby. There's just the one Santouka at LAX, so a traveler who wants that specific Hokkaido-style ramen has to be in this West Gates concourse, not the South Concourse or another terminal, to get it.
Other options in Terminal B - West Gates
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Tom Bradley International Terminal (Terminal B) — Los Angeles World Airports, checked 2026-09-07
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.