The hardest restaurant reservations in Tokyo, ranked by data
The Tokyo restaurants we watch, ranked by how rarely a table opens and how fast it goes (148 measured; those with 10 or more watchers ranked).
- 148 Tokyo restaurants watched
- Last 90 days, nightly
- How it is ranked
- Fewest days, out of the last 90, on which any table opened. Ties go to the faster table.
- Hardest by our count
- Yakitori Sora (3 of 90 days), Nikuyatanaka Ginza (4), Sushi Riku (6), to November 11, 2026.
- Who is ranked
- Restaurants with 10 or more people watching them on Table Alert, so the order reflects tables people chase.
The ranking: fewest days with a table first
A restaurant near the top had a table open on only a handful of the last 90 days. Read the 'Typical table lasts' column beside it: seconds means you must already be on the page.
Ranked by bookable time: the share of the last 90 days during which at least one table, for any date and any party size, was open on the public calendar. Least first; ties by how fast the typical table went. Restaurants we monitor in full (every party size, every date, every day) with 10+ people watching.
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1
Shokudo Aca OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 1 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 1
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2
Yama OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 3 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 5
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3
Sushi Meino OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 6 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 1
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4
Sushi Takamitsu OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 9 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 3
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5
Sushi Sho Yotsuya OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 12 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 8
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6
Akasaka Ogino OMAKASE, Pocket Concierge
- Bookable time
- 16 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 7
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7
Nihonbashi Kakigaracho Sugita OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 19 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 10
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8
Shimazu OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 25 min
- Share of the time
- under 0.1%
- Days with a table
- 4
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9
PELLEGRINO OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 2.8 h
- Share of the time
- 0.13%
- Days with a table
- 4
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10
Sushi Shunji OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 3.1 h
- Share of the time
- 0.15%
- Typical table lasts
- about 77 seconds
- Days with a table
- 8
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11
Kohaku OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 3.3 h
- Share of the time
- 0.15%
- Days with a table
- 3
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12
Sushi Riku OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 3.5 h
- Share of the time
- 0.16%
- Typical table lasts
- about 41 seconds
- Days with a table
- 6
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13
Toshi OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 5.1 h
- Share of the time
- 0.23%
- Typical table lasts
- about 2 minutes
- Days with a table
- 10
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14
Kagurazaka Ishikawa OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 5.2 h
- Share of the time
- 0.24%
- Typical table lasts
- about 31 seconds
- Days with a table
- 13
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15
Sangubashi Asaya OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 5.2 h
- Share of the time
- 0.24%
- Typical table lasts
- about 28 seconds
- Days with a table
- 15
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16
Makitori Shinkobe OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 9.5 h
- Share of the time
- 0.44%
- Days with a table
- 10
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17
Isoda OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 15.4 h
- Share of the time
- 0.71%
- Typical table lasts
- about 3 minutes
- Days with a table
- 20
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18
CHIUnE OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 29.3 h
- Share of the time
- 1.4%
- Days with a table
- 6
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19
Sushi Ao OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 38.3 h
- Share of the time
- 1.8%
- Typical table lasts
- about 49 minutes
- Days with a table
- 8
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20
Sushi Akira OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 2.6 days
- Share of the time
- 2.9%
- Typical table lasts
- about 7 minutes
- Days with a table
- 17
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21
Kanda OMAKASE, Pocket Concierge
- Bookable time
- 2.7 days
- Share of the time
- 3.0%
- Typical table lasts
- about 9 minutes
- Days with a table
- 18
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22
Kabuto OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 3.0 days
- Share of the time
- 3.3%
- Typical table lasts
- about 7 minutes
- Days with a table
- 39
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23
Kusunoki Main Restaurant OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 3.9 days
- Share of the time
- 4.3%
- Typical table lasts
- about 32 minutes
- Days with a table
- 25
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24
Sushi Nishizaki Pocket Concierge
- Bookable time
- 6.3 days
- Share of the time
- 7.0%
- Days with a table
- 12
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25
Sazenka OMAKASE, Pocket Concierge, TableCheck
- Bookable time
- 7.0 days
- Share of the time
- 7.8%
- Typical table lasts
- about 7 minutes
- Days with a table
- 37
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26
Sushi Namba Hibiya OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 7.0 days
- Share of the time
- 7.8%
- Typical table lasts
- about 5 minutes
- Days with a table
- 37
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27
Sushi Namba Yotsuya OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 7.4 days
- Share of the time
- 8.2%
- Typical table lasts
- about 52 minutes
- Days with a table
- 31
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28
Japanese restaurant Seizan OMAKASE, Pocket Concierge
- Bookable time
- 7.5 days
- Share of the time
- 8.4%
- Days with a table
- 15
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29
Nihonbashi Kawaguchi OMAKASE
- Bookable time
- 7.9 days
- Share of the time
- 8.8%
- Typical table lasts
- about 1.2 hours
- Days with a table
- 27
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30
BenFiddich TableCheck
- Bookable time
- 8.1 days
- Share of the time
- 9.0%
- Typical table lasts
- about 17 minutes
- Days with a table
- 50
Proprietary data: Table Alert checks each restaurant's public booking calendar around the clock; these figures cover the last 90 days, through November 11, 2026, vouched restaurants only, and are refreshed every night.
How to read the table
Days with a table counts days on which at least one table appeared, even for a single seat. It does not say the table suited your date or party. A low count is a hard restaurant, not a closed one.
Typical table lasts is the middle value of how long openings stayed bookable before they were taken. Dates open ahead is how far into the future the calendar reached at the last check.
Books on names the platform: OMAKASE, TableCheck or Pocket Concierge. Each releases differently, so the platform tells you where to wait.
What the top of the list looks like
Sushi Shunji, a 10-seat counter that also runs lotteries on OMAKASE (per Tabelog), had a table on 8 of the 90 days to November 11, 2026. Its guide is at /restaurants/sushi-shunji.
Kagurazaka Ishikawa opened a table on 13 of those 90 days and its typical table lasted about 31 seconds. Its booking guide is at /restaurants/kagurazaka-ishikawa.
Sangubashi Asaya had a table on 15 days, and the typical one was gone in about 28 seconds.
What the ranking says about Tokyo
Many hard Tokyo restaurants release dates in rounds on OMAKASE, and openings come back at no fixed time. Across the restaurants we measure, the typical table stayed bookable 1.5 hours, but at the hardest counters it is seconds.
Only 2% of the 8,590 openings in the window were for the same night. In Tokyo, catching a release or an opening days ahead matters more than waiting for tonight.
How we measure it
Table Alert checks each restaurant's public booking calendar around the clock. An opening is a table that appeared and was later taken. We count the days on which at least one appeared and how long the typical one stayed.
We do not know a restaurant's intent or its true capacity, and we do not see tables held for regulars or sold in person. We only count what appeared on the public calendar between 90 days ago and November 11, 2026.
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The hardest restaurant reservations in Tokyo, ranked by data: questions people ask
By our count, Yakitori Sora: a table opened on only 3 of the 90 days to November 11, 2026, then Nikuyatanaka Ginza (4 days) and Sushi Riku (6). The list refreshes every night, so the order can change.
It is not about quality or stars. It ranks how rarely a table appears on the public booking calendar and how fast it is taken, using 8,590 openings we recorded across the Tokyo restaurants we measure.
No. It means tables are scarce on the public calendar. Many of these counters have openings that return at no fixed time. Watching the calendar, rather than checking now and then, is one way to catch them.
Sawada had a table on 56 of the 90 days to November 11, 2026, so it ranks lower here, though its tables go fast: the typical one lasted about 14 minutes. This ranking counts days with a table, not demand.
Mostly OMAKASE (omakase.in), where each restaurant sets its own rounds and limits. Some use TableCheck or Pocket Concierge. The Books on column shows the platform for each, and our platform pages explain each one.
No. It is how long a table stayed bookable after it appeared. When new dates appear is on our release times page, marked as observed, so you can compare it with the restaurant's published rule.
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Sources and how this page is made
Written by Jacob, founder of Table Alert. Facts checked against the sources below on November 12, 2026 and re-checked every night, last on . The monitoring numbers are Table Alert's own, refreshed every night (latest: November 11, 2026). Out of date? Tell us.
- Table Alert monitoring of public booking calendars (proprietary)
- Tabelog (English): Sushi Shunji (10 seats, lottery on OMAKASE)
- Table Alert guide: Sushi Shunji
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