Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 61,530,416 checks across 284 restaurants through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
At our 19 October 2026 reading, the Japanese rooms with the fewest open dates for two were Kyoten (0%), Q Sushi Bar & Omakase (53%) and Omakase by Kanemaru (57%). Chicago's record began in late September 2026, so the order will move.
Check Kyoten's OpenTable calendar early in its window, and set an alert for the nights you want. 16% of its dates had a seat open up at some point, but returned seats go fast.
Usually two. At Omakase Yume, two read 58% and four 39%. At Omakase by Kanemaru, two read 57% and four 47%.
The most open we track were Omakase Shoji & Izakaya (84%), TenGoku Aburiya (84%) and Kumiko (67%). We measure seven Japanese and sushi rooms in the city.
On our 19 October 2026 reading, the Chicago Japanese rooms with the fewest open dates for two were Kyoten (0%), Q Sushi Bar & Omakase (53%) and Omakase by Kanemaru (57%). The figure is the share of dates in each booking window that had a table or counter seat for two anyone could book.
We track seven Japanese and sushi restaurants in Chicago, and the median had a seat on 58% of its dates. Most are omakase counters, and a counter has few seats, so one cancellation is a real share of the night.
Chicago joined the tracker in late September 2026. These rates rest on a few weeks of checks and will firm up as the record grows.
Kyoten in Logan Square books tight. A seat for two was open on 0% of dates when we looked, but 16% of its dates had a seat open up at some point. So seats do come back. They just do not last.
It books on OpenTable, with a window of about 30 days. Look early in the window, when the new dates appear. After that, an alert is the realistic plan: a returned seat at a counter this small goes in minutes, and the person who hears first gets it.
Its most common opening is 6:30 PM. Wednesday was the night that opened most often in our checks.
Two: 0% of dates. Opened up at some point: 16%.
Platform: OpenTable. Most common opening: 6:30 PM.
Omakase Yume in the West Loop read 58% for two and 39% for four. Its Resy listing opens the next month on the 1st of the month before. Book as a pair if you can: at a counter, two seats are easier to find than four.
Omakase by Kanemaru in River North read 57% for two and 47% for four. Tuesday was its best night, open on 99% of checks. Its most common opening is 5:30 PM, so the early seating is the easy one.
The most open Japanese rooms we track were Omakase Shoji & Izakaya (84%), TenGoku Aburiya (84%) and Kumiko (67%). Q Sushi Bar & Omakase read 53%.
Kumiko, the West Loop bar with a Japanese kitchen, read 67% on SevenRooms. Its most common opening is 10:15 PM, and 42% of what opens is at 9 PM or later. A late seat there is usually easy.
At an omakase counter, a cancellation is one or two seats. They come back at odd hours and go fast. SnagRes checks these rooms around the clock and texts or emails you the moment one opens.
SnagRes never books, holds or resells a table. It tells you a seat is free, and you book it yourself.
The hardest Japanese and omakase reservations in Chicago, ranked from live data, with how people get in: the release, party size and cancellations.
Measured availability for the Japanese and omakase restaurants we track in Chicago, with how people get into Kyoten, Omakase Yume and Omakase by Kanemaru.
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