A table for two was open on 67% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 43,425 checks of Kato through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Kato does not publish a release day or time. It books on OpenTable, and the calendar there shows which dates are open. Its own page publishes a one-week cancellation rule instead: cancel with less than a week's notice and the full menu price is charged per guest.
OpenTable. Kato's website links to OpenTable for reservations, and that is where SnagRes reads its availability.
At our latest reading (19 October 2026), Kato showed a table for two on 67% of the dates in its window, from 43,425 checks. SnagRes began measuring Kato in late September 2026, so this is an early reading and will move.
Two MICHELIN stars in the current California guide. Chef Jon Yao also won the James Beard Best Chef: California award in 2025.
Yes. SnagRes watches Kato's OpenTable calendar and texts or emails you the moment a table opens on a date you picked. It never books or holds the table: you book it yourself with the restaurant.
Kato takes reservations on OpenTable, and neither its own website nor its reservation page states how far ahead the book opens or at what time. We will not guess a rule the restaurant has not published. The booking calendar on OpenTable is the source of truth for which dates are open.
What the reservation page does publish is its cancellation rule: "The full price of the menu will be charged per guest if a reservation is canceled with less than one week's notice." That rule shapes when tables come back. A guest who cannot make it has every reason to cancel more than a week out, so returned tables tend to surface in the days before that line rather than on the night itself.
Yes. Kato's page says: "Guests may transfer ownership of a reservation to a guest of their choosing should they not be able to attend their dinner." Some tables that would otherwise come back are handed to friends instead, which is one more reason the ones that do return go quickly.
Our latest reading, dated 19 October 2026, showed a bookable table for two on 67% of the dates in Kato's booking window, and 67% for four, across 43,425 checks.
Treat that as an early reading. Los Angeles joined our tracker in late September 2026, and SnagRes began measuring Kato at the end of that month, so the figure rests on a single short run of checks rather than months of history. It will move as checks accumulate. We track 72 Los Angeles restaurants in total.
Kato holds two MICHELIN stars in the current California guide. Chef Jon Yao won the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef: California award in 2025.
Check the OpenTable calendar first: dates that are still open can be booked directly. Read the dietary and cancellation notes on Kato's reservation page before you book, since the menu is a set tasting and a late cancellation is charged in full.
If the dates you want are gone, the route in is a cancellation. Plans change and tables come back onto the OpenTable calendar at hours nobody predicts. SnagRes checks Kato's calendar continuously and texts or emails you the moment a table opens on a date you picked.
SnagRes never books for you, never holds a table and never resells one. It tells you a table is free, and you book it yourself with the restaurant.
How Kato takes reservations on OpenTable, its cancellation and transfer policy in its own words, its awards, and how to catch a cancellation.
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Kato's calendar runs about 30 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 67% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
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