A table for two was open on 57% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 54,042 checks of Omakase by Kanemaru through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
It publishes no release time. In our checks it books about 29 days ahead on Resy.
Per its Resy listing: 5:30 and 7:30 pm Tuesday to Thursday, and 5, 7 and 9 pm on Friday and Saturday.
At our latest reading (19 October 2026), it had seats for two on 57% of dates, from 54,042 checks. Chicago joined our tracker in late September 2026, so this is an early figure.
Yes. SnagRes texts or emails you the moment a seat opens on a date you picked. It never books, holds or resells a table: you book it yourself on Resy.
The counter publishes no release time. In our checks it books about 29 days ahead on Resy.
The listing does give the seatings: two a night from Tuesday to Thursday, at 5:30 and 7:30 pm, and three on Friday and Saturday, at 5, 7 and 9 pm. Choose the seating before you start searching.
Our latest reading, dated 19 October 2026, found seats for two on 57% of dates and for four on 47%, across 54,042 checks. It has not opened a table on Sundays or Mondays in our checks, which usually means it is closed then. Friday was the tightest night, at 77% of checks, and Tuesday the easiest, at 99%.
The measurement is young. We started tracking Chicago in late September 2026, so these numbers cover weeks, not seasons, and they will shift as checks pile up. 68 Chicago restaurants are on the tracker.
The omakase is $195 a guest before tax, and cancelling triggers a fee of the same amount, per the listing. The kitchen cannot cook vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free or rice-free, and the table is held for 1 hour 45 minutes with a 10 minute grace period. If you are running late, the restaurant asks you to call (312) 624-3013.
A counter this small changes when even one couple drops out. SnagRes checks Kanemaru's Resy calendar continuously and texts you the moment a seat opens on a date you picked.
SnagRes never books, holds or resells a table. It tells you one is free, and you book it yourself on Resy.
The seatings at Omakase by Kanemaru in River North, how far ahead it books on Resy in our early checks, and how to catch a cancelled seat.
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Omakase by Kanemaru's calendar runs about 30 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 57% of the dates in that window, so book at the release for a weekend and watch the date for a weeknight.
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