A table for two was open on 84% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 52,632 checks of Omakase Shoji & Izakaya through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Choose the Chef's Counter seat on Resy. The bar seat is the Izakaya & Sake Lounge, and the listing says omakase is not served there.
It publishes no release time. In our checks it books about 31 days ahead.
At our latest reading (19 October 2026), Resy showed a table for two on 84% of dates, from 52,632 checks, a count that can include bar seats. Chicago joined our tracker in late September 2026, so this is early.
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.
Omakase Shoji lists two seat types. Its Resy listing says: "Chef's Counter = Omakase Experience" and "Bar = Izakaya & Sake Lounge (Omakase is NOT available in this seat)". It adds that if the Chef's Counter does not appear for a day, the counter has nothing left that day.
So check the seat name before you book. A bar seat is a fine dinner, but it is not the omakase.
The restaurant publishes no release time. In our checks the calendar runs about 31 days ahead.
At our latest reading, dated 19 October 2026, Resy showed a table for two on 84% of dates and for four on 84%, across 52,632 checks. It has not opened a table on Mondays in our checks, which usually means it is closed then. That figure counts any bookable seat, so it can include the bar. The counter on its own is likely tighter.
One caution on all of this: Chicago joined SnagRes in late September 2026. A few weeks of checks shows the shape of the calendar but does not settle it, so expect the figures to move. We follow 68 Chicago rooms.
Per the listing, the omakase is a 20-course meal at $210 a person, with a 20% service fee added. It cannot be adapted for no rice, vegetarian, vegan or no fish, and late arrivals may miss courses. The bar side also takes walk-ins, according to the restaurant. The phone is (312) 579-4472.
Ten seats do not leave much room, so on a busy night a cancellation may be the way in. SnagRes checks Omakase Shoji's 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.
How the omakase counter and the izakaya bar at Omakase Shoji in West Town book on Resy, what our early checks show, and how to catch a cancellation.
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Omakase Shoji & Izakaya's calendar runs about 31 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 84% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
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