More restaurants - Kyoto’s Kichi Kichi?

I just discovered Kichi Kichi Omurice restaurant in Kyoto as a most entertaining and popular place to dine if you can succeed in their Same-Day-Reservation-System.

That is: Only online bookings are possible:
For lunch are only available from 09:00 to 09:30 on the day you wish to go there.
For dinner only from 13:00 to 13:30 on the day you wish to go there.

I will try to get a reservation when I am in Kyoto this October.

My question to the forum is

Can someone recommend other restaurants with Same-Day-Reservation-Systems in places such as Takayama, Kanazawa, Kobe, Tokyo or Osaka.

Thanks for any replies.

Cheers
Ronzac

Hmm… I don’t understand the question. In most restaurants you can reserve on the same day. Depending on availability.
Or are you asking for restaurants that don’t accept reservation on the day before?

There is also a reservation system like this.
https://www.tablecheck.com/en/japan
I think you can make a reservation from Tabelog, but there are too many stores and it seems difficult to choose.
https://tabelog.com/en/
Trip Advisor may be helpful to know which stores are popular.
Or Reviews on Google Maps.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g294232-Japan.html

Hi LikeBike, sorry for my vague question.

The type of restaurant I am looking for is one that like Kichi Kichi, being so very popular, has a unique reservation system to make it easy to book a table and to lessen Reservation Staff workload.

They only take ONLINE bookings during 2 x 30 min periods each day for bookings on that day. No advance bookings of 1 or more days is possible. It appears that Walk-Ins never get a table.

Thanks haro1210 for your links. The Trip Advisor one is great, leading me to deal directly with restaurants of interest.

Cheers

Ronzac

I would be wary of this restaurant … not saying it isn’t good (I have never been there before), but it is massively overhyped on social media. I do highly recommend Tonkatsu Hasegawa in Tokyo though … just ate there a couple days ago and it was really good (I previously mentioned it to you in another thread). I also ate at Coil in Kanazawa which I recommended to you in your cooking class thread. It was good and a fun experience, but it didn’t blow my socks off. I had wanted to eat at Kourin Sushi, but they were fully booked before the restaurant opened.

Thanks PatrickSF, we are in Tokyo now. Tonkatsu Hasegawa Is on our list now. Ta fot your tip. We are here till the 12th.

We had our first Okonomiyaki yesterday in Shibuya - we sat at a table with a hot plate and the waiter did all the preparations for a fun and delicious experience. Can you recommend a similar Okonomiyaki restaurant in Tokyo!?

Thanks again. We will follow your tip for Kanazawa too.

Cheers

Ronzac