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How to book Hayato
No. 5 of 100 · Japanese kaiseki · Arts District (ROW DTLA) · Los Angeles, United States
The drop
All seats for the following month are released on Tock on the 1st of each month at 10:00 Los Angeles time.
- Books on
- Tock ↗
- Release
- the 1st at 10:00, next month (Los Angeles time)
- In your time
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- Open now up to
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- Next release
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The rules
- Price
- Dinner omakase $450 per person
- Party sizes
- 1 to 2; one seating a night for 7 guests.
- Deposit
- $100 per person on Tock.
- Waitlist
- Tock Notify: each month 10 seats go to first-time guests with the longest Notify history; Notify for a date opens on the 1st of the month before.
Getting in
- Set a Tock Notify early; first-timers with the longest Notify history get 10 seats a month.
- Bookings cannot be transferred; first-time guests must show photo ID matching the booking.
- Book only once a month; guests who book more than once have all bookings cancelled.
Why it is on the list
2 Michelin stars; named among the hardest reservations in 3 press lists. Hard to Book score 16 (how the list is ranked).
Sources
Last checked 30 September 2026. The restaurant does not state this rule in words: it comes from a press report or from the release dates its booking page shows.
- exploretock.com platform: next release Oct 1, 2026 at 10am, 7 seats, Notify policy, ID and transfer rules, once-a-month limit, price, checked 2026-09-30
- exploretock.com platform: party sizes, $100 deposit, Notify, checked 2026-09-30
- theinfatuation.com secondary: released on the 1st of the month at 10am (April 2026), checked 2026-09-30
- guide.michelin.com secondary: Michelin Guide listing: 2 star(s), checked 2026-09-30
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