Tabelog

Tabelog is a Japanese restaurant guide and reservation site run by Kakaku.com, Inc. For restaurants it offers a free store member registration with an editable profile page, plus paid promotion and online reservation services, and further tools for supplier ordering, mobile ordering and hiring. The business pages are written in Japanese and target restaurants in Japan.

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Best for
Restaurants in Japan that want more guests from Tabelog, Restaurants wanting online reservations with no fixed fee
Pricing
From JPY 10000 per month (excluding tax)
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Restaurants in Japan that want more guests from Tabelog

    Store members can edit their listing for free and buy promotion (Tabelog PR) to appear ahead in standard search results.

  • Restaurants wanting online reservations with no fixed fee

    Tabelog Net Reservation has no setup or fixed cost and charges per diner who actually visits.

  • Restaurants serving overseas visitors

    Inbound reservation and Inbound MEO add auto-translated store information, a cancellation-fee function and multilingual map listings.

Less suited to: Restaurants outside Japan; the owner pages, terms and support are in Japanese and the service covers Tabelog's Japanese restaurant listings.

What it does

  • Free store member profile

    After free registration a restaurant can edit its opening hours, menu and courses, and can stop users from editing its store information.

  • Tabelog PR promotion

    Paid plans (Lite, Basic, Premium 5, Premium 10) that add extended page editing, priority display in standard search, banners and peak-time boosts.

  • Tabelog Net Reservation

    Takes online reservations 24 hours a day and lets a restaurant place a booking link on its own website or social media at no per-use charge.

  • Tabelog Note reservation ledger

    An online reservation book that manages online, phone and walk-in bookings together and handles reservations from other gourmet media.

  • Inbound reservations

    Includes a cancellation-fee function and automatic translation of store information, and links to overseas media such as Meituan/Dianping and OpenRice.

  • Inbound MEO

    Reflects updated Tabelog store information in multiple languages on Google Maps.

  • Tabelog Shiire (supplier ordering)

    A free ordering service for placing orders with regular suppliers from a smartphone, even if the supplier does not use it.

  • Tabelog Order (mobile ordering)

    Lets guests view the menu and order on their own phones, and can be used without a POS register.

  • Tabelog Jobs

    A restaurant-specific job site where both full-time and part-time listings are free.

  • LINE notifications and login

    Reservation notifications, quick access to the admin screen and menu photo upload are available through the official Tabelog LINE account.

Pricing

Starting price
From JPY 10000 per month (excluding tax)
Pricing model
Free listing plus paid services
Minimum contract
Net Reservation is used in one-month units
Free plan
Yes

Store member registration is free. Tabelog PR starts at JPY 10,000 a month (Lite), then 25,000 (Basic), 50,000 (Premium 5) and 100,000 (Premium 10), all excluding tax. Net Reservation has no setup or fixed fee and charges JPY 200 per dinner diner and JPY 100 per lunch diner who visits, excluding tax. Tabelog Order lists JPY 15,000 a month (JPY 16,500 with tax) after a promotional 3 free months.

How it compares

Compared with the 15 products in Restaurant Discovery & Listing Management (business-facing) that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 3 integrations. The median in this category is 3.
  • Has a free plan. All 6 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
  • Lists Web only. Among the 15 products in this category that state their platforms, 8 list an iOS app and 9 list an Android app.

Works with

Other
LINEGoogleマップ
Reservations
OpenRice

Net Reservation also links to Meituan/Dianping (written 美団/大衆点評 on the page), and Tabelog Order says partner POS registers can be proposed. No POS names are listed.

Where and how it runs

Available in
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Platforms
Web
Hardware
Tabelog Order's promotion includes a free loan of a printer and an iOS device for the trial period.

The owner service and its terms are in Japanese and describe listings of Japanese restaurants; the company profile places the operator in Tokyo.

The company

Company
Kakaku.com, Inc. (株式会社カカクコム)
Founded
1997-12
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Team size
1,421 consolidated employees (March 2026, per the company profile)

Security and support

Support
Net Reservation applicants can phone 03-6774-9600 on weekdays 10:00 to 19:00, and the vendor says operation questions on the service are answered free by a dedicated phone desk.

Listing details

Vendor
Kakaku.com
Built for
Restaurants, Cafés, Bars
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
tabelog.com

Alternatives to Tabelog

See all 31 in Restaurant Discovery & Listing Management (business-facing)

  • Gurunavi

    Gurunavi is a Japanese restaurant search and reservation site, branded Rakuten Gurunavi on its business pages.

    Starts at JPY 11000 per month, against JPY 10000 per month (excluding tax) for Tabelog. The two prices are quoted on different terms.

  • Hot Pepper Gourmet

    Hot Pepper Gourmet (ホットペッパーグルメ) is a Japanese restaurant search and booking site run by Recruit.

    Names 8 integrations, against 3 for Tabelog.

  • OpenRice

    OpenRice is a restaurant discovery and review platform in Hong Kong and other Asian cities.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for Tabelog.

  • Retty

    Retty is a Japanese restaurant discovery and booking site built around real-name recommendations.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for Tabelog.

Compare Tabelog

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Pricing of Inbound MEO and Tabelog Order beyond the list price
  • Contract length for Tabelog PR
  • Security certifications
  • Named POS integrations

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Owner services overviewhttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/
  2. Free store member registrationhttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/registration/
  3. Tabelog PR plans and priceshttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/pr/
  4. Net Reservation fees and featureshttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/net_reservation/
  5. Inbound MEOhttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/inbound_meo/
  6. Tabelog Orderhttps://order.tabelog.com/lp/index.html
  7. Operator company profilehttps://corporate.kakaku.com/company/profile
  8. Consumer site homehttps://tabelog.com/