When my friends and I arrived, we were told by the hostess that she would have to check if the server was available before we could be seated. We asked if we could just wait in the bar area until it was ready. She again had to check on that. When we finally got back to the bar, they only had 8 bar stools and 5 were used leaving only single stools. We stood, where it took 10 minutes for the bartender to acknowledge us, then she had to get herself a coffee before asking what we would like, taking another 5 minutes to make our complicated drinks (g&t and a bottled beer). We were then told that a table was ready and were led back to a mostly empty dining room. We asked the server about the happy hour that was on the sign in the entry and were told it's for the bar area only and she'd have to ask if it would be okay for her move us back to the bar. We left and went to Ginza. Melting Pot needs to get it together.