I tried Raku for the first time December 2015, woah, what a difference a year makes. Last year, I was able to walk in without a reservation. Last night at 11 PM, I tried to walk in but they said they were full every night till past new year's except for one reservation four days away at 11:30 PM. I said I would take it - I had to as I was leaving the first week of the new year. Drooling already dreaming of their melt-in-your-mouth intestines!!!