Most times I've been to places (N5M, 244, Ginza Empire) management/front of house would simply ask if I've made a booking or not, show me a line up if needed, sort out payment and that is it. Sort and simple which is nice for someone who is a bit embarrassed.

I've had a couple bookings running very late (30mins+) and cases of the WL/ML ending the appointment at 45 mins instead of 60 mins. Awkward/disappointing at the time (in hindsight I consider it normal risk of punting). Also management seems to be rather apologetic if people are running late so it's hard for me to be mad at them though one time I suspect "late" was actually "double booked."

People in this thread and in general seem to like really like 42G more than N5M which has me curious but I like N5M to not bother driving past it and the city to go to 42G.

I'll have to say that I'm grateful for this forum since it lets me generally stick to places that have been regularly reviewed and seem to average out well as opposed to taking a blind punt.