Ohana without a reservation...

[TinyTGO]

Is there any chance of getting to eat at Ohana without a reservation? I have never eaten there, and thought we'd try it this time. I had no idea how fast their reservations book up. Does anyone have any experience walking up and just waiting to be seated?

 

[holden]

I'd be shocked if you could get seated. Keep checking on the app for openings. People cancel all the time. Check frequently 24hrs before you want to eat there. We can usually grab hard to get reservations this way.

Good luck!

 

[TinyTGO]

MDE app?

 

[_auroraborealis_]

It is a zero chance. I would not go out of my way to try to walk up. They simply do not take walk-ups. Even if they have no shows, they are always so overbooked as to be seating late anyway.

 

[holden]

MDE app?

Yes

 

[TinyTGO]

so if you take the 9:50pm reservation, do they actually close at 10? or do they just stop seating at 10?

 

[Sargeant Tibbs]

so if you take the 9:50pm reservation, do they actually close at 10? or do they just stop seating at 10?

They stop seating. You won't (or shouldn't) be rushed out.

 

[Prissyms]

Good Luck! I hope you can get one. We went to Ohana a week ago and was in check in behind a family who didn't have reservations and was trying to get a table. Needless to say they didn't. The cast member even was nice enough to check for the rest of the days they were on vacation and there was nothing available. Moral of the story, try your best to get an ADR. Now, it is more likely for you to get a ADR on the day of then it is for you to get a table without a ADR. When we were there in July, we we didn't have a ADR for anywhere but decided we would see what was available for later that day. Sure enough Ohana came up and we got it as soon as we saw it. So keep checking.

 

[schrammalot]

Try closer to the date. Too many people hoard reservations and end up cancelling them last minute.

 

[jdisnut]

I'd be shocked if you could get seated. Keep checking on the app for openings. People cancel all the time. Check frequently 24hrs before you want to eat there. We can usually grab hard to get reservations this way.

Good luck!

We showed up to our 9:15 reservation Sunday at around 8:50. Walk-ups were being added to the waiting list and told they would be seated before the end of the night. This was a busy Sunday of a holiday weekend. I certainly wouldn't say it's impossible, though I don't know if I'd call it likely. (Strangely, we were told upon checking in that the restaurant was running about 25 to 30 minutes behind schedule, and yet we were seated at a prime window table before our scheduled reservation time -- and at a prime window table for Wishes, no less.)

Just adding a recent data point to the discussion.

 

[MikL99]

Keep checking every day and more than once. The first time we went to Disney my sister said she really wanted to try Ohana. I had never been so i didn't really know what to expect. We reserved late so i couldn't get ohana. I checked every day and I was able to finally get the reservation. I am so happy I did because Ohana is our Favorite place to eat at Disney. We are on our 3rd trip in June and we be eating at Ohana for the 3rd time . Keep trying!

 

[HopperFan]

It was after normal dinner hour but I've gotten ADR for 5 the day of in the park.

My guess walkup seating is rare, so I would just keep randomly checking MDE, you are bound to get something.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

I have seen podium tantrums. So really, taking names is either rare, or that person was new and not yet jaded to the realities of seating at 'Ohana.

 

[CraigInPA]

Put MDE on your phone and check it several times per day while you are there. Even difficult reservations like 'Ohana and BOG become available day-of, day-before, and week-of. I snagged a noon BOG lunch reservation while sitting in HS watching the Indiana Jones Stunt Show two days before.

 

[Elizakapeka]

MDE app?

are you asking what the MDE app is? Its the My Disney Experience app. You can use it to manage most aspects of your vacation. People are suggesting you check for ohana with the app. Often times reservations are cancelled 24 hours prior due to the cancellation policy. good luck!

 

[Parker Clan]

We saw a podium tantrum too in August.
I agree with PP's without ressies you won't get in. We sometimes have to wait even with an ADR

 

[Mazz519]

Forget it...even during slow times that place is always jammed unless you want to eat at 10pm

 

[AshleeH]

Just keep trying. As others have said, you won't get in. For every story you hear about one person being in the right place at the right time and getting a walk-up, there are dozens (probably hundreds) who got turned away that day. I sit there and witness it in the few minutes between our check-in and the time we're seated. They are consistently packed.

 

[KrazeeK120]

They stop seating. You won't (or shouldn't) be rushed out.

I've had a 9:50 reservation there before and was most certainly not rushed out. It was actually a peaceful and quiet meal. Wishes was at 10 that night and we had a prime window seat. It's one of my favorite Disney meal memories!

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Is there any chance of getting to eat at Ohana without a reservation?

1) Yes.
2) If
. . . the stars are aligned just right
. . . a fairy sprinkles Pixie Dust on you while you sleep
. . . your four leaf clover sprouts roots
. . . a hat is thrown on your bed (oops, wrong omen)