Six restaurants it's maddeningly difficult to dine in - from an eatery in New York that's booked out until 2030 to a sushi restaurant where PERFUME is banned (along with sandals)

Six restaurants it's maddeningly difficult to dine in - from an eatery in New York that's booked out until 2030 to a sushi restaurant where PERFUME is banned (along with sandals) Getting an audience with the Pope would be easier than dining at these spots READ MORE: This restaurant makes guests CRAWL through a hole for their food By Sophie Foster, Deputy Travel Editor For Mailonline Published: 17:35 BST, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 17:49 BST, 9 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments In the time it takes to get a table at some of these restaurants, you could give up your career, train as a chef - and open a restaurant with a huge waiting list. Getting an audience with the Pope would be easier than securing a seat at these spots - some of the most maddeningly tricky to dine at in the world. There's a pub in Bristol that's booked until 2025, a restaurant in New York that's booked until 2030 - and another, in Japan , that even if you do get into, might well throw you out if you're wearing perfume.

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The Bank Tavern, Bristol, UK The Bank Tavern in Bristol looks unassuming - but it's one of the hottest pub-meal tickets in the country, with bookings for its highly rated Sunday lunch full until 2025 There are only seven tables, with the pub's website claiming that its 2024 slots for them 'sold out quicker than Glastonbury tickets'. Historically, the pub's current backlog is actually quite small - it once had a waiting list of four years .