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What if CatchTable Global cannot book my restaurant or accept my foreign card?

As of : CATCHTABLE Global lists booking without a Korean number using email and a credit card; restaurant availability still needs checking.

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The app listing gives a visitor route. A particular restaurant, date or foreign-card transaction is not_confirmed; NAVER passport verification is another route to investigate where offered.

What the evidence covers
Action or conditionVerdict and evidence levelScopeSources and dates
CATCHTABLE Global visitor route Partial · Confirmed source The official listing states that a Korean phone number is unnecessary and describes email and credit-card payment. It does not confirm every restaurant or card.
  • [S65] Official source (EN) · Observed: 2026-08-19 · Checked:
Restaurant, availability and card result Not confirmed A chosen restaurant’s listing, available slot, card approval and confirmed reservation have not been checked. Not confirmed
NAVER passport-verification route Partial · Confirmed source NAVER announced passport-based booking, ordering and payment without a Korean number. Its help page specifies an unexpired non-Korean passport not linked to another ID, matching account details, and passport-photo and face checks. Restaurant coverage is separate.
  • [S12] Official source (EN) · Observed: 2026-06-09 · Checked:
  • [S64] Official source (EN) · Observed: Not confirmed · Checked:
Walk-in alternative Not confirmed Walk-in admission has not been verified for any restaurant. Not confirmed

What to check next

  1. In CATCHTABLE Global, look for the restaurant and intended date before treating the app’s general visitor conditions as a booking result.

    • [S65] Official source (EN) · Observed: 2026-08-19 · Checked:

  2. If NAVER booking is offered for that restaurant, read its passport-verification requirements before following that separate flow.

    • [S12] Official source (EN) · Observed: 2026-06-09 · Checked:
    • [S64] Official source (EN) · Observed: Not confirmed · Checked:

Limits and unknowns

  • A missing listing or a failed card transaction does not establish a restaurant’s walk-in policy.
  • No booking or payment was tested.

Sources

  • [S65] Official source (EN)

    CATCHTABLE Global lists remote waitlists without a Korean phone number and describes email and credit-card payment. Its Google Play listing was updated on 2026-08-19.

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    Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in Phase D and sources.md; no new network request or app test was made while writing this record.

  • [S12] Official source (EN)

    NAVER announced on June 9 that passport verification began on June 4, 2026, for booking, ordering and payment through NAVER Map without a Korean number.

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    Observed: · Checked:

    Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in Phase D and sources.md; no new network request or app test was made while writing this record.

  • [S64] Official source (EN)

    NAVER describes passport verification for reservation and ordering services: a non-Korean, unexpired passport not linked to another ID, matching account name and birth date, and passport-photo and face checks.

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    Observed: Not confirmed · Checked:

    Based on the operator research recorded on 2026-10-18 in Phase D and sources.md; no new network request or app test was made while writing this record.

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