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Japanese restaurants serve time limited meals when they are busy with lunch
and dinner customers.
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What is the term for a time limited meal at a restaurant?
I believe it is 時間制限｛じかんせいげん｝, which is usually used with regards to all-you-
can-eat meals but can be used for other types of restaurants.
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There are mainly two phrases: 時間{じかん}限定{げんてい} and 期間{きかん}限定{げんてい}.

**How different**

At restaurants and hotels, time limited meal usually offered within several
hours per day. This is when the first phrase 時間限定 is used.

From [Hotel Monterey Kyoto time limited plan at its cafe and
bar](https://www.hotelmonterey.co.jp/kyoto/restaurant/plan/11887.html), the
phrase is used likewise (see text in bold):

> 【バータイム限定】ハッピーアワー／17時～19時までの **時間限定** プラン

At fast food restaurants and food products stores, time limited meal or
product may be offered for weeks, months or unspecified period. This is when
the second phrase 期間限定 is used.

From [McDonald's Japan news on 2 March 2017](http://www.mcd-
holdings.co.jp/news/2017/promotion/promo0302a.html), the phrase is used
likewise (see text in bold):

> 2017.03.02
>
> 春の「てりたま」に“史上最長”と“史上初”で元気いっぱいになる商品勢揃い！ マック史上最長の「ギガベーコンてりたま」
> てりたま史上初朝マックに「てりたまマフィン」 3月8日（水）から **期間限定** 販売

**Phrase variations**

In Japan, "time limited meal" sometimes seems to be offerred by amount of
quantity or location of store at the time. For such offers, 数量{すうりょう}限定{げんてい}
and 店舗{てんぽ}限定{げんてい} are used respectively.

From McDonald's Japan news on [17 October 2016](http://www.mcd-
holdings.co.jp/news/2016/promotion/promo1017a.html) and [8 August
2016](http://www.mcd-holdings.co.jp/news/2016/promotion/promo0808a.html),
these phrases are used likewise (see text in bold):

> 2016.10.17
>
> 45周年記念復活メニュー第二弾「ベーコンポテトパイ」 予想を上回る販売数による、 **数量限定** 販売のお知らせ ～ **数量限定**
> 販売は、10月18日（火）より～
>
> 2016.08.08
>
> マクドナルド89 **店舗限定** の“McCafé by Barista”で、丸ごと食べられる
> 葡萄（ぶどう）をトッピングした秋先取りのリッチなスムージーが初登場！ 「葡萄（ぶどう）のスムージー」 8月10日（水）から期間限定販売

Notice that the word 限定{げんてい}, which means "limited", is used in any of the
phrases mentioned in this answer. There may be other phrases that make use of
this word.
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