SnagRes tracks 2 hard-to-book Californian restaurants in real time, including Foreign Cinema, Nopa. Availability is checked continuously across Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms, and you can get a text the moment a table opens.
Platform split here: 2 on OpenTable. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.
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The Californian restaurants tracked here sit in Mission and Castro, Hayes Valley and Fillmore. Neighbourhood pages show every tracked restaurant in that area regardless of cuisine, which is often the faster route when the area matters more than the food.
American (24), Italian (6), Japanese (6), Chinese (4), French (3), Steakhouse (2), Thai (2), Seafood (2). Each page carries the same live availability and release timing for its own list.
Across the 2 Californian restaurants SnagRes tracks in SF, an average of 90% of the bookable window is open at any given check. The tightest is Foreign Cinema at 80%. Anything under about 10% means tables are effectively gone the moment they are released, so an alert matters more than refreshing.
Of the 2 with a confirmed drop time, 1 release at 12:00 PM, and the typical booking window is 60 days ahead. Release times are set per restaurant rather than per platform, so two places on the same platform can drop hours apart. The full table is on the release times page.
Of the 2, 2 book on OpenTable. Each platform releases tables on its own schedule, so watching only one leaves the rest of this list invisible. SnagRes checks all four continuously.
Yes. Star any restaurant on this page and SnagRes emails you when a table opens. A free account covers two restaurants; Plus removes the limit, extends the window from 14 to 30 days and shows exact slot times. SnagRes alerts you, it does not book on your behalf.