Italian restaurants in New York City and San Francisco

SnagRes tracks 19 hard-to-book Italian restaurants in real time, including Carbone, Via Carota, I Sodi. Availability is checked continuously across Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms, and you can get a text the moment a table opens.

Platform split here: 12 on Resy, 3 on OpenTable, 3 on SevenRooms, 1 on Tock. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.

7 of these had 10% or less of the booking window open at the last check: Carbone, Via Carota, I Sodi, Torrisi, I Cavallini, Una Pizza Napoletana.

• Carbone - Italian, Greenwich Village (Resy), 6% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Via Carota - Italian, West Village (Resy), 10% of the window open at last check
• I Sodi - Italian, West Village (Resy), 0% of the window open at last check (guide)
• L'Artusi - Italian, West Village (Resy), 50% of the window open at last check
• Lilia - Italian, Williamsburg (Resy), 67% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Torrisi - Italian, Nolita (Resy), 0% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Forsythia - Italian, Lower East Side (Resy), 70% of the window open at last check
• I Cavallini - Italian, Williamsburg (Resy), 7% of the window open at last check
• Lucia Alimentari - Italian, SoHo (Resy), 37% of the window open at last check
• Una Pizza Napoletana - Italian, Lower East Side (OpenTable), 0% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Don Angie - Italian, West Village (OpenTable), 0% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Il Leone - Italian / Pizza, Park Slope (Resy), 33% of the window open at last check
• Roscioli - Italian, NoHo (SevenRooms), 37% of the window open at last check
• Cafe Zoetrope - Italian, North Beach (Tock), 80% of the window open at last check
• Flour + Water - Italian, Mission (Resy), 73% of the window open at last check
• Penny Roma - Italian, Mission (Resy), 87% of the window open at last check
• Delfina - Italian, Mission (OpenTable), 100% of the window open at last check
• Cotogna - Italian, Jackson Square (SevenRooms), 17% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Quince - Italian, Jackson Square (SevenRooms), 17% of the window open at last check (guide)

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Where these restaurants are

The Italian restaurants tracked here sit in Greenwich Village, West Village, Williamsburg, Nolita, Lower East Side, SoHo. 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.

Other cuisines in New York City and San Francisco

American (37), Japanese (16), French (11), Korean (7), Indian (7), Mediterranean (5), Seafood (5), Steakhouse (5). Each page carries the same live availability and release timing for its own list.

How hard is it to get an Italian reservation in NYC and SF?

Across the 19 Italian restaurants SnagRes tracks in NYC and SF, an average of 36% of the bookable window is open at any given check. The tightest is I Sodi at 0%. Anything under about 10% means tables are effectively gone the moment they are released, so an alert matters more than refreshing.

When do Italian restaurants release reservations?

Of the 13 with a confirmed drop time, 7 release at 10:00 AM, and the typical booking window is 14 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.

Which booking platform do Italian restaurants use?

Of the 19, 12 book on Resy, 3 on OpenTable, 3 on SevenRooms, 1 on Tock. Each platform releases tables on its own schedule, so watching only one leaves the rest of this list invisible. SnagRes checks all four continuously.

Can I get alerted when an Italian table opens in NYC and SF?

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.