Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 61,530,416 checks across 284 restaurants through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Among New York neighbourhoods where we track five or more rooms, the West Village (12% across 11 rooms). In the West Village, seven of the eleven restaurants we measure had every two-top taken across their window at the last check, and the average is 12%. Tribeca, a fifteen-minute walk south, averages 61% with none of its rooms at 0%.
Each rests on three restaurants, so neither is a neighbourhood verdict. Nolita reads a 10% median and a 12% average, with Torrisi at 0%, Thai Diner at 27% and Oriana at 10%. Midtown East reads a 43% median and a 31% average, with The Polo Bar at 0%, Monkey Bar at 50% and COTE 550 at 43%. The West Village averages 12% across 11 rooms.
L'Artusi (47%), Umeko (47%) and Dandelion (30%) are the most available of the ones we track. Umeko and L’Artusi open mostly in the afternoon, and Dandelion leans to the evening, with 27% of its openings between 7:00 and 8:30 PM.
The rooms are physically small and the neighbourhood has absorbed a decade of concentrated food-media attention, so demand rises where the seat count cannot. Platform matters too: eight of the eleven rooms we track there book on Resy, where casual demand is largest. Three of Tribeca’s six book on Tock: Atera (60%), ICCA (77%) and Jungsik (80%).
Very little. Across the ten West Village rooms where we hold slot-level data, the median share of openings in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM band is 3%, against 26% across Tribeca’s six. 98% of I Sodi’s openings and 96% of Via Carota’s are before 6 PM.
Tribeca gives a far better hit rate for the same effort. Jungsik read 80% of dates open, ICCA 77%, Atera 60% and Au Cheval 67%. Ito read 50% and puts 50% of its openings at prime time. Jungsik holds two Michelin stars, so this is not a trade down.
Substantially. Across the 84 New York rooms we measure, the median availability is 35% and 23 read 0%. Across the 60 San Francisco rooms the median is 65% and six read 0%. San Francisco’s hardest neighbourhood with four or more rooms is SoMa (38% across 6 rooms).
No. It watches these calendars across Resy, OpenTable, Tock and SevenRooms and texts or emails you the moment a watched table opens, and you book it yourself at the restaurant’s own price. TableSwap charges $75 per successful reservation, which is the resale practice New York’s 2024 reservation law was written to address. We never book, so nothing happens to a table without you.
Ranked by average availability across every New York neighbourhood where we track five or more rooms, the hardest place to get a table is the West Village (12% across 11 rooms). The West Village is the case worth studying closely. We track eleven West Village rooms and have checked their calendars 5,765,124 times. Seven of them had every two-top taken across their window at our last reading: 4 Charles Prime Rib, Buvette, Don Angie, I Sodi, Semma, Via Carota and Wild Cherry.
The West Village's median availability is 0% and its average is 12%. Tribeca, a fifteen-minute walk south, runs at a 64% median and a 61% average, with none of its rooms at 0%. Same city, same week, same measurement, and the difference is the difference between planning a dinner and waiting for one.
23 of the 84 New York restaurants we measure read 0% for a two-top. By neighbourhood, the zeros cluster: the West Village (7), the East Village (2) and Greenwich Village (2).
For anyone deciding where to spend an evening, or where to stay, that concentration is more useful than any single restaurant's number. It tells you what kind of night you are signing up for before you have picked a restaurant at all.
West Village: 11 rooms, 0% median, 12% average, seven at 0%, 5,765,124 checks.
East Village: 11 rooms, 37% median, 34% average, two at 0%.
Lower East Side: 8 rooms, 33% median, two at 0%.
Greenwich Village: 8 rooms, 48% median, two at 0%.
Williamsburg: 5 rooms, 63% median, one at 0%.
Tribeca: 6 rooms, 64% median, 61% average, none at 0%, 1,447,787 checks.
We would rather state this than have it found. Nolita and Midtown East are left out of the ranking above because each rests on three restaurants, and both hold famous doors. In Nolita, Torrisi reads 0%, Thai Diner 27% and Oriana 10%, for a 10% median and a 12% average. In Midtown East, The Polo Bar reads 0%, Monkey Bar 50% and COTE 550 43%, for a 43% median and a 31% average.
Three rooms is not a neighbourhood verdict. What the West Village has is difficulty at scale: eleven rooms measured, seven of them at zero. A three-room figure and an eleven-room figure are different kinds of claim, whichever reads lower on a given morning.
Worth noting as well that a 0% two-top is not always a 0% reservation. Monkey Bar read 50% for two and 47% for four. Torrisi read 0% and 0%. I Sodi read 0% and 3%. At rooms like these the party size you type in can do more work than the hour you pick.
Nolita: 3 rooms, 10% median, 12% average. Oriana 10%, Torrisi 0%, Thai Diner 27%.
Midtown East: 3 rooms, 43% median, 31% average. The Polo Bar 0%, Monkey Bar 50%, COTE 550 43%.
Party size, two against four: Monkey Bar 50% and 47%, Torrisi 0% and 0%, I Sodi 0% and 3%.
This is the part no reputation-based ranking can give you, and it changes the practical advice completely. Across the ten West Village rooms where we hold slot-level data, the median share of openings falling in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM band is 3%. Across Tribeca's six it is 26%. The West Village does not merely open less. What it opens is lunch, mid-afternoon and last call.
Via Carota reads 0%, and 96% of the 42,364 openings we have logged there are before 6 PM, with 2:00 PM the single most common time. I Sodi reads 0%, and 98% of the 11,180 openings in our record are before 6 PM, with 4:30 PM the most common. L'Artusi reads 47% and peaks at 2:30 PM. Umeko reads 47% and peaks at 2:45 PM, with 92% of its openings early.
Buvette shows how much the night of the week matters. In our record it has found a table on 0 of 91,243 Friday checks and 0 of 91,687 Saturday checks, and 75% of its openings are before 6 PM. Its best night is Tuesday, at 11%.
Tribeca runs the other way at the same time of night. Ito puts 50% of its openings in the prime band, ICCA 33%, Atera 32% and Jungsik 19%. So the gap between the two neighbourhoods is wider than 12% against 61% suggests, because Tribeca's availability is the part of the evening people actually want.
Median prime-time share of openings: 3% across 10 West Village rooms, 26% across Tribeca's 6.
Via Carota: 96% of 42,364 openings before 6 PM, 2:00 PM the most common.
I Sodi: 98% of 11,180 logged openings before 6 PM, 4:30 PM the most common.
Buvette: 0 open tables in 91,243 Friday checks and 0 in 91,687 Saturday checks.
Tribeca prime-time shares: Ito 50%, ICCA 33%, Atera 32%, Jungsik 19%.
The neighbourhood is small, the buildings are old and the rooms inside them are tiny. When demand for a few blocks rises and the number of seats physically cannot, the shortage shows up on the booking calendar rather than anywhere else. It is also the neighbourhood a decade of food media has pointed at hardest, which concentrates demand from people who could have eaten anywhere.
There is a platform pattern underneath it too. Eight of the eleven West Village rooms we track book on Resy, the app with the largest population of people already logged in and refreshing. Three of Tribeca's six book on Tock: Atera (60%), ICCA (77%) and Jungsik (80%). A prepaid or deposit-backed booking removes much of the casual demand that empties a Resy calendar in seconds.
Release behaviour says the same thing from another angle. We logged 647 release events at Umeko across 61 observation days and 458 at Via Carota across 59, against 4 at Atera across 1 days and 2 at Jungsik across 1. The West Village calendars churn constantly. Tribeca's sit still, because nothing is fighting over them.
Eight of eleven West Village rooms book on Resy. Three of Tribeca's six book on Tock.
The Tock rooms in Tribeca: Atera (60%), ICCA (77%) and Jungsik (80%).
Release churn: 647 events at Umeko and 458 at Via Carota, against 4 at Atera and 2 at Jungsik.
Decide difficulty first and neighbourhood second, rather than the other way round. That is the whole practical content of the numbers above.
If the West Village is the point, because someone has their heart set on Via Carota or 4 Charles, plan it as a release-and-alert exercise weeks out and keep a fallback inside the same few blocks. L'Artusi (47%) and Umeko (47%) are the most available rooms in the neighbourhood, though Umeko and L'Artusi both skew to the afternoon. Dandelion at 30% leans to the evening instead, with 27% of its openings in the prime band and 38% at 9 PM or later.
If what you want is a good dinner downtown on a particular night, Tribeca gives a far better hit rate for the same effort, and at Jungsik or Atera a more decorated room than the one you failed to book. Jungsik holds two Michelin stars and read 80% of dates open. Ito read 50% and puts 50% of its openings at prime time.
And if a room reads 0%, check the four-top before concluding anything. Monkey Bar reads 50% for two and 47% for four, and I Sodi 0% and 3%.
West Village fallbacks: Umeko 47%, L'Artusi 47%, Dandelion 30% with 27% of openings in prime time.
Buvette has found a table on 0 of 91,243 Friday checks and 0 of 91,687 Saturday checks in our record.
Tribeca, if the neighbourhood is negotiable: Jungsik 80%, ICCA 77%, Atera 60%, Au Cheval 67%, Ito 50%.
Always price the four-top: Monkey Bar reads 50% for two and 47% for four.
We track both cities on the same cycle, which makes the comparison exact rather than impressionistic. Across the 84 New York rooms we measure, the median availability is 35% and 23 read 0%. Across the 60 San Francisco rooms the median is 65% and six read 0%. The most zeros any one San Francisco neighbourhood holds is two, against seven in the West Village.
Among San Francisco neighbourhoods where we track four or more rooms, the hardest by average is SoMa (38% across 6 rooms). Jackson Square is the one most often compared to the West Village: Verjus reads 10%, Cotogna 20% and Quince 40%, for a 43% average and none at zero, against the West Village's 12%.
If you split your year between the two cities, the useful rule is that a New York plan starts with the restaurant and a San Francisco plan can start with the night. The exception is what the hour data shows: in both cities, the availability that exists is often afternoon or late, so the honest question is never just whether a room opens but when.
New York: 35% median across 84 rooms, 23 at 0%.
San Francisco: 65% median across 60 rooms, six at 0%.
Hardest San Francisco neighbourhood with four or more rooms: SoMa (38% across 6 rooms).
These are figures for the restaurants we track, not for every restaurant in a neighbourhood. We watch the hard ones by design, so the West Village number describes the hard West Village rather than the whole of it. There are dozens of places on Hudson Street that will seat you tonight.
The comparison still holds, because we apply the same selection to Tribeca and it comes out at a 61% average. What the numbers say is that the hardest rooms cluster geographically.
We track 284 restaurants in total and have run 61,530,416 availability checks against them, of which 5,765,124 belong to the West Village and 1,447,787 to Tribeca. Table Alert advertises 62,198 restaurants. Nobody watching 62,198 rooms can tell you how many Friday tables Buvette has shown, when I Sodi's openings fall, or that Monkey Bar's four-top reads 47% against its two-top's 50%. We traded coverage for knowing the rooms we cover. The availability percentages are a point-in-time reading of each current booking window, dated 19 October 2026, while the slot, weekday and release counts are cumulative.
We also never book a table. SnagRes watches these calendars across Resy, OpenTable, Tock and SevenRooms and texts or emails you the moment a watched table opens. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the restaurant's own price. TableSwap charges $75 per successful reservation, which is the paid resale practice New York's 2024 reservation law was written to address, and we are not in that business in either city.
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