The Big Four releases reservations on SevenRooms 14 days ahead, at 12:00 AM PT. A table for two was open on 37% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 262,681 checks of The Big Four through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a Saturday: a two-top has shown on 40% of the Saturdays we have checked, against 37% of dates overall. For a weeknight, be on SevenRooms at midnight, 14 days ahead, or watch the date.
SevenRooms, through the hotel's own site. It is not on Resy or OpenTable.
At midnight, one new date each night, 14 days ahead.
Saturday, at 40% of checks for a table for two. Thursday, the hardest, is 12%.
No. SnagRes watches the calendar and alerts you by email or text the moment a table appears. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the restaurant's own price. We never hold, resell or charge per reservation.
Moderately, and the pattern is unusual for Nob Hill. Across 262,681 availability checks, The Big Four has shown a bookable table for two on 37% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 37%. Saturday is the room's most open night for a pair at 40% of checks; Thursday the least at 12%. Over the whole record, 35% of dates opened at some point.
The Big Four is the hotel dining room at the Huntington, and its calendar behaves like a hotel's: weekday business dinners fill the middle of the week, and the weekend, which is the fight almost everywhere else, is where the tables are.
Open rate, party of two: 37%. Party of four: 37%.
Easiest night, party of two: Saturday 40%. Hardest: Thursday 12%.
The Big Four books on SevenRooms, through the hotel's own reservation page, and a new date appears at midnight, 14 days ahead. It is not on Resy or OpenTable, which is where most San Francisco diners look first. The window rolls forward one night at a time, and the 121 release events we have recorded are mostly cancellations across the fortnight.
Platform: SevenRooms, from the hotel's own site.
Release time: midnight, one new date each night, 14 days out.
Across the whole evening, evenly. The slot we have seen open most often is 9:00 PM, and the openings split into near-thirds: 25% before 6 PM, 35% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window, 24% at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM. When this room opens, a prime-time seat is a real possibility.
Before 6 PM: 25%. Prime time: 35%. 9 PM or later: 24%.
Book a Saturday, which at 40% is a table you can plausibly get this week, at almost any hour. For a midweek business dinner, be on the SevenRooms page at midnight two weeks ahead, or watch the date and take the cancellation. Come as two; a four-top shows on 37% of dates against 37%.
Book on SevenRooms, not Resy or OpenTable. New dates appear at midnight, 14 days out.
Try Saturday. It is the open night here.
Any hour can come back; prime time is 35% of openings.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches The Big Four on SevenRooms around the clock and tells you the moment a table appears, by email or text. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the restaurant's own price. Nothing is reserved, held or resold on your behalf.
Because you cannot say any of the above about a directory. SnagRes tracks 284 restaurants across New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, with 61,530,416 logged availability checks between the rooms with a full record. Nothing watching tens of thousands of restaurants can tell you that one Nob Hill hotel dining room opens on Saturdays more than Thursdays, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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The Big Four releases reservations 14 days ahead at midnight, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 37% of the dates in that window, so book at the release for a weekend and watch the date for a weeknight.
The Big Four's calendar reaches 1 December on Tuesday, 17 November at midnight, and each later date follows the same rule: 14 days ahead at midnight. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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