César releases tickets on Tock on the 1st of the month, at 12:00 PM ET. A table for two was open on 100% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 4,085 checks of César through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book it on Tock. A table for two has shown on 100% of dates across 4,085 checks, on every night of the week.
Tock. It is not on Resy or OpenTable.
No. It has been open on every date we have checked, for two and for four.
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.
No. Across 4,085 availability checks, César has shown a bookable table for two on 100% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four, on every night of the week. Every date we have ever watched was open. The Hudson Square seafood room is on our list for the cooking, not because the table is hard.
Open rate, party of two: 100%. Party of four: 100%.
Dates that opened at some point: 97%.
César books on Tock, with a calendar about a month deep, and with every date open there is nothing to time. Openings run from 5:30 PM to 9:15 PM, with 41% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window and 10% at 9 PM or later. The slot we have seen open most often is 6:00 PM.
Platform: Tock. Not Resy or OpenTable.
Most often open: 6:00 PM. Prime time: 41% of openings.
Open Tock and book it, at the hour you want, on the night you want. If a specific prime-time slot ever shows full, watch the date; it will come back.
Book on Tock. Every date is open.
Any night, any hour. Prime time is 41% of openings.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches César on Tock 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, which is the line New York's 2024 reservation law draws and the line we stay on the right side of.
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 Hudson Square seafood room has been open on every date we checked, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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César releases reservations 1st of month at noon, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 100% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
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