Foreign Cinema releases reservations on OpenTable 60 days ahead, at 12:00 PM PT. A table for two was open on 87% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 256,948 checks of Foreign Cinema through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book it on OpenTable, up to 60 days ahead: a table for two has shown on 87% of dates and 83% of Wednesdays. For a near Saturday, watch the date.
About 60 days, on OpenTable, with new dates at noon.
Wednesday, at 83% of checks for a table for two. Saturday, the hardest, is 74%.
9:00 PM most often, with 48% of openings before 6 PM and 20% in prime time.
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.
Not on a weeknight. Across 256,948 availability checks, Foreign Cinema has shown a bookable table for two on 87% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four. A two-top has shown on 83% of the Wednesdays we have checked and 74% of Saturdays, the hardest night. Over the whole record, 84% of dates opened at some point.
It is also one of the longest windows we track: Foreign Cinema takes reservations about 60 days ahead, so a Saturday two months out is a table you can book now.
Open rate, party of two: 87%. Party of four: 87%.
Wednesday, party of two: 83%. Saturday: 74%.
Foreign Cinema books on OpenTable, and a new date appears at noon, 60 days ahead. It is not on Resy. The window rolls forward one day at a time, and with most of the calendar open at any moment, the release matters mostly for a Saturday at prime time.
Release time: 12:00 PM, one new date each day, 60 days out.
Across the whole day. The slot we have seen open most often is 9:00 PM, with 48% of recorded openings before 6 PM, across a brunch and lunch service, 20% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window and 18% at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Before 6 PM: 48%. Prime time: 20%. 9 PM or later: 18%.
Open OpenTable and book it, up to two months ahead; on a weeknight it is yours at nearly any hour. For a Saturday at 7:30 this week, watch the date and take the cancellation. Party size makes no difference; two and four sit at the same 87%.
Book on OpenTable, not Resy. New dates appear at noon, 60 days out.
Try Wednesday. 83% of Wednesdays have shown a two-top.
Any hour can come back; brunch is the surest.
For a near Saturday, watch the date.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Foreign Cinema on OpenTable 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 Mission institution books 60 days out and fills only on a Saturday, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Foreign Cinema releases reservations 60 days ahead at noon, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 87% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
Foreign Cinema's calendar reaches 1 January on Monday, 2 November at noon, and each later date follows the same rule: 60 days ahead at noon. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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