A table for two was open on 43% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 1,170 checks of Friends Only through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a Wednesday on Tock: a seat for two has shown on 95% of the Wednesdays we have checked, against 43% of dates overall. For a weekend, watch the date; cancellations are rare.
Tock, with a calendar about a month deep.
Wednesday, at 95% of checks for a seat for two. Monday has never shown one.
8:30 PM most often. 57% of openings are in prime time and 43% before 6 PM; none have been at 9 PM or later.
No. SnagRes watches the calendar and alerts you by email or text the moment a seat appears. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the restaurant's own price. We never hold, resell or charge per reservation.
On the nights it serves, no. Across 1,170 availability checks, Friends Only has shown a bookable seat for two on 43% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 43%. The average hides a short week: a two-top has shown on 95% of the Wednesdays we have checked, and Monday has never shown one. The open nights are wide open.
Over the whole record, 47% of dates opened at some point, barely above the random-moment number, and we have recorded 1 release events. A Tock counter's calendar fills and stays filled on its busy nights.
Open rate, party of two: 43%. Party of four: 43%.
Wednesday, party of two: 95% of checks. Monday: 0%.
Friends Only books on Tock, with a calendar about a month deep. We have not measured a single release hour from the record, so we do not publish one. Tock rooms usually sell reservations as prepaid tickets, and people who have paid rarely give a seat back, so the cancellation route is thin.
At the two sittings, split evenly. The seating we have seen open most often is 8:30 PM, 57% of recorded openings fell in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window and 43% before 6 PM. Nothing has opened at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Before 6 PM: 43%. Prime time: 57%. 9 PM or later: 0%.
Book a Wednesday on Tock, which at 95% is a seat you can get this week at either sitting. For a Friday or Saturday, let something watch the date for the rare cancellation. Come as two; a four-top shows on 43% of dates against 43%.
Try Wednesday. 95% of Wednesdays have shown a seat for two.
Either sitting comes back; 8:30 PM slightly more.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Friends Only on Tock around the clock and tells you the moment a seat 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 counter is 95% open on a Wednesday and never on a Monday, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Friends Only's calendar runs about 30 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 43% of the dates in that window, so book at the release for a weekend and watch the date for a weeknight.
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