The Happy Crane releases reservations on OpenTable 30 days ahead, at 12:00 PM PT. A table for two was open on 60% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 256,500 checks of The Happy Crane through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a weeknight on OpenTable: a two-top has shown on 98% of Thursdays and 60% of dates overall. For a Saturday, be on OpenTable at noon, 30 days ahead, or watch the date.
OpenTable, with new dates at 12:00 PM, 30 days ahead. It is not on Resy.
Thursday, at 98% of checks for a table for two. Monday is closed.
9:00 PM most often, with 39% of openings 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 256,500 availability checks, The Happy Crane has shown a bookable table for two on 60% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 57%. A two-top has shown on 98% of the Thursdays we have checked; Monday has never shown one, which is a closed day. Over the whole record, 65% of dates opened at some point, and we have recorded 81 release events.
Open rate, party of two: 60%. Party of four: 57%.
Thursday, party of two: 98% of checks. Monday: 0%.
The Happy Crane books on OpenTable, and a new date appears at noon, 30 days ahead. It is not on Resy. The window rolls forward one day at a time, and with more than half the calendar open at any moment, the release matters mostly for a Friday or Saturday.
Release time: 12:00 PM, one new date each day, 30 days out.
Across the evening, with prime time well represented. The slot we have seen open most often is 9:00 PM, with 30% of recorded openings before 6 PM, 39% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window and 19% at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Before 6 PM: 30%. Prime time: 39%. 9 PM or later: 19%.
Open OpenTable and book a weeknight; on a Thursday it is yours this week at nearly any hour. For a Saturday at 7:30, be on OpenTable at noon a month ahead, or watch the date and take the cancellation. Come as two; a four-top shows on 57% of dates against 60%.
Book on OpenTable, not Resy. New dates appear at noon, 30 days out.
Try Thursday. 98% of Thursdays have shown a two-top.
Any hour can come back; prime time is 39% of openings.
For a Saturday, watch the date.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches The Happy Crane 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 Nob Hill room is 98% open on a Thursday and closed on Mondays, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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The Happy Crane releases reservations 30 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 60% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
The Happy Crane's calendar reaches 1 December on Sunday, 1 November at noon, and each later date follows the same rule: 30 days ahead at noon. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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