A table for two was open on 100% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 256,170 checks of Hinodeya through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book it on OpenTable. A table for two has shown on 100% of dates across 256,170 checks, at lunch and dinner alike.
OpenTable. It is not on Resy.
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 256,170 availability checks, Hinodeya 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 Marina ramen room is on our list for the broth, not because the table is hard.
Open rate, party of two: 100%. Party of four: 100%.
Dates that opened at some point: 100%.
Hinodeya books on OpenTable, with a calendar about a month deep, and with every date open there is nothing to time. Openings run from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM: 65% before 6 PM, across a long lunch service, and 17% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window. The slot we have seen open most often is 6:45 PM.
Most often open: 6:45 PM. Before 6 PM: 65% of openings.
Open OpenTable and book it, at lunch or dinner, on any night. If a specific slot ever shows full, watch the date; it will come back.
Book on OpenTable, not Resy. Every date is open.
Lunch is the surest seat; 65% of openings are before 6 PM.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Hinodeya 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 Marina ramen room has been open on every date we checked, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Hinodeya's calendar runs about 30 days deep. 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.
SnagRes watches Hinodeya, along with 283 more hard-to-book restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, and alerts you when a table opens. Watching one is free and no card is needed: watch Hinodeya free, or SF dinner reservations, live, or last-minute tables in SF tonight.