Jou Jou releases tickets on Tock 30 days ahead, at 10:00 AM PT. A table for two was open on 77% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 1,320 checks of Jou Jou through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book it on Tock: a table for two has shown on 77% of dates and 97% of Saturdays. New dates appear at 10:00 AM, 30 days out; for a filled weeknight, watch the date.
Tock, with new dates at 10:00 AM, 30 days ahead.
Saturday, at 97% of checks for a table for two. Monday is closed.
8:30 PM most often, with 38% 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 the nights it serves, and Saturday is the easy one. Across 1,320 availability checks, Jou Jou has shown a bookable table for two on 77% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four. A two-top has shown on 97% of the Saturdays we have checked; Monday has never shown one, which is a closed day. Over the whole record, 78% of dates opened at some point, and we have recorded 1 release events.
Open rate, party of two: 77%. Party of four: 77%.
Saturday, party of two: 97% of checks. Monday: 0%.
Jou Jou books on Tock, and a new date appears at 10:00 AM, 30 days ahead. Unlike the tasting rooms on Tock, a bistro's reservations are not prepaid, so the 1 release events we have recorded include a real trickle of cancellations across the month.
Release time: 10:00 AM, one new date each morning, 30 days out.
Prime time, more than anywhere nearby. The slot we have seen open most often is 8:30 PM, 38% of recorded openings fell in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window, 25% before 6 PM, and 11% at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 5:00 PM to 9:15 PM. When a table comes back, it is usually the one you wanted.
Before 6 PM: 25%. Prime time: 38%. 9 PM or later: 11%.
Open Tock and book it, Saturday included; 77% of dates are open. For a weeknight that has filled, watch the date and take the cancellation. Party size makes no difference; two and four sit at the same 77%.
Book on Tock. New dates appear at 10:00 AM, 30 days out.
Saturday is the open night here at 97%.
Ask for 8:30 PM; prime time is 38% of openings.
For a filled weeknight, watch it.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Jou Jou 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.
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 bistro is 97% open on a Saturday and gives back 38% of its tables at prime time, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Jou Jou releases reservations 30 days ahead at 10 AM, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 77% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
Jou Jou's calendar reaches 1 December on Sunday, 1 November at 10 AM, and each later date follows the same rule: 30 days ahead at 10 AM. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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