Kiln releases tickets on Tock on the 1st of each month for the following month, at 12:00 PM PT. 22% of its dates had a table open up at some point.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 1,175 checks of Kiln through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a Thursday on Tock: a seat for two has shown on 50% of the Thursdays we have checked, against 20% of dates overall. The next month appears at noon on the 1st, and 8:30 PM opens most often.
At 12:00 PM Pacific on the 1st of each month, for every date in the following month. The restaurant states this rule on its own site.
Yes. Kiln sells its seats on Tock. SnagRes watches that calendar and alerts you when a seat appears; you still book it on Tock yourself.
On the SnagRes Kiln page, snagres.com/restaurants/kiln, which lists every date that had a seat at the last check. This guide explains the pattern behind those dates: a seat for two shows on 20% of dates at any moment, and 22% open at some point.
Thursday, at 50% of checks for a seat for two. Monday is 0%.
8:30 PM most often. 67% of openings are in prime time and 0% 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.
Kiln releases the next month on Tock at noon on the 1st. A seat for two shows on 20% of dates at any given moment and on 50% of Thursdays, and 67% of the seats that open are at prime time. So book a Thursday directly, and for a weekend be on Tock at noon on the 1st or set an alert for the cancellation. See Kiln availability right now.
It depends on the night. Across 1,175 availability checks, Kiln has shown a bookable seat for two on 20% of the dates in its window, and 23% for a party of four. The average hides a short week: a two-top has shown on 50% of the Thursdays we have checked, against 0% of Mondays.
Over the record so far, 22% of dates opened at some point. A Tock tasting room's calendar fills and stays filled on its busy nights. Our Tock figures for Kiln were reset on 17 October 2026 after a measurement fix showed the earlier readings ran high, and the new record is still rebuilding.
Open rate, party of two: 20%. Party of four: 23%.
Thursday, party of two: 50% of checks. Monday: 0%.
Kiln books on Tock, and by its own account releases a whole month at once: at 12:00 PM Pacific on the 1st of each month, for all of the following month. Tock rooms usually sell reservations as prepaid tickets, and people who have paid rarely give a seat back, so the noon release on the 1st is most of the opportunity for a Friday or Saturday.
Release: 12:00 PM Pacific on the 1st, for the following month.
At the sittings, prime time most of all. The seating we have seen open most often is 8:30 PM, 67% of recorded openings fell in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window and 5% before 6 PM, against 0% at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM. When a seat comes back here, it is at the hour you wanted.
Before 6 PM: 5%. Prime time: 67%. 9 PM or later: 0%.
Book a Thursday on Tock, which at 50% is a seat you can get this week at a normal dinner hour. For a Friday or Saturday, be on Tock at noon on the 1st of the month before with your account set up and your card ready, and let something watch the date for the rare cancellation.
Book on Tock. The next month appears at noon on the 1st.
Try Thursday. 50% of Thursdays have shown a seat for two.
Ask for 8:30 PM or prime time; 0% of openings are at 9 PM or later.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Kiln 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 Mission tasting room is 50% open on a Thursday and gives back 67% of its seats at prime time, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Kiln releases reservations 1st of each month for the following month at noon, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 20% of the dates in that window, so the release itself is the one real chance, and the rest come back as cancellations.
Because the tables that exist are gone at the drop. Across 1,175 checks, Kiln has shown a bookable table for two on 20% of dates, though 22% of dates opened at some point. 67% of the openings we have seen were between 7:00 and 8:30 PM. The seats you can actually get are the ones that come back when someone cancels, which is why an alert on the date beats refreshing.
Kiln's calendar reaches 1 December on Sunday, 1 November at noon, and each later date follows the same rule: 1st of each month for the following month at noon. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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