Kono releases reservations on Resy 20 days ahead. The exact hour is not confirmed yet. A table for two was open on 57% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 633,630 checks of Kono through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
“Reservations are required and may be booked up to 20 days in advance.”
Book a Wednesday: a seat for two has shown on 62% of the Wednesdays we have checked, against 57% of dates overall, and four-tops show on 57%. For a weekend, watch the date and catch a cancellation. It books on Resy.
We have not measured a single release hour. The window is about 20 days, and openings are spread through it.
At the two sittings, 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM, split almost evenly. Nothing opens after 9 PM.
Yes. 57% of dates for four against 57% for two.
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.
Midweek, no, and for four, less than for two. Across 633,630 availability checks, Kono has shown a bookable seat for two on 57% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 57%. A two-top has shown on 62% of the Wednesdays we have checked; Sunday has never shown one. Over the whole record, 62% of dates opened at some point.
Kono is a yakitori counter on the Bowery with a Michelin star and two sittings a night, and its calendar behaves like a counter's: seats come back at the seating times, in blocks.
Open rate, party of two: 57%. Party of four: 57%.
Easiest night, party of two: Wednesday, 62% of checks. Sunday: 0%.
Kono books on Resy, with a window of about 20 days. We have not measured a single release hour from the record, so we do not publish one; the 72 release events we have recorded are spread through the window.
At the two sittings, split almost evenly. The seating we have seen open most often is 5:30 PM, 52% of recorded openings fell before 6 PM and 48% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window. Nothing after 9. Openings run from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Either sitting is a real possibility when a seat comes back.
Before 6 PM: 52%. Prime time: 48%. 9 PM or later: 0%.
Book a Wednesday, which at 62% is a counter you can sit at this week, and bring people if you can: a four-top shows on 57% of dates against 57% for two. For a Friday or Saturday, watch the date and be told when a seat comes back; because the sittings are fixed, it will be at the hour you wanted.
Book on Resy. The window is about 20 days.
Try Wednesday. 62% of Wednesdays have shown a seat for two.
Four does better than two here.
For a weekend, watch the date.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Kono on Resy around the clock and tells you the moment a seat appears, by email or text. You book it yourself, in your own Resy account, at the restaurant's own price. Nothing is reserved, held or resold on your behalf, which is the line New York's 2024 reservation law draws and the line we stay on the right side of.
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 Bowery yakitori counter is 62% open on a Wednesday and 57% open for four, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Kono releases reservations 20 days ahead, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 57% of the dates in that window, so book at the release for a weekend and watch the date for a weeknight.
Kono's calendar reaches 1 December on Wednesday, 11 November, and each later date follows the same rule: 20 days ahead. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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