A table for two was open on 37% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 614,785 checks of Lucia Alimentari through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a Wednesday: a two-top has shown on 67% of the Wednesdays we have checked, against 37% of dates overall. For a weekend, watch the date and catch a cancellation. It books on Resy.
We have not measured a single release hour. Openings are spread through the month-long window.
Wednesday, at 67% of checks for a table for two. Monday has never shown one.
5:30 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.
Midweek, no. On a weekend, yes. Across 614,785 availability checks, Lucia Alimentari has shown a bookable table for two on 37% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four. A two-top has shown on 67% of the Wednesdays we have checked; Monday has never shown one. Over the whole record, 41% of dates opened at some point, the same as the random-moment number, which means what you see on this calendar is what there is.
Open rate, party of two: 37%. Party of four: 37%.
Easiest night, party of two: Wednesday, 67% of checks. Monday: 0%.
Lucia Alimentari books on Resy, with a calendar about a month deep. We have not measured a single release hour from the record, so we do not publish one; the 37 release events we have recorded are spread through the window.
Early and prime. The slot we have seen open most often is 5:30 PM, and 39% of recorded openings fell in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window, one of the higher prime-time shares we track in SoHo, with 17% before 6 PM and 16% at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 5:00 PM to 9:45 PM.
Before 6 PM: 17%. Prime time: 39%. 9 PM or later: 16%.
Book a Wednesday, which at 67% is a table you can get this week at a normal dinner hour. For a Friday or Saturday, watch the date and take the cancellation. Party size makes no difference; two and four sit at the same 37%.
Try Wednesday. 67% of Wednesdays have shown a two-top.
Ask for 5:30 PM or prime time.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Lucia Alimentari on Resy around the clock and tells you the moment a table 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 SoHo alimentari is 67% open on a Wednesday and gives back 39% of its tables at prime time, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Lucia Alimentari's calendar runs about 30 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 37% of the dates in that window, so book at the release for a weekend and watch the date for a weeknight.
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