Penny releases reservations on Resy 14 days ahead, at 9:00 AM ET. A table for two was open on 37% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 630,662 checks of Penny through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
“Reservations open 14 days in advance at 9am EST.”
Penny releases seats 14 days ahead at 9 AM Eastern on Resy, one new date each morning, which is the rule on its own Resy listing. At our last check a seat for two was open on 37% of dates, mostly late, so a prime-time seat means the 9 AM drop or a text the moment a cancellation appears.
Yes, on Resy. Across 630,662 checks, a seat for two has shown on 37% of dates and a table for four on 10%, and 57% of dates opened at some point.
Come as two and ask for a late seat: two-tops show on 37% of dates and 10:30 PM opens most often. For prime time, be on Resy at 9:00 AM, 14 days ahead, or watch the date.
On the SnagRes Penny page, snagres.com/restaurants/penny, 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 37% of dates at any moment, and 79% of openings are at 9 PM or later.
No, harder: 10% of dates for four against 37% for two. Claud, downstairs, showed a four-top on 40% of dates.
10:30 PM most often. 79% of openings are at 9 PM or later; prime time is 1%.
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.
Penny reservations open on Resy at 9:00 AM, 14 days ahead, one new date each morning. A seat for two shows on 37% of dates at any given moment and a table for four on 10%, and the seats that come back are late: 79% of openings are at 9 PM or later, most often at 10:30 PM. So come as two and take a late seat, or be on Resy at 9 AM for prime time. See Penny availability right now.
For two, no. For four, yes, and that is the reverse of most rooms. Across 630,662 availability checks, Penny has shown a bookable seat for two on 37% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 10%. A raw bar built around a counter has plenty of pairs of stools and almost nothing for a group. Over the whole record, 57% of dates opened at some point.
The night matters less than the hour. A two-top has shown on 48% of the Wednesdays we have checked and 37% of Saturdays, a narrow spread. The hour is the whole story below.
Open rate, party of two: 37%. Party of four: 10%.
Wednesday, party of two: 48%. Saturday: 37%.
Penny books on Resy, and a new date appears 14 days ahead at 9 AM. The window rolls forward one day at a time, and the 99 release events we have recorded are mostly cancellations spread across the fortnight. Its sibling Claud, downstairs, releases 14 days ahead at 9 AM.
Release rule: 14 days ahead at 9 AM, one new date each morning.
Late, more than almost anywhere. The slot we have seen open most often is 10:30 PM, and 79% of recorded openings fell at 9 PM or later. Another 16% came before 6 PM, and the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window accounts for 1%: effectively nothing. Openings run from 5:00 PM to 10:30 PM.
Oysters at 10:30 PM on a stool is what Penny is for. The 7:30 seat is the one that never comes back.
9 PM or later: 79%. Prime time: 1%. Before 6 PM: 16%.
Come as two and ask for a late seat, and Penny is a counter you can book this week on nearly any night. For a prime-time seat, be on Resy at 9:00 AM two weeks ahead, or watch the date and take the cancellation; that hour is the only scarce thing here for a pair. For four, the honest answer is Claud downstairs, where a four-top shows on 40% of dates against 10% here.
Book on Resy. New dates appear 14 days ahead at 9 AM.
Come as two. 37% against 10% for four.
Ask for 10:30 PM. 79% of openings are 9 PM or later.
For prime time, watch the date.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Penny 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 East Village raw bar is 37% open for two and 10% for four and opens 79% of its seats after 9 PM, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
Keep reading: Penny reservations · Claud, the room for a group · The hardest tables in the East Village · Counters that seat one and two · How Resy drops work · How we measure availability
Browse all restaurant reservation guides
Penny releases reservations 14 days ahead at 9 AM, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. 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.
Penny's calendar reaches 1 December on Tuesday, 17 November at 9 AM, and each later date follows the same rule: 14 days ahead at 9 AM. Hours are local to the restaurant.
SnagRes watches Penny, 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: Penny reservations, or NYC dinner reservations, live, or last-minute tables in NYC tonight.