A table for two was open on 87% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 613,235 checks of Selene through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a weeknight on Resy: a two-top has shown on 76% of the Wednesdays we have checked, and 87% of dates overall. For weekend prime time, watch the date and catch a cancellation.
We have not measured a single release hour. Half the calendar is open at any moment, so the release matters less here than at a hard room.
Wednesday, at 76% of checks for a table for two. Sunday, the hardest, is 64%.
5:30 PM most often, with 27% of openings in prime time and 26% at 9 PM or later.
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 very, and less so midweek. Across 613,235 availability checks, Selene has shown a bookable table for two on 87% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four. A two-top has shown on 76% of the Wednesdays we have checked and 64% of Sundays, the hardest day, which is still a number most SoHo rooms would envy. Over the whole record, 87% of dates opened at some point.
Open rate, party of two: 87%. Party of four: 87%.
Easiest night, party of two: Wednesday 76%. Hardest: Sunday 64%.
Selene 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 We have not measured a single release hour from the record, so we do not publish one; the 39 release events we have recorded are spread through the window, and because half the calendar is open at any moment, the release matters less here than at a hard room.
Across the whole evening. The slot we have seen open most often is 5:30 PM, but the spread is wide: 36% of recorded openings fell before 6 PM, 27% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window, and 26% at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM. A prime-time table here is a realistic ask, not a lottery.
Before 6 PM: 36%. Prime time: 27%. 9 PM or later: 26%.
Open Resy and book a weeknight; at 76% on a Wednesday it is a table you can get this week at nearly any hour. For a Saturday or Sunday at 7:30, watch the date and take the cancellation. Party size makes no difference; two and four sit at the same 87%.
Try Wednesday. 76% of Wednesdays have shown a two-top.
Any hour can come back; prime time is 27% of openings.
For weekend prime time, watch the date.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Selene 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 Greek room is 76% open on a Wednesday and gives back a third of its tables at prime time, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Selene's calendar runs about 31 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 87% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
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