Smyth releases tickets on Tock 90 days ahead, at 12:00 PM CT. Tables go fast, so the people who get in hear first.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 1,203 checks of Smyth through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
At noon Central on a rolling 90-day calendar, so each date opens 90 days before it. Smyth's own Tock booking page says: "Reservations are released on a rolling 90-day calendar at noon Central."
Tock. Smyth takes reservations on Tock, and SnagRes watches its Tock calendar.
At our latest reading (19 October 2026), Smyth showed a table for two on 3% of the dates in its window, and 7% for four, from 1,203 checks. Chicago joined our tracker in late September 2026, so this is an early reading and it will move as checks accumulate.
Three MICHELIN stars in the MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2025. It is the city's only three-star restaurant this year.
Yes. SnagRes checks Smyth's calendar continuously and texts or emails you the moment a table opens on a date you picked. It never books, holds or resells a table: you book it yourself with the restaurant.
Smyth's own Tock booking page says: "Reservations are released on a rolling 90-day calendar at noon Central." Rolling means the calendar moves forward one date at a time, so the date you want becomes bookable at noon Central 90 days before it.
A rolling calendar gives you a fresh release every day rather than one big morning a month. The cost is that every date has its own noon, and the best times on a given night go at that noon.
Our latest reading, dated 19 October 2026, showed a bookable table for two on 3% of the dates in Smyth's booking window, and 7% for four, across 1,203 checks. The figure describes how often a table was showing when we looked, not how hard the release morning is.
Treat that reading as early. Chicago joined our tracker in late September 2026, so it rests on a small number of checks rather than months of history, and it will move as more accumulate. We track 68 Chicago restaurants in total.
Smyth holds 3 MICHELIN Stars in the MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2025.
Be ready at noon Central, 90 days before the date you want, signed in to Tock with your payment details saved. Decide the date, time and party size before the release rather than during it.
When the dates you want are gone, the way in is a cancellation. Plans change and tables come back onto the calendar at hours nobody predicts. SnagRes checks Smyth's availability continuously and texts or emails you the moment a table opens.
SnagRes never books for you, never holds a table and never resells one. It tells you a table is free, and you book it yourself with the restaurant.
Reservations are released on a rolling 90-day calendar at noon Central.
Smyth's rolling 90-day Tock release at noon Central, its three MICHELIN stars, what we have measured so far, and how to catch a cancellation.
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Smyth releases reservations 90 days ahead at noon, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 3% 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 1,203 checks, Smyth has shown a bookable table for two on 3% of dates, though 6% of dates opened at some point. We have recorded 2 release events there. 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.
Smyth's calendar reaches 1 February on Tuesday, 3 November at noon, and each later date follows the same rule: 90 days ahead at noon. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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