Tsukimi releases tickets on Tock on the 1st of the month for the following month, at 3:00 PM ET. A table for two was open on 63% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 4,200 checks of Tsukimi through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a Thursday on Tock: a seat for two has shown on 100% of the Thursdays we have checked, against 63% of dates overall. Seats appear at 3:00 PM, and 8:15 PM opens most often.
Tock, with seats appearing at 3:00 PM.
Thursday, at 100% of checks for a seat for two. Monday has never shown one.
8:15 PM most often. 35% of openings are before 6 PM and 40% in prime time; none have been at 9 PM or later.
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.
On the nights it serves, no. Across 4,200 availability checks, Tsukimi has shown a bookable seat for two on 63% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 60%. The average hides a short week: a two-top has shown on 100% of the Thursdays we have checked, and Monday has never shown one. The open nights are wide open.
Over the whole record, 66% of dates opened at some point, and we have recorded 1 release events. A Tock tasting counter's calendar fills and stays filled on its busy nights.
Open rate, party of two: 63%. Party of four: 60%.
Thursday, party of two: 100% of checks. Monday: 0%.
Tsukimi books on Tock, and new seats appear at 3:00 PM, an unusual hour that few people are watching. Tock rooms usually sell reservations as prepaid tickets, and people who have paid rarely give a seat back, so the afternoon release is most of the opportunity for a Friday or Saturday.
At the sittings, early and prime. The seating we have seen open most often is 8:15 PM, 35% of recorded openings fell before 6 PM, and 40% came in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window. Nothing has opened at 9 PM or later. Openings run from 5:30 PM to 8:15 PM.
Before 6 PM: 35%. Prime time: 40%. 9 PM or later: 0%.
Book a Thursday on Tock, which at 100% is a seat you can get this week. For a Friday or Saturday, be on Tock at 3:00 PM with your account set up and your card ready, and let something watch the date for the rare cancellation. Come as two; a four-top shows on 60% of dates against 63%.
Book on Tock. Seats appear at 3:00 PM.
Try Thursday. 100% of Thursdays have shown a seat for two.
Ask for 8:15 PM or the later sitting; nothing opens after 9.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Tsukimi on Tock around the clock and tells you the moment a seat appears, by email or text. You book it yourself, in your own 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 counter releases at 3 PM and is 100% open on a Thursday, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Tsukimi releases reservations 1st of the month for the following month at 3 PM, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 63% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
Tsukimi's calendar reaches 1 December on Sunday, 1 November at 3 PM, and each later date follows the same rule: 1st of the month for the following month at 3 PM. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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