A table for two was open on 67% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 1,200 checks of Wako through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a Thursday on Tock: a seat for two has shown on 100% of Thursdays, and 34% of openings are before 6 PM. At any moment the counter is 67% open.
Tock, with a calendar about a month deep.
Wednesday, at 100% of checks for a seat for two, level with Thursday. Monday has not shown one on the current record.
Our checks have not recorded a lunch opening since the 17 October 2026 Tock reset: the earliest seat we have seen is 5:30 PM, and 34% of openings fall before 6 PM. Check Wako's Tock page for its current service times.
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 1,200 availability checks, Wako has shown a bookable seat for two on 67% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four. The average hides a short week: a two-top has shown on 100% of the Thursdays we have checked, and Monday has not shown one on the current record. The open nights are wide open.
Wako also opens early in the evening: 34% of its openings fall before 6 PM, from 5:30 PM. Our Tock figures for Wako were reset on 17 October 2026 after a measurement fix showed the earlier readings ran high, and the new record is still rebuilding.
Open rate, party of two: 67%. Party of four: 67%.
Thursday, party of two: 100% of checks. Monday: 0%.
Wako books on Tock, with a calendar about a month deep. We have not measured a single release hour from the record, so we do not publish one. Tock rooms usually sell reservations as prepaid tickets, so the cancellation route is thin, but with two dates in three open it rarely matters.
Early evening and prime time. The seating we have seen open most often is 5:30 PM, 34% of recorded openings fell before 6 PM, across a service that starts at 5:30 PM, and 44% came in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window. Nothing has opened at 9 PM or later.
Before 6 PM: 34%. Prime time: 44%. 9 PM or later: 0%.
Book a Thursday on Tock, or take an early sitting, and Wako is yours this week. Friday and Saturday read 100% and 90% on the current record, so book those directly too. Party size makes no difference; two and four sit at the same 67%.
Try Thursday. 100% of Thursdays have shown a seat for two.
Take an early sitting; 34% of openings are before 6 PM.
For a date that is gone, watch it.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Wako 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.
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 Inner Richmond omakase is 100% open on a Thursday and 0% on a Monday, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Wako's calendar runs about 30 days deep. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 67% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
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