Yamada releases reservations on Resy 20 days ahead. The exact hour is not confirmed yet. A table for two was open on 37% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 643,816 checks of Yamada through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book a Thursday at the early sitting: a seat for two has shown on 49% of Thursdays and 5:30 PM opens most often. For a weekend, be on Resy at midnight, 17 days ahead, or watch the week and catch a cancellation.
At midnight, one new date each night, 17 days ahead, on Resy.
5:30 PM most often. 52% of openings are before 6 PM and 48% in prime time; none have been at 9 PM or later.
Thursday, at 49% of checks for a seat for two. Monday has never shown one.
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 a Thursday, no. On a weekend, yes. Across 643,816 availability checks, Yamada has shown a bookable seat for two on 37% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 23%. A two-top has shown on 49% of the Thursdays we have checked; Monday has never shown one. Over the whole record, 43% of dates opened at some point, and we have recorded 144 release events.
Open rate, party of two: 37%. Party of four: 23%.
Easiest night, party of two: Thursday, 49% of checks. Monday: 0%.
Dates that opened at some point: 43%.
Yamada books on Resy, and a new date appears at midnight, 17 days ahead, an unusual window that sits between the common two and three weeks. The calendar rolls forward one night at a time. With 144 recorded release events, the cancellation flow here is real, and because an omakase seats in fixed sittings, a cancellation is a seat at the seating time, not at some odd hour.
Release time: midnight, one new date each night, 17 days out.
Early, and never late. The seating we have seen open most often is 5:30 PM, 52% of recorded openings fell before 6 PM, and the other 48% 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 8:30 PM.
Two sittings, in other words, and the first one comes back more. A 5:30 omakase is a fine way to start an East Village evening, and it is the seat this counter gives.
Before 6 PM: 52%. Prime time: 48%. 9 PM or later: 0%.
Book a Thursday at the first sitting, and this is a counter you can sit at this week. For a Friday or Saturday, be on Resy at midnight seventeen days ahead with your card saved, or watch the week and be told when a seat comes back. Come as two; a four-top shows on 23% of dates against 37%.
Book on Resy. New dates appear at midnight, 17 days out.
Try Thursday. 49% of Thursdays have shown a seat for two.
Ask for 5:30 PM. 52% of openings are the early sitting.
For a weekend date, watch the week rather than search it.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Yamada 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 omakase opens 49% of its Thursdays and gives back its early sitting 52% of the time, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Yamada releases reservations 20 days ahead, 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.
Yamada's calendar reaches 1 December on Wednesday, 11 November, and each later date follows the same rule: 20 days ahead. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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