A table for two was open on 87% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 224,100 checks of Akiko's through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book it on OpenTable. A seat for two has shown on 87% of dates across 224,100 checks, at lunch and at 8:00 PM.
OpenTable, with a calendar about a month deep. It is not on Resy or Tock.
Thursday, at 100% of checks for a seat for two. Sunday is closed.
Yes. 48% of recorded openings were before 6 PM, from 11:30 AM.
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.
No. Across 224,100 availability checks, Akiko's has shown a bookable seat for two on 87% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four. A two-top has shown on 100% of the Thursdays we have checked; Sunday has never shown one, which is a closed day. Over the whole record, 86% of dates opened at some point.
The Michelin-starred omakase in the Financial District is, on the numbers, one of the most bookable serious Japanese rooms in the city, and it has a lunch.
Open rate, party of two: 87%. Party of four: 87%.
Thursday, party of two: 100% of checks. Sunday: 0%.
Akiko's books on OpenTable, with a calendar about a month deep. It is not on Resy or Tock, where most San Francisco omakase counters live. We have not measured a single release hour from the record, and with most of the calendar open there is little to time.
Lunch and prime time. The seating we have seen open most often is 8:00 PM, 48% of recorded openings fell before 6 PM, across a lunch service that starts at 11:30 AM, and 38% came in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window. Nothing has opened at 9 PM or later.
Before 6 PM: 48%. Prime time: 38%. 9 PM or later: 0%.
Open OpenTable and book it, at lunch or at 8:00 PM, on any day but Sunday. For the rare Saturday that has filled, watch the date. Party size makes no difference; two and four sit at the same 87%.
Book on OpenTable, not Resy or Tock.
Try Thursday. 100% of Thursdays have shown a seat for two.
Lunch and 8:00 PM are the seats that are usually there.
For a filled Saturday, watch it.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Akiko's on OpenTable 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 Financial District omakase is 87% open and closed on Sundays, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Akiko's's calendar runs about 30 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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