Elena's releases reservations on OpenTable 90 days ahead. The exact hour is not confirmed yet. A table for two was open on 100% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 224,100 checks of Elena's through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book it on OpenTable, up to about 90 days ahead. A table for two has shown on 100% of dates across 224,100 checks.
About 90 days, on OpenTable, the longest window we track in San Francisco.
No. It has been open on every date we have checked, for two and for four.
No. SnagRes watches the calendar and alerts you by email or text the moment a table 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, Elena's has shown a bookable table for two on 100% of the dates in its window and a table for four on 100%, on every night of the week: Tuesday is the most open at 99% of checks and Monday the least at 98%. Every date we have ever watched was open, and the window runs about 90 days, the longest of any room we track in San Francisco.
Open rate, party of two: 100%. Party of four: 100%.
Elena's books on OpenTable, three months ahead, and with every date open there is nothing to time. Openings run from 10:30 AM to 10:45 PM: 69% before 6 PM, across a brunch and lunch service, 9% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window and 18% at 9 PM or later. The slot we have seen open most often is 2:30 PM.
Platform: OpenTable. Booking window: about 90 days.
Most often open: 2:30 PM. Before 6 PM: 69% of openings.
Open OpenTable and book it, up to three months ahead, at brunch, lunch or dinner. If a specific slot ever shows full, watch the date; it will come back.
Book on OpenTable, not Resy. The window runs about 90 days.
Any night works; Tuesday is the most open at 99%.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Elena's on OpenTable around the clock and tells you the moment a table 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 West Portal room books 90 days out and has been open on every date we checked, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Elena's releases reservations 90 days ahead, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 100% of the dates in that window, so booking a few days ahead is usually enough.
Elena's's calendar reaches 1 February on Tuesday, 3 November, and each later date follows the same rule: 90 days ahead. Hours are local to the restaurant.
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