A table for two was open on 100% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 652,148 checks of Essex through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Book it on Resy. A table for two has shown on 100% of dates across 652,148 checks, on every night of the week.
No. It has been open on every date we have checked, for two and for four.
6:00 PM most often, with 27% of openings in prime time and 34% at lunch.
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 652,148 availability checks, Essex has shown a bookable table for two on 100% of the dates in its window, and the same for a party of four, on every night of the week. Every date we have ever watched was open. The Essex Market steakhouse is on our list for the room and the beef, not because the table is hard.
Open rate, party of two: 100%. Party of four: 100%.
Dates that opened at some point: 100%.
Essex books on Resy, with a calendar about a month deep, and with every date open there is nothing to time. Openings run from 11:00 AM to 10:30 PM: 34% before 6 PM, across a lunch service, 27% in the 7:00 to 8:30 PM window and 16% at 9 PM or later. The slot we have seen open most often is 6:00 PM.
Most often open: 6:00 PM. Prime time: 27% of openings.
Open Resy and book it, at the hour you want, on the night you want. If a specific prime-time slot ever shows full, watch the date; it will come back.
Book on Resy. Every date is open.
Any night, any hour. Prime time is 27% of openings.
No, and that is deliberate. SnagRes watches Essex on Resy around the clock and tells you the moment a table 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 Lower East Side steakhouse has been open on every date we checked, because nothing is watching it closely enough to count.
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Essex's calendar runs about 31 days deep. 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.
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