Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 61,530,416 checks across 284 restaurants through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Yes, it is a free reference list. SnagRes release times are free too; the alert is free for one restaurant.
Its site describes a reference guide and a date calculator, not alerts. SnagRes texts you when a table opens.
NYC RSVPs covers New York. SnagRes covers New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.
NYC RSVPs: a free reference guide to when reservations are released at popular New York restaurants, with each restaurant's booking platform, the latest date currently bookable, and a calculator for the day a date opens. New York only. No alerts.
SnagRes: the same release times for 284 restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, plus live availability and a text or app push the second a table opens. Free for one restaurant, Plus $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year.
Knowing a room releases at 9 or 10 AM, 14 to 30 days out, gets you to the screen on drop morning. That is what NYC RSVPs does well, and it does it simply and for free.
The other half is everything after the drop. Most hard tables people actually get are cancellations on dates already released: Carbone had a table open up on 81% of its dates at some point, Via Carota on 70% and Lilia on 89%. Those come back at no set hour, so a schedule cannot catch them. An alert can.
If you only want to know when to set your alarm for a New York drop, and you are happy to be at the screen yourself, a free reference is all you need.
If you missed the drop, want a cancellation, eat outside New York, or would rather hear about the table than refresh for it. Every restaurant page shows its release time too, so you get the schedule and the alert in one place.
Is NYC RSVPs free? Yes, it is a free reference list. SnagRes release times are free too; the alert is free for one restaurant.
Does NYC RSVPs send alerts? Its site describes a reference guide and a date calculator, not alerts. SnagRes texts you when a table opens.
Which cities does each cover? NYC RSVPs covers New York. SnagRes covers New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.
NYC RSVPs lists when New York reservations release. SnagRes has the same release times in four cities, plus a text the second a cancellation opens.
NYC RSVPs is a free guide to when New York reservations release. SnagRes has release times in four cities and texts you when a table comes back after the drop, which is where most hard tables are won.
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