SnagRes tracks 13 Michelin-starred restaurants in Chicago and rechecks each one throughout the day. The hardest of them at the last check was Cariño, with 0% of its 30-day window bookable for two. Stars and difficulty are not the same thing, and the tables below show where they come apart.
| Restaurant | Neighborhood | Platform | Window open at last check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyth | West Loop | Tock | 3% |
| Restaurant | Neighborhood | Platform | Window open at last check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alinea | Lincoln Park | Tock | 40% |
| Oriole | West Loop | Tock | 27% |
| Kasama | Ukrainian Village | OpenTable | 7% |
| Ever | West Loop | OpenTable | 53% |
| Restaurant | Neighborhood | Platform | Window open at last check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galit | Lincoln Park | Resy | 71% |
| Indienne | River North | Resy | 61% |
| Esmé | Lincoln Park | OpenTable | 50% |
| Boka | Lincoln Park | OpenTable | 97% |
| Topolobampo | River North | OpenTable | 50% |
| Cariño | Uptown | OpenTable | 0% |
| Moody Tongue | South Loop | SevenRooms | 43% |
| Feld | West Town | Tock | 0% |
Not reliably. Difficulty tracks demand against room size and release behaviour, not the guide. Several one-star rooms here are effectively unbookable while some three-star rooms take reservations 30 days out without much fuss, because a large dining room releasing a full calendar behaves very differently from a twenty-seat counter.
Availability is rechecked throughout the day, with cadence varying by city, platform and demand. Figures show the latest completed check. How we measure this.
All tracked Chicago restaurants · The hardest tables right now
SnagRes tracks 68 of the hardest tables in Chicago. Across them, an average of 66% of the bookable window is open at any given check. Even the hardest give tables back: Armitage Alehouse had a table open up on 59% of its dates at some point. Availability is rechecked throughout the day.
Of the 15 Chicago restaurants with a confirmed drop time, 8 release at 9:00 AM, and the typical booking window is 21 days ahead. Drop times are set per restaurant, not per platform, so two places on the same platform can open hours apart.
Of the 68 tracked in Chicago, 50 book on Resy, 11 on OpenTable, 4 on Tock, 3 on SevenRooms. SnagRes covers each platform represented in this city list.
No. SnagRes tells you the moment a table opens and links you straight to the restaurant's own booking page, where you complete the reservation yourself. It does not hold, auto-book or resell tables.