Restaurants in Chinatown, New York City and San Francisco

SnagRes tracks 4 hard-to-book Chinatown restaurants in real time, including Bridges, Mister Jiu's, Four Kings. Availability is checked continuously across Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms, and you can get a text the moment a table opens.

Platform split here: 2 on Resy, 2 on OpenTable. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.

1 of these had 10% or less of the booking window open at the last check: Z & Y.

• Bridges - French, Chinatown (Resy), 63% of the window open at last check
• Mister Jiu's - Chinese, Chinatown (Resy), 57% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Four Kings - Chinese, Chinatown (OpenTable), 13% of the window open at last check (guide)
• Z & Y - Chinese, Chinatown (OpenTable), 0% of the window open at last check

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What you can eat in Chinatown

The restaurants tracked here cover French, Chinese. Cuisine pages span both cities, so they are the better starting point when the food matters more than the location.

Nearby neighbourhoods we track

Mission and Castro (15), West Village (11), East Village (11), Nob Hill and North Beach (9), Greenwich Village (8), Lower East Side (8), Midtown (7), Hayes Valley and Fillmore (7). Widening the search by a neighbourhood or two is usually the cheapest way to turn a fully booked night into an available one.

How hard is it to get a Chinatown reservation in NYC and SF?

Across the 4 Chinatown restaurants SnagRes tracks in NYC and SF, an average of 33% of the bookable window is open at any given check. The tightest is Z & Y at 0%. Anything under about 10% means tables are effectively gone the moment they are released, so an alert matters more than refreshing.

When do Chinatown restaurants release reservations?

Of the 3 with a confirmed drop time, 2 release at 12:00 PM, and the typical booking window is 21 days ahead. Release times are set per restaurant rather than per platform, so two places on the same platform can drop hours apart. The full table is on the release times page.

Which booking platform do Chinatown restaurants use?

Of the 4, 2 book on Resy, 2 on OpenTable. Each platform releases tables on its own schedule, so watching only one leaves the rest of this list invisible. SnagRes checks all four continuously.

Can I get alerted when a Chinatown table opens in NYC and SF?

Yes. Star any restaurant on this page and SnagRes emails you when a table opens. A free account covers two restaurants; Plus removes the limit, extends the window from 14 to 30 days and shows exact slot times. SnagRes alerts you, it does not book on your behalf.