SnagRes tracks 3 hard-to-book Midtown East restaurants in real time, including The Polo Bar, Monkey Bar, COTE 550. Availability is checked continuously across Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms, and you can get a text the moment a table opens.
Platform split here: 3 on Resy. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.
2 of these had 10% or less of the booking window open at the last check: The Polo Bar, Monkey Bar.
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Across the 3 Midtown East restaurants SnagRes tracks in NYC, an average of 13% of the bookable window is open at any given check. The tightest is The Polo Bar at 0%. Anything under about 10% means tables are effectively gone the moment they are released, so an alert matters more than refreshing.
Of the 3 with a confirmed drop time, 2 release at 10:00 AM, 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.
Of the 3, 3 book on Resy. Each platform releases tables on its own schedule, so watching only one leaves the rest of this list invisible. SnagRes checks all four continuously.
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.