SnagRes tracks 1 hard-to-book West Portal restaurant in real time, including Elena's. Availability is checked every 15 minutes across Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms, and you can be emailed the moment a table opens.
Platform split here: 1 on OpenTable. That matters because each platform releases tables differently, and watching only one of them leaves the rest of this list invisible.
All tracked San Francisco restaurants · How to get SF reservations
The restaurants tracked here cover American. Cuisine pages span both cities, so they are the better starting point when the food matters more than the location.
Mission (14), Nob Hill (6), SoMa (5), Marina (4), Fillmore (4), Jackson Square (4), Chinatown (3), Presidio Heights (2). Widening the search by a neighbourhood or two is usually the cheapest way to turn a fully booked night into an available one.
Of the 1, 1 book 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 every 15 minutes.
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.