How to get a reservation at The Eighty Six

The Eighty Six, Steakhouse in Greenwich Village

Very Hard to book. 0% of the 30-day booking window was open at the last check.

Release
The Eighty Six releases reservations two weeks ahead, at 9:00 AM.
Source
SnagRes checks The Eighty Six on SevenRooms continuously. The release time is confirmed against The Eighty Six's own booking listing. Last checked 7 September 2026.

The Eighty Six is one of the tough ones, and its calendar was fully booked when we last looked. That is normal here, and it is not the end of the story: most people who eat at The Eighty Six get in on a cancellation, which can appear at any hour and usually goes within minutes. We watch SevenRooms continuously and email you the moment one turns up, so you can stop refreshing and still be first.

Booking statistics last measured 2026-09-07. How we measure this.

How hard is it to get a table at The Eighty Six?

The Eighty Six is hard to book by measurement, not reputation: at the last check, 0% of its 30-day booking window had a table open for two, and SnagRes has run 36,540 calendar checks on this room to date. What frees up here is cancellations, which land at no set hour and go in minutes, so an alert beats a refresh habit.

SevenRooms bookings usually run through a widget on the restaurant's own site rather than a marketplace app. There is no consumer feed to browse and often no waitlist, so availability can sit unnoticed simply because nobody thought to look.

Observed booking pattern at The Eighty Six
MeasureValue
Share of the 30-day window open, party of 20%
Share of the 30-day window open, party of 40%
Booking platformSevenRooms

The release time above is confirmed against The Eighty Six's own booking listing. Availability figures are measured from our own checks of The Eighty Six (36,540 date checks).

What is the best way to book The Eighty Six?

  1. Check what is open at The Eighty Six right now. Start from the live calendar on this page rather than from SevenRooms. It shows every date in the 30-day window with its current status, so you can see at a glance whether anything is bookable before you spend time on the platform.
  2. Set an alert instead of refreshing. SevenRooms bookings usually run through a widget on the restaurant's own site rather than a marketplace app. There is no consumer feed to browse and often no waitlist, so availability can sit unnoticed simply because nobody thought to look. Cancellations arrive on no schedule at all, which is why refreshing by hand does not work. Star The Eighty Six on SnagRes and you get an email the moment a table appears, with a link straight to SevenRooms.

Where can you actually get a table instead of The Eighty Six?

These are NYC restaurants close to The Eighty Six in cuisine or neighbourhood that were measurably easier to book at the last check. Ranked by how much easier, not by similarity alone, because a list of equally impossible restaurants helps nobody.

Alternatives to The Eighty Six, ranked by how bookable they actually are
RestaurantWhy it is similarWindow open
Golden Steer Steakhouse NYCalso Steakhouse, also Greenwich Village97%
Essexalso Steakhouse, Lower East Side100%
Cecchi'salso Greenwich Village97%
Minetta Tavernalso Greenwich Village74%
Husoalso Greenwich Village65%
Damealso Greenwich Village60%

Frequently asked questions about booking The Eighty Six

How hard is it to get a reservation at The Eighty Six?
At the last check, 0% of the 30-day booking window had a table open for two at The Eighty Six, which puts it among the harder rooms we track. SnagRes checks SevenRooms continuously and emails you when that changes.
What time can you actually get a table at The Eighty Six?
Availability at The Eighty Six varies night to night. SnagRes shows the exact open times on this page and emails them to Plus members as they appear.
What is the best party size to book The Eighty Six?
Two and four book about equally at The Eighty Six in our data, 0% of the window open for two against 0% for four, so party size is not the lever here. Shifting the night or the seating time moves availability more.
What time do The Eighty Six reservations open?
The Eighty Six releases reservations two weeks ahead, at 9:00 AM. SevenRooms bookings usually run through a widget on the restaurant's own site rather than a marketplace app. There is no consumer feed to browse and often no waitlist, so availability can sit unnoticed simply because nobody thought to look. SnagRes also watches continuously, so cancellations arriving off-schedule are caught the same as scheduled drops.
How far ahead does The Eighty Six release tables?
The Eighty Six releases reservations two weeks ahead, at 9:00 AM. A new date appears at the far edge of that window each cycle, and cancellations can surface at any point in between.
Which booking platform does The Eighty Six use?
The Eighty Six takes reservations on SevenRooms. SevenRooms bookings usually run through a widget on the restaurant's own site rather than a marketplace app. There is no consumer feed to browse and often no waitlist, so availability can sit unnoticed simply because nobody thought to look. SnagRes watches SevenRooms for The Eighty Six continuously and emails you the moment a table opens.
Why is it so hard to get into The Eighty Six?
Only 0% of The Eighty Six's 30-day booking window was bookable for two at the last check. Most tables here surface as cancellations rather than fresh releases, which is why watching continuously beats refreshing at a fixed hour.
Can you walk in at The Eighty Six?
SnagRes tracks reservations rather than walk-ins, so we cannot see a live bar count. With only 0% of the booking window open at the last check, The Eighty Six is not a dependable walk-in, and a reservation is the surer route. Some rooms keep a few bar or counter seats for walk-ins, so it is worth calling The Eighty Six to confirm; otherwise star it and let an alert catch a cancellation.
Is using a reservation alert legal?
Yes. SnagRes only notifies you when a table opens; the booking itself is an ordinary reservation you make yourself on SevenRooms, under your own name. It does not resell tables, run bots to hold them, or automate the booking, so it does not cross the lines a resale or auto-booking service does.
Does SnagRes book The Eighty Six for me?
No. SnagRes tells you the moment a table opens at The Eighty Six and links you straight to SevenRooms with the date prefilled, then you complete the reservation yourself. It never logs into your account and never books on your behalf, which is what keeps your account in good standing.

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