Real-time insights from monitoring restaurant availability across Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms. Updated daily.
Last updated: February 13, 2026
The hardest restaurants to book, ranked by fewest available slots per week over the last 30 days.
| Rank | Restaurant | Slots/Week | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Harbor House Inn | 0.2 | Extreme |
| 2 | Evelyn | 0.2 | Extreme |
| 3 | La Dolce Vita | 0.7 | Extreme |
| 4 | Aurora Italiana | 0.7 | Extreme |
| 5 | The French Laundry | 0.9 | Extreme |
| 6 | Aurora on the Lake | 1.2 | Extreme |
| 7 | I Sodi | 1.6 | Extreme |
| 8 | Carbone | 2.1 | Extreme |
| 9 | Sun Moon Studio | 2.1 | Extreme |
| 10 | The Belvidere Inn | 3 | Extreme |
| 11 | Monkey Bar | 3 | Extreme |
| 12 | The Four Horsemen | 4.7 | Extreme |
| 13 | Una Pizza Napoletana | 5.1 | Very Hard |
| 14 | COTE | 5.4 | Very Hard |
| 15 | Tatiana | 5.6 | Very Hard |
| 16 | Sunny's Steakhouse | 6.1 | Very Hard |
| 17 | Semma | 6.3 | Very Hard |
| 18 | Double Chicken Please | 7.7 | Very Hard |
| 19 | Sushi Tetsu | 7.7 | Very Hard |
| 20 | Boia De | 8.6 | Very Hard |
The ReservationFinder Restaurant Difficulty Index ranks the hardest-to-book restaurants in the United States by measuring available reservation slots per week over a rolling 30-day period. As of February 13, 2026, The Harbor House Inn in San Francisco and Evelyn in Dallas are among the most difficult restaurants to book, each averaging just 0.2 and 0.2 available slots per week respectively. Lower slots per week indicates higher booking difficulty. Data is collected by monitoring Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms every 5 minutes, 24/7.
When cancellations and new slots are most frequently detected (Eastern Time)
ReservationFinder's data shows 3 PM ET is the peak time for cancellation and new slot detection, with 116 detections over the last 30 days. Secondary peaks occur at 10 AM ET (89 detections) and 1 PM ET (77 detections). This suggests that diners are most likely to cancel reservations in the early-to-mid afternoon, creating the best window for finding last-minute tables.
Distribution of detected slots by reservation platform (last 30 days)
According to ReservationFinder's data, RESY accounts for 68.5% of all detected table availability (685 slots), OPENTABLE accounts for 23.5% of all detected table availability (235 slots), SEVENROOMS accounts for 7.6% of all detected table availability (76 slots), and TOCK accounts for 0.4% of all detected table availability (4 slots) (based on 1,029 tables detected over 30 days ending February 13, 2026).
Breakdown of available reservations by party size (last 30 days)
Parties of 2 account for the largest share of detected reservation availability at 65% (647 slots). Parties of 3 follow at 4% (44), and Parties of 4 follow at 31% (309). This suggests that couples are best positioned to find last-minute reservations at hard-to-book restaurants.
Cities with the most detected reservation slots (last 30 days)
New York leads with 578 detected reservation slots over the last 30 days, followed by Boston (117) and Miami (106). Higher slot counts indicate more cancellations and new openings, meaning more opportunities to find last-minute tables in those cities.
ReservationFinder continuously monitors four major reservation platforms — Resy, OpenTable, Tock, and SevenRooms — checking for newly available tables every 30 seconds for followed restaurants and every 5 minutes for all others.
When a cancellation or new slot appears, our system detects it within seconds and records the restaurant, date, time, party size, and the exact moment of detection. This data powers both our alert service and the statistics on this page.
The difficulty index is calculated by counting available slots per restaurant over the last 30 days and dividing by weeks. Restaurants with fewer available slots per week are considered harder to book. Only restaurants with at least 7 days of monitoring history are included.
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