Three booking platforms. One watch.

• Resy

  Most of the hardest tables in New York and Los Angeles release on Resy.

  Resy alerts in detail

  Resy Notify

  Resy Notify is a per-restaurant waitlist. You pick a date, a time range and a party size, and Resy may send a push or an email if a matching table opens.

  Where Concierge fits

  Each alert covers one restaurant on one date, only on Resy, so watching several means setting each one up separately, and a notification is not a hold. Concierge watches Resy restaurants alongside the other two platforms, around the clock, from the list you already keep in Biter.

• OpenTable

  OpenTable carries the widest set of restaurants, including most of the hardest tables in Chicago.

  OpenTable alerts in detail

  OpenTable Notify Me

  Notify Me sends a push notification if an already-booked time you asked for frees up at one restaurant on one date.

  Where Concierge fits

  Each alert covers one restaurant on one date, only on OpenTable, so several restaurants means several setups, and you still have to tap and claim the table before someone else does. Concierge watches OpenTable restaurants alongside the other two platforms, around the clock, from the list you already keep in Biter.

• SevenRooms

  A growing share of new, small, chef-run rooms book only through SevenRooms on their own site.

  SevenRooms alerts in detail

  SevenRooms waitlists

  SevenRooms is the booking system many independent restaurants run on their own website. Some offer an email waitlist; many offer nothing once a night is sold out.

  Where Concierge fits

  Whether an alert exists at all depends on the restaurant, and refreshing the booking widget by hand is the usual fallback. Concierge watches SevenRooms restaurants alongside the other two platforms, around the clock, from the list you already keep in Biter.

Tock is not watched yet. Restaurants that book only through Tock are marked as such in the city guides.