The hardest reservations in London, ranked by data
The 9 London restaurants we watch, ranked by how rarely a table opens and how fast it goes.
- 9 London restaurants measured
- Last 90 days, refreshed nightly
- How this is ranked
- By days in the last 90 on which any table opened, fewest first; ties go to the faster-vanishing table.
- How much of London
- Only the 9 London restaurants we watch: a small sample of the city, not a ranking of all of it.
- Hardest on our data
- Sushi Tetsu: a table on 49 of the last 90 days, as of November 11, 2026.
The ranking
Fewest days with an open table first. A restaurant near the top had a bookable table on only a few of the last 90 days.
Ranked by bookable time: the share of the last 90 days during which at least one table, for any date and any party size, was open on the public calendar. Least first; ties by how fast the typical table went. Restaurants we monitor in full (every party size, every date, every day).
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1
Bouchon Racine OpenTable
- Bookable time
- 29.4 days
- Share of the time
- 33%
- Typical table lasts
- about 55 minutes
- Days with a table
- 70
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2
Sushi Tetsu SevenRooms
- Bookable time
- 36.2 days
- Share of the time
- 40%
- Typical table lasts
- about 1.3 hours
- Days with a table
- 49
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3
Humble Chicken OpenTable
- Bookable time
- 90.0 days
- Share of the time
- 100%
- Typical table lasts
- about 4 hours
- Days with a table
- 76
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4
The Foyer & Reading Room SevenRooms
- Bookable time
- 90.0 days
- Share of the time
- 100%
- Typical table lasts
- about 1.7 hours
- Days with a table
- 90
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5
Gymkhana SevenRooms
- Bookable time
- 90.0 days
- Share of the time
- 100%
- Typical table lasts
- about 2.6 hours
- Days with a table
- 90
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6
Akara SevenRooms
- Bookable time
- 90.0 days
- Share of the time
- 100%
- Typical table lasts
- about 6 hours
- Days with a table
- 90
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7
CORE by Clare Smyth OpenTable
- Bookable time
- 90.0 days
- Share of the time
- 100%
- Typical table lasts
- about 9 hours
- Days with a table
- 90
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8
Ikoyi SevenRooms
- Bookable time
- 90.0 days
- Share of the time
- 100%
- Typical table lasts
- about 10 hours
- Days with a table
- 90
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9
Impala SevenRooms
- Bookable time
- 90.0 days
- Share of the time
- 100%
- Typical table lasts
- about 11 hours
- Days with a table
- 90
Proprietary data: Table Alert checks each restaurant's public booking calendar around the clock; these figures cover the last 90 days, through November 11, 2026, vouched restaurants only, and are refreshed every night.
How to read the table
In this sample the typical London table lasts about an hour or more, not minutes. Read the days column first, then how long the typical table lasted: in London it is the difference between a table you can plan for and one you must catch.
The three most watched, in the 90 days to November 11, 2026: Bouchon Racine had a table on 70 days, the typical one lasting about 55 minutes; Gymkhana on all 90 days, about 2.6 hours; Sushi Tetsu on 49 days, about 1.3 hours.
Most of the others show a table on all 90 days. That does not mean they are easy. It means a date is nearly always on the calendar, and a typical table lasts hours.
What to do with it
Tables here last about an hour or more, long enough to book if you hear of them. An alert tells you the minute a table appears, and the release times page tells you when new dates arrive.
Where a restaurant has a guide, it states the published booking rule.
What is measured, and what is not
We check each restaurant's public booking calendar around the clock. We count the days on which any table appeared, and how long the typical table stayed bookable before it was taken.
A day with a table does not mean a table for your date or party size. We do not know a restaurant's intent, and we cannot see tables it never puts on the public calendar.
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The hardest reservations in London, ranked by data: questions people ask
Of the 9 we watch, the table ranks them by days with an open table. As of November 11, 2026, Sushi Tetsu showed a table on the fewest days: 49 of the last 90. The table shows the current order.
By the number of days in the last 90 on which any table appeared on the restaurant's public booking calendar. Fewer days is harder. Ties are broken by how fast the typical table was taken.
Because many add a new date daily, so a table is nearly always on the calendar. So the lasting-time column, not the day count, tells restaurants apart, so the lasting-time column matters.
These are the London restaurants we watch and can vouch for. This is a small sample, not a census of London, and the numbers describe those restaurants only.
Every night. The window always covers the most recent 90 days, and the page shows the date its numbers run through: November 11, 2026. A restaurant's rank can move as old days drop out of the window.
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Sources and how this page is made
Written by Jacob, founder of Table Alert. Facts checked against the sources below on November 12, 2026. The monitoring numbers are Table Alert's own, refreshed every night (latest: November 11, 2026). Out of date? Tell us.
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