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New York · French-American · Midtown (Fifth Avenue) · Tier III

Blue Box Café by Daniel Boulud

Breakfast at Tiffany's, made literal: Daniel Boulud cooking six floors above the most famous jewelry counter in the world.

Blue Box Café by Daniel Boulud · hours vary by night

Per reservation Tier III · Very hard
$675 per reservation
  • The host is expecting you. A confirmed table, held for your party.
  • Card authorized, charged only on confirmation. Never before.
  • Refund window: 24 hours before service. After that, non-refundable.
Why this room is hard

Why the Blue Box Café is hard to book

The room sits on the sixth floor of The Landmark, Tiffany & Co.'s Fifth Avenue flagship, and it is small by design: a compact main dining room, an intimate private salon, and a bar of just seven first-come seats. Daniel Boulud's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" seating is the prize, and demand for it dwarfs the handful of tables available. Reservations open exactly 30 days ahead, and the morning slots are claimed within a minute or two of release. By a few breaths past nine in the morning, the day is gone. Add tourists, anniversaries, and a brand that turns a meal into a pilgrimage, and the math never favors the guest.

We treat the 30-day drop as a standing appointment. The instant tables release for the date you want, we are there to claim it in your name, and we keep watching the cancellation flow in the days that follow for the morning seating most people give up trying for. You tell us the date; we hold the line. Always the Blue Box Café, always your night or morning, never a swap to a different room or a different day.

A handful of tables, one famous box, and a thirty-day window that closes before most people finish their coffee.
The three rules

How we work this room.

Three commitments that apply to every Blue Box Café by Daniel Boulud request, every night the kitchen is open. No fine print, no surcharges, no surprises at the door.
I

Pay when we get you in.

Your card is authorized when you submit the request. We charge it only when we confirm your table. No confirmation, no charge. Ever.

Authorize, do not capture
II

The host is expecting you.

You walk in to Blue Box Café by Daniel Boulud and the table is yours, held for your party at your time.

Confirmed for your party
III

One posted price.

$675 for non-members. $225 for members. One number, every night, every party size. No auctions, no surge, no Friday markup. Whatever the room is doing, the price does not move.

No auctions. No surge.
What to expect

Five steps, start to seated.

01

You ask.

Tell us the night, the time window, the party size. Two minutes on this page. Card on file, not charged.

02

We confirm the request.

An operator reviews the request, checks the room, and sends a confirmation that we are working it. Usually within thirty minutes.

03

We work the room.

We reach the floor manager directly, by phone or by text, depending on the night. We do not refresh Resy. We make a call.

04

You are confirmed.

We charge the card and send your confirmation — the time and the name to give the host.

05

You eat.

Walk into Blue Box Café by Daniel Boulud, give your name at the host stand, sit down. The room takes it from there. We do not see you again until the next request.

Blue Box Café by Daniel Boulud · Now booking

Tonight, tomorrow,
or three months out.

We work this restaurant every day. You pay only when we confirm your table.

No waitlist · No invite required · Members pay $225 per reservation