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New York · Modern Italian · Chelsea · Tier II

Cucina Alba

Adam Leonti's fresh-milled focaccia and handmade pastas under the High Line, in the room everyone wants on a Saturday.

Cucina Alba · hours vary by night

Per reservation Tier II · Hard
$375 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 Cucina Alba is hard to book

The dining room seats roughly 85, and tables open on a rolling two-week window at midnight Eastern. The moment a date unlocks, the prime 6:30 to 9:30 seatings are claimed almost at once, with Thursday through Saturday the first to vanish. What remains trickles out as cancellations land in the days before service. For a room this small with demand this steady, the calendar is a footrace decided in the first minutes after the clock turns over.

We work the drop and the cancellations for you. The instant your date opens at midnight, we are there to claim the table in your name, and we keep watching the room as cancellations surface in the days that follow. You tell us the night you want and we hold the line until it is yours. Always the same room, always the date you asked for, never a substitute.

As soon as the date opens, the room is gone. We are there at midnight so you are in it.
The three rules

How we work this room.

Three commitments that apply to every Cucina Alba 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 Cucina Alba and the table is yours, held for your party at your time.

Confirmed for your party
III

One posted price.

$375 for non-members. $100 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 Cucina Alba, 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.

Cucina Alba · 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 $100 per reservation