Minetta Tavern
The Parisian steakhouse in the heart of the Village, where the red banquettes have been the hardest seats downtown for a generation.
Minetta Tavern · hours vary by night
- 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 Minetta Tavern is hard to book
The dining room is small, the banquettes are few, and the demand has not cooled since the room was reborn in 2009. Tables release exactly 30 days in advance, and the most-wanted nights are spoken for within minutes of going live. There is no second wave and no quiet weeknight. A burger that became a landmark, a Michelin star, and a corner of MacDougal Street that has drawn writers and regulars since 1937 mean the prime seats are claimed before most people have finished their coffee.
We work the release the moment it opens and we keep watching after it closes, tracking the cancellations that surface as the night approaches. When a table for your party and your date appears, we secure it in your name. Always the same room on the date you asked for. We never offer you a different night or a different restaurant as a consolation.
How we work this room.
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 captureThe host is expecting you.
You walk in to Minetta Tavern and the table is yours, held for your party at your time.
Confirmed for your partyOne 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.Five steps, start to seated.
You ask.
Tell us the night, the time window, the party size. Two minutes on this page. Card on file, not charged.
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.
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.
You are confirmed.
We charge the card and send your confirmation — the time and the name to give the host.
You eat.
Walk into Minetta Tavern, 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.
French Tavern / Steakhouse, New York, Tier II.
Tonight, tomorrow,
or three months out.
We work this restaurant every day. You pay only when we confirm your table.