How to get a reservation at Don Angie

The short version

Don Angie's West Village dining room — home of the lazy Susan chrysanthemum salad and the pinwheel lasagna — is a perennial hard table, across whichever platform it happens to be booking through (Resy historically; OpenTable as of this writing). Lunch and early walk-ins are the realistic way in if the dinner calendar looks empty.

When reservations drop

Historically on Resy, tables opened 28–30 days out, with weekend dinner slots for two gone in 15–30 seconds once released — if Don Angie is on that model when you're booking, the same fast-scramble rules apply: profile and payment saved, ready at the exact release moment. On OpenTable, there's typically no single ticketed drop; new dates tend to roll open gradually, so checking back regularly beats camping one exact time. Confirm which platform is currently live before you plan around either mechanic.

The walk-in play

Turning up right at opening, around 5 PM on a weeknight, gives you a real shot at a table without a reservation. An 8 PM weekend walk-in can mean an hour and a half to two and a half hour wait. The easier move: lunch, Tuesday through Friday, which often has same-day or next-day availability even when dinner looks hopeless.

Let Snagr catch the cancellation

Whichever platform Don Angie is booking through, the pattern holds — a "sold out" night still leaks cancellations as plans change. Snagr watches Don Angie around the clock and pings you the moment a table opens, so you don't have to keep re-checking yourself.