How to get a reservation at Tatiana

The short version

Tatiana, Kwame Onwuachi's Lincoln Center showcase for Afro-Caribbean cooking, is a Resy-only reservation with dinner tables that sell out in under a minute most days. It's one of the toughest bookings in the city, but a small standing bar and steady day-of cancellations keep it from being impossible.

When reservations drop

New dates open on Resy roughly 27–28 days out, historically around midday ET — confirm the exact release time on Resy the morning of, since it can shift. Have your Resy profile and payment fully saved before the clock hits; dinner tables are typically gone in 10–35 seconds. Monday and Tuesday nights, when Lincoln Center has no shows, are noticeably easier than weekend prime time, and a 9 PM Friday two-top is one of the more findable slots if you're checking day-of.

The walk-in play

Tatiana holds back a small number of bar seats that aren't released on Resy. Arriving about an hour before the 5 PM dinner service starts and waiting in line gives you a real, if unguaranteed, shot — there's no reservation for these seats, just first-come.

Let Snagr catch the cancellation

Because Tatiana charges a per-person fee for late cancellations, guests who can't make it tend to cancel rather than no-show — which means tables open up on Resy throughout the day, not just at the morning release. Snagr watches Tatiana around the clock and pings you the moment one of those cancellations lands, so you can grab it before the next refresh cycle does.