Restaurants that take reservations but not through OpenTable

[Robert Lauriston]

Bar Jules, Coi, Delfina, Gary Danko, and Incanto in SF.

Pizzaiolo and Plum in Oakland.

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Pizzaiolo
5008 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609

Coi
373 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133

Incanto Restaurant & Wine Bar
1550 Church St, San Francisco, CA 94131

Delfina Restaurant
3621 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Gary Danko
800 N Point St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Bar Jules
609 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102

Plum
2214 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612

[johnq]

This is quite a useful thread. From what I can tell, the majority of places that take reservations but aren't on OpenTable are either places I haven't heard of, or places that I drop in at and am ususally able to get a table (Pazzia, Yank Sing, R&G).

However, I may well look up Bar Jules, Delfina, Gary Danko and Incanto. Those are all places I've heard of and have thought about going to, but have never seen on OpenTable. Now I know why.

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Delfina Restaurant
3621 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Gary Danko
800 N Point St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

Bar Jules
609 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102

[nocharge]

Jai Yun
Cafe Jacqueline
Kiss Seafood
Zushi Puzzle
R&G Lounge
Ideale
Pazzia
Ryoko's
Crustacian
Thanh Long
Koo
Eiji
Universal Cafe
Thep Phanom
Manora's
Helmand Palace
Oyaji
Kabuto
B Star Bar
Cajun Pacific

[nocharge]

Coi is on OpenTable.

A lot of places take reservations only for large parties, typically 6 people or more. Should they count?

[Scott M]

Marica
Nizza La Bella
T-Rex Barbeque
Fonda
Sidebar
Luka's Taproom
The House

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Luka's Taproom
2221 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612

T-Rex Barbeque
1300 10th St, Berkeley, CA 94710

The House
1230 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

Fonda
1501 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94707

Nizza La Bella
827 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706

Marica Seafood Restaurant
5301 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618

Sidebar
542 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA

[Robert Lauriston]

T-Rex and Fonda don't accept reservations except for parties of six or more. I think the same goes for Paisan (same owners).

[vulber]

also, Hog and Rocks for 8 or more

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Hog and Rocks
3431 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[vulber]

oops, ignore the first comment i made

[Gustavo Glenmorangie]

I'm guessing that you mean "take on-line reservations," correct?

Delafina is another that does not go through OT, but it does not have on-line reservations either.

[Robert Lauriston]

I don't care if they're online or not.

It just seems useful to me to have a list of popular places that one might mistakenly think aren't showing up in OpenTable search results because they're fully booked.

[FoodChic]

You can search for the name of the restaurant on Opentable. That will help you determin if they are on there and if it is booked.

[Robert Lauriston]

I'm thinking of somebody looking for a reservation at a nice place on short notice using OpenTable to figure out what's available. In that common situation, it could be helpful to have a list of the relatively few places that aren't on OT.

[vulber]

What about clicking on the "Restaurants with no availability" link at the very bottom.

2223 restaurant.

Beretta (not reservations per se for small groups, but can call ahead to be put on waiting list)

Aslam's Rasoi

Firefly

Yank Sing

was pretty surpirsed to see NOPA recently make the switch to opentable

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Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

Aslam's Rasoi
1039 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[skwid]

The no availability link means a couple of different things, they might be booked out or they could be having problems with their connection to opentable (i.e. their DSL is down).

[Robert Lauriston]

Yeah, that's an odd thing about the OpenTable system architecture, if the host system they install at the restaurant is off or has no network connection, nobody can make a reservation through the Web. I guess the upside is that if the restaurant's Internet connection goes down during service, they can still access their reservations.