French Laundry Reservations
Nov 3, 2021, 5:54 pm
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Nov 3, 2021, 11:09 pm
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Yeah when the time comes, that's what I will attempt to do. Certainly not expecting to snag one but I'll give it the ol' college try.
Nov 4, 2021, 11:31 am
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Will you eat at any other nice places while there - also FL isn’t exactly close to napa. The lodging benefit means drinking as you wish and then walking back. That’s what we did for Singlethread. Our friends drove as their rental was further and they probably have higher tolerance.
Nov 4, 2021, 10:34 pm
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Will you eat at any other nice places while there - also FL isn’t exactly close to napa. The lodging benefit means drinking as you wish and then walking back. That’s what we did for Singlethread. Our friends drove as their rental was further and they probably have higher tolerance.
Any other suggestions?
Nov 5, 2021, 8:31 am
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Feb 9, 2022, 6:05 pm
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Going to visit the Napa area in February and would be quite interested in dining at the French Laundry. Looks like they open up reservations on the 1st of the month at 10am PST for the next 60 days. And those can be gotten either via phone or online.
Anyone have an idea on what the best strategy is? Is it pure luck or if I try to get it right at the opening, will I generally be successful?
Anyone have an idea on what the best strategy is? Is it pure luck or if I try to get it right at the opening, will I generally be successful?
. I also just went there for dinner a few days ago. From my experience, getting a reservation was real hard. I tried myself twice on Oct 1st and Nov 1st the second reservations opened, even having an account on Tock already created with credit card saved, with no luck. Even tried calling the AMX platinum concierge line to which they told me they were already booked to help people get a reservation 3 months in advance to when it opens, and it was no guarantee. From everything I have read, apparently a seat for 2 is the hardest to get, and so you might have luck getting a seat for 4 people. (which is what I did, a table for 4). Tock also seems to have a partnership with chase, to which the Chase concierge with the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card was actually successful in getting us a table on the day reservations opened for Feb on Jan 1st. Now that I have been, I can now see why it is so hard to get in, it is really a small place, with only 17 tables.
Feb 9, 2022, 6:07 pm
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Dredging up an old thread but did you, Sandeep1, have any luck getting a reservation now that it is February? Been keeping my eye on this thread since it is one of the few more current threads on the French Laundry and so I am personally vested in an update . I also just went there for dinner a few days ago. From my experience, getting a reservation was real hard. I tried myself twice on Oct 1st and Nov 1st the second reservations opened, even having an account on Tock already created with credit card saved, with no luck. Even tried calling the AMX platinum concierge line to which they told me they were already booked to help people get a reservation 3 months in advance to when it opens, and it was no guarantee. From everything I have read, apparently a seat for 2 is the hardest to get, and so you might have luck getting a seat for 4 people. (which is what I did, a table for 4). Tock also seems to have a partnership with chase, to which the Chase concierge with the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card was actually successful in getting us a table on the day reservations opened for Feb on Jan 1st. Now that I have been, I can now see why it is so hard to get in, it is really a small place, with only 17 tables.
. I also just went there for dinner a few days ago. From my experience, getting a reservation was real hard. I tried myself twice on Oct 1st and Nov 1st the second reservations opened, even having an account on Tock already created with credit card saved, with no luck. Even tried calling the AMX platinum concierge line to which they told me they were already booked to help people get a reservation 3 months in advance to when it opens, and it was no guarantee. From everything I have read, apparently a seat for 2 is the hardest to get, and so you might have luck getting a seat for 4 people. (which is what I did, a table for 4). Tock also seems to have a partnership with chase, to which the Chase concierge with the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card was actually successful in getting us a table on the day reservations opened for Feb on Jan 1st. Now that I have been, I can now see why it is so hard to get in, it is really a small place, with only 17 tables.
Feb 9, 2022, 6:20 pm
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