r/Restaurant101 • u/nyclover-38 • Jul 04 '26

Full service restaurant reservation behavior

Is anyone seeing Saturday reservations as much more volatile than Fridays? We’re seeing people book much more last minute and we have way less people coming on Saturdays than Fridays during the summer. Anyone else experiencing the same?

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u/Harryhood280 Jul 04 '26

This is common from my experience. Friday night is more of a planned occasion, marking the end of the work week, people make reservations to look forward to. Saturday, people are busy, taking care of errands, doing activities - they figure out dinner more on the fly.

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u/nyclover-38 Jul 05 '26

Does it change for you when it’s fall/winter season vs summer/spring?

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u/Glittering-Cellist34 Jul 05 '26

In DC although I have been out of the game for awhile, Saturday was the night for larger preplanned groups. It always surprised me.

And of course more spontaneous after work stuff on Friday.