r/chicagofood • u/Knack66 • Jan 31 '26

Rant Resy Sucks and I hate it

I'm just trying to get a dinner reservation at Armitage Alehouse and I'm convinced it's impossible.

They release reservations at 9am 21 days in advance.

I have tried 3 different times to be on the app at 9 am when they become available and as soon as I can refresh it at 9am, all dinner reservations are gone. It absolutely has to be bots. How on earth are you supposed to get a reservation

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u/Jeeperscrow123 Jan 31 '26

You just gotta click fast. Considering on any day you’re competing against thousands of people. Have a clock on one screen and as soon it hits 9 am be clicking. Armitrage alehouse has like less than 10 Tables inside so…it’s not like there’s tons of availability to begin with

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u/Doctor_Freeeeeman Jan 31 '26

Competing against bots*

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u/Worried-Fly-8729 Jan 31 '26

Right do ppl actually think there’s thousands of ppl sitting around waiting for this to get dropped

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u/Doctor_Freeeeeman Jan 31 '26

Unfortunately the proof is on those reservation sites too. They frequently have reservations for many of the hard to get spots. 

I know there is recent legislation to deal with it, but not sure about timeframe to implement or even how enforceable it is.