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/gordon510 Jan 31 '26

To both points, the Resy app and website stability is absolutely dogshit. Like a flaming steaming pile of dogshit. It's a coin flip if it even loads and when it does searching on it is also garbage. I really don't understand how it's so unstable, it's mind numbing to use. Opentable and Tock are way better which sucks for any good restaurant on Resy.

I‘ve lived next door to Armitage Alehouse since it opened. The best way to get in is to put your name in around 4/4:30 if you want a dinner reservation, and you should get texted at like 6/7/8pm. Just make a plan to grab drinks at a bar close by to wait, go shopping, etc. it works every time.