The 9 hottest restaurant reservations to snag in New York City right now

• Resy, an American Express-owned restaurant reservation booking platform, told us which swanky New York City restaurants have been the most popular with its users so far this year.
• Users have the ability to set notifications to alert them when a reservation becomes available at a completely booked restaurant - the restaurants below have had the most notification requests in New York City since January 1, 2020.
• Of the nine hard-to-get-a-table-at restaurants listed below, six serve Italian cuisine.
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New York City has a legendary dining scene and reservations at its hottest restaurants are unsurprisingly hard to land.

Resy, an American Express-owned restaurant reservation booking platform, has a feature that allows users to set notifications that will alert them whenever a reservation becomes available at a completely booked restaurant. The feature makes it just a little easier to have the best burger or veal parmesan in the city sooner.

It also indicates which reservations are the most coveted - a Resy representative provided Business Insider with a list of which constantly booked restaurants have had the most notification alerts set so far this year.

Keep reading below for a look at the most in-demand NYC restaurant reservations below, listed in ascending order by number of alerts set since January 1, 2020.