Bungalow is booked solid. Cancellations drop daily.
Vikas Khanna's East Village Indian fine-dining room topped "toughest reservations in NYC" lists within months of opening and holds an NYT three-star review.
The chef publicly celebrated topping the toughest-reservation list — the folklore is first-party.
Online reservations release two weeks ahead at 11 AM — per chef Vikas Khanna's own public post; eight bar seats stay first-come.
How tables move here: chronic sold-out plus a steady cancellation flow — the classic drip an instant email alert is built for.
Facts checked July 2026. Windows move and guide sites contradict each other — where sources conflict we say so instead of guessing.
We check Bungalow availability live when you subscribe — no stale numbers on this page.
Open tables are usually re-booked within minutes; your Scout's first email tells you exactly where things stand for your night.
Get emailed the second a table opens at Bungalow. Your Scout starts checking Resy the moment you subscribe — the first email arrives right away with where things stand.
When somebody gives up their table, the next email in your inbox is your night at Bungalow — booking link included, while the table is still open.
Free — one Scout per email. It only emails you when a table actually opens, and you can reply to any of its emails to change the night or stop. We alert; the booking stays yours, in your own name on Resy.
Recent openings we caught at Bungalow
| Detected (local) | Night affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Sep 2 | gone by next check (≤10 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 1 | gone by next check (≤7 min later) | |
| Sun, Aug 30 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Thu, Jul 30 | gone by next check (≤32 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 4 | gone by next check (≤348 min later) | |
| Sun, Aug 16 | gone by next check (≤348 min later) |
No coverage Jul 19, 12:34 AM – Jul 19, 2:14 AM (no successful checks recorded).
No coverage Jul 23, 11:15 PM – Jul 24, 12:48 AM (no successful checks recorded).
No coverage Aug 11, 10:15 AM – Aug 11, 11:45 AM (no successful checks recorded).
Watching since Jul 13, 2026, checking about every 15 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.
From four weeks of this data: when restaurant tables actually open up →
How it works
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/restaurants/new-york/bungalow-ny.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment Bungalow opens up:
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Accept: application/json
{"vertical":"restaurants","targetSlug":"new-york/bungalow-ny","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md
Questions
How fast are alerts?
A free Scout checks every 30 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the moment a table opens for your night; the live availability on this page refreshes several times an hour. Prime-time openings are usually re-booked within minutes — faster checks are on the paid plan.
Does it book for me?
No — we alert; the booking stays yours. You get the link instantly and book in your own name on the restaurant's own booking page. That keeps your account safe and keeps us on the right side of platform rules: Calafia never books, holds, brokers, or resells a reservation.
What does it cost?
Watching one thing is free. More Scouts and faster checks are on the paid plan. The table itself costs you nothing extra — ever.
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