Every room here runs its own rules, and in December and February they matter more than the menu. This page collects them in one place: where each restaurant takes bookings, how far ahead the book opens where the restaurant says so, what it charges if you cancel late, and where you can still walk in. Where a restaurant does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.
The rules, restaurant by restaurant
| Restaurant | Where to book | Book opens | Late cancel / no-show |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Alpine Bistro | OpenTable | 60 days | $50 pp inside 24 h; $100 pp no-show · Reopens Nov 25 |
| PARC | Online (OpenTable) | 60 days | $75 pp inside 24 h (up to 6); $150 pp, 48 h (7+) · Reopens mid-December |
| Matsuhisa | Phone, 970-544-6628 (OpenTable too) | 30 days downstairs; 2 days upstairs, bar & patio | Not published · Upstairs back Dec 11 |
| Element 47 | Resy | Not published | $100 pp inside 48 h or no-show · Back Nov 20 |
| Ajax Tavern | Resy | Not published | $100 pp inside 48 h or no-show · Back Nov 20 |
| Prospect, Hotel Jerome | Resy | Not published | Not published · Open all autumn |
| Bad Harriet | Resy | Recommended, not required | Not published |
| Sant Ambroeus | Resy | Not published | Not published |
| Cache Cache | OpenTable, or 970-925-3835 | Not published | Not published · Call if OpenTable shows nothing |
| Bosq | OpenTable | Not published | Not published · Closed until mid-December |
| Mawa's Kitchen | OpenTable | Not published | Not published |
| Duemani | OpenTable | Not published | Not published · Reopens Dec 4 |
| Le Petit Trois | OpenTable or phone | Not published | Not published · At MOLLIE |
| Las Montañas | OpenTable | Not published | Not published · In the old Jimmy's space |
| Steakhouse No. 316 | SevenRooms, or 970-920-1893 | Not published | Not published · Call if nothing shows |
| Catch Steak | SevenRooms, or 970-452-8080 | Not published | Not published |
| Aosta | SevenRooms | Not published | Not published |
| The Wild Fig | SevenRooms, or 970-925-5160 | Not published | Not published · Call for more availability |
| Betula | SevenRooms or phone | Not published | Not published · Reopens for the season late November |
| Casa Tua | Phone only, 970-920-7277 | Not published | Not published · Upstairs is members only |
- White House TavernNo reservations. A waitlist at the door, and the bar is always first come, first served.
- Meat & CheeseFirst come, first served; no reservations.
- Clark's Oyster BarLunch is walk-in only; dinner takes reservations and walk-ins.
- KenichiBooks on OpenTable, but keeps plenty of room for walk-ins at the bar, sushi bar and lounge.
- Guest House (from Dec 31)Will keep walk-in seating at the bar.
Five things that actually work
1. Set the alert, not just the date. Resy's Notify and OpenTable's "Notify Me" send a push when a table frees up at the time you want. Cancellations in Aspen are common two or three days out, when travel plans change, and the alert is how locals get them.
2. Book at 5:30 or after 8:45. The book is full at seven. It is rarely full at half past five, and on a ski day you will be hungry by then anyway.
3. Sit at the bar. White House Tavern, Kenichi and several hotel rooms keep their bars for walk-ins. Two people at a bar is the easiest table in town.
4. Call. Cache Cache, Steakhouse No. 316 and The Wild Fig all say it plainly: if the app shows nothing, ring. Phone tables and late releases do not always reach the apps, and Casa Tua and Matsuhisa are phone-first anyway.
5. Go down-valley. Basalt and Carbondale are twenty and forty minutes away and rarely full. On the busiest nights of the season they are the answer.
Tock restaurants started appearing inside Resy in August 2026, after American Express folded the two together, but the bookings still finish on Tock. That matters on the mountain: Cloud Nine, The Cabin, Sam's and the Alpin Room all book there, and Cloud Nine is prepaid and non-refundable. Our on-mountain dining guide has each one.
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