"Getting into a popular restaurant can be far harder than some of us realize. If you live in a smaller town, reservations are much easier to pull off simply because fewer people are making them. In a city like San Francisco, which has nearly 900,000 residents and is known to be a hub of fine dining, things get more complicated. Reservations are often booked a year in advance at the House of Prime Rib, so the casual diner has almost no chance of enjoying the meal there."
"It's long been known as one of the toughest reservations to get in San Francisco. You can roll the dice on the restaurant's reservation app. When we tried, the first available date we found was seven months away at 5:00 pm, though earlier times may have existed on other dates. However, the restaurant accepts walk-ins daily for both the restaurant and bar, and timing is key."
"You can sign up to be on a cancellation list, but don't expect that to get you in very quickly, either. One writer for the San Francisco Chronicle tried it and still had to wait over 100 days for her chance. When a cancellation happens, an alert goes out to everyone who signed up. If you aren't quick enough to claim it, someone else will."
Getting a table at the House of Prime Rib in San Francisco is very difficult due to high demand in a large fine-dining city. Reservations often sell out up to a year in advance, while the restaurant's reservation app may show availability months away. The restaurant accepts walk-ins daily for both the dining room and the bar, and arriving several hours early and joining the waitlist can lead to seating when spots open. A cancellation list exists but can have waits exceeding 100 days and alerts require rapid response. Asking to sit at the bar commonly reduces wait times. The restaurant opened in 1949 and serves 21-day-aged prime rib.
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