Resy

Review by eFreeware

Resy is a free reservation app from the company of the same name, built for booking tables at restaurants in 80 cities worldwide. It sits in the Food & Drink category and carries a 4.9 average from more than 17,000 ratings, which suggests it does its one job well for the people who use it. The pitch is simple: if you enjoy eating out but dislike the back-and-forth of chasing a table, this is meant to remove that friction.

What makes it worth a look is the kind of restaurant it covers. The developer describes Resy as powering sought-after dining rooms, and the app is positioned around seats that are hard to get rather than everyday walk-ins. That focus is the whole appeal. You are not browsing a general directory of every cafe in town; you are going after the tables that usually require planning, a phone call or luck.

The experience is not interrupted by upsells or paid tiers. For a free app in this category, that is a meaningful part of the value. I would expect most people to judge it on whether the restaurants they care about are actually listed and whether booking through it feels quicker than the alternatives.

Booking tables that are hard to get

The core job here is claiming a seat at a busy restaurant. Resy's stated purpose is to let you book sought-after tables across its 80 cities, which is a narrower and more deliberate aim than simply finding somewhere to eat tonight. If your plans tend to revolve around specific, popular places, that orientation is exactly what you want from a booking app.

The developer's framing is about removing the hassle of securing a reservation. In practice, that means the app exists so you can sort out a table without working the phones or refreshing a restaurant's own page. Whether that holds up depends on the restaurants near you being part of the network, which is the practical question to answer before you commit to it.

Because the coverage is global rather than local, the app is likely to be most useful to people who travel and eat out in more than one city. Someone who dines in the same handful of neighborhood spots may find less to do here than a person who is regularly booking in unfamiliar places.

What the latest update changed

The most recent release, from October 7, 2026, is described as a maintenance and polish update: bug fixes, general enhancements and an improved browsing experience. Nothing about the core booking function is said to have changed, so existing users should not expect a different app, just a smoother one.

The browsing improvement is the part worth noting. Finding the right restaurant is the step before booking it, and any work on how you move through the listings is welcome in an app whose value rests on discovery as much as on the reservation itself.

The app first arrived on April 11, 2025, so it is a relatively recent addition to Android. That is a short track record compared with older booking tools, though the 4.9 average across more than 17,000 ratings suggests the early reception has been strong.

What you need before you start

You install the app, and the work it does is booking tables at restaurants in the cities it covers. The practical prerequisite is simply that the places you want to eat at are part of the network.

The app is free, so there is no paywall standing between you and a reservation. That keeps the decision simple: the only real cost of trying it is your time.

It is rated for Everyone and installs have passed 100,000, which puts it in the range of a well-established but not ubiquitous app. For a booking tool tied to a specific restaurant network, that scale is reasonable.

A good fit for frequent diners in big cities

This suits people who eat out regularly in major cities and care about getting into popular restaurants. If your idea of a good evening involves a specific, in-demand table rather than whatever is closest, the app's focus lines up with how you already plan.

It also fits travelers. With coverage across 80 cities worldwide, it is the sort of tool you would want on your phone before a trip, when you are booking in a city you do not know well and cannot rely on local knowledge.

If you mostly eat at the same few local places and rarely need a reservation at all, the app's emphasis on sought-after dining will not match how you use a phone. That is not a flaw in the app so much as a mismatch with a certain style of dining, and the free price makes it easy to check whether your city is covered.

What's new in version 3.24

We've been working on improving the Resy app! Our latest update includes bug fixes and enhancements and an improved browsing experience.