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120 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013
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The line at Bubby's is a weekend-brunch line, and it exists by design. Bubby's own reservations page says the restaurant is walk-in only for Saturday and Sunday brunch, 8am to 3:40pm — no reservations in that window. The same page states they “cannot quote wait times over the phone or in advance” and that waits “vary greatly by the day and time.” They also won’t seat incomplete parties: everyone in your group has to be present before you get a table.
Firsthand estimates are thin and inconsistent, which tracks with a no-reservations door. On Tripadvisor, one regular advised arriving at 11:30 and expecting about a 45-minute wait, while warning that “one day could be very different than the other.” A poster on a separate Tripadvisor thread said getting there before 9am gives you a better shot at walking straight in. The consensus shape: early is fine, mid-to-late morning is the crush.
The draw is the weekend breakfast — the pancake flight, biscuits and sausage gravy — served through that walk-in window. Dinner is different: Bubby’s site says dinner reservations for up to 25 can be booked through Resy, so the wait is a brunch problem, not an all-day one. There is more than one Bubby’s in the city; this is the original Tribeca location at 120 Hudson, so make sure you’re in the right line.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: Bubby's accepts dinner reservations for groups up to 25 via Resy, per the venue's official site.
Walk-ins: Walk-in only for Saturday and Sunday brunch from 8am-3:40pm, per the venue's site; wait times vary and can't be quoted in advance, and all party members must be present to be seated.
Weekend brunch walk-in window is 8am-3:40pm, per the venue's site.
Bubby's own site says it cannot quote wait times and that they “vary greatly by the day and time.” One Tripadvisor regular reported arriving at 11:30am on a weekend and waiting about 45 minutes. Treat that as a single data point, not a rule.
No. Bubby's reservations page states the restaurant is walk-in only for Saturday and Sunday brunch, 8am to 3:40pm. Dinner reservations for up to 25 guests can be made through Resy.
Forum posters point early. On Tripadvisor, one user said getting there before 9am gives a better shot at walking straight in, and mid-to-late morning is when the queue builds.
Weekend brunch is walk-in only — no reservations from 8am to 3:40pm — and the draw is the pancake flight, biscuits and sausage gravy. Bubby's also won't seat incomplete parties, so everyone in your group must be present before you're sat.
120 Hudson Street at North Moore Street, in Tribeca, Manhattan, NY 10013. It's the original Bubby's; there is more than one location in the city.
Yes, per the venue's official site Bubby's accepts dinner reservations for parties up to 25 through Resy.
Yes, for weekend brunch - per the official site it is walk-in only for Saturday and Sunday brunch from 8am to 3:40pm, with wait times that vary and can't be quoted in advance.
Sources: Bubby's official site — Reservations + Waitlist · Tripadvisor — Bubby's Tribeca Sunday Brunch: best time to avoid queues · Tripadvisor — Bubby's wait time thread · Yelp — Bubby's Tribeca: is weekend brunch always busy / typical wait?