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101 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009
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Cafe Mogador is a longtime East Village Moroccan restaurant on St Marks Place, known for its weekend brunch, tagines, couscous, and merguez sausage. It's a neighborhood institution reviewers describe as reliably busy, with lines and waits reported most nights and especially all day on weekends.
The restaurant welcomes walk-ins at all times and allots seated parties roughly a 2-hour dining window, but it also takes reservations through Resy — so unlike some strict walk-in-only spots, booking ahead is possible. Reviewers have mentioned waits as long as an hour during peak brunch and weekend periods, with some diners choosing to queue rather than book; arriving on a weekday outside of brunch hours, or reserving ahead, are the more reliable ways to skip a wait.
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Reservations: Cafe Mogador accepts reservations, with the official site linking to separate Resy booking pages for its Manhattan and Brooklyn locations, though the site does not spell out further reservation details.
Reported guidance from reviewers is that waits can run up to about an hour during weekend brunch and busy evenings, though it varies a lot by day and time. (No live damnlines camera here yet — this is reported guidance, not a live count.)
Yes — Cafe Mogador accepts reservations through Resy, and it also welcomes walk-ins at all times, with each seated party generally allotted around a 2-hour dining window.
Reviewers report the longest waits during weekend brunch hours and Friday/Saturday evenings. Weekday hours outside of brunch time are generally described as calmer, and booking ahead on Resy is an option if you'd rather not risk a walk-in wait.
Reported hours are roughly Monday–Thursday 10am–10:30pm, Friday 10am–11:30pm, Saturday 9:30am–11:30pm, and Sunday 9:30am–10:30pm. Always double-check current hours on Resy or the restaurant's own site since they can change.
Cafe Mogador is at 101 St Marks Place in the East Village, Manhattan.
Sources: Yelp — Cafe Mogador · Cafe Mogador official site · Resy — Cafe Mogador East Village