damnlines.comdamnlines.comLongtime Tribeca comfort-food institution; the weekend line is a walk-in brunch crowd for the pancake flight and biscuits.
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.
No camera here yet — but these lines are on camera right now:
Breakfast by Salt's Cure · 17 min walkclosedJohn's of Bleecker Street · 18 min walkclosedSalt Hank's · 18 min walkclosedBubby'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.