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No camera at Cleo Downtown yet — these are the closest live lines we cover.
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Per The Infatuation's guide to "The Toughest Reservations In NYC Right Now," Cleo Downtown's tables release on Resy two weeks in advance at 10am, placing the rotisserie chicken spot among the bookings the guide flags as hardest to land. The guide attributes some of the demand to novelty and buzz, describing a room with "plain white walls and glossy black tables" that draws a crowd the writers say finds the wait "worth the inconvenience."
Unlike many toughest-reservation spots, The Infatuation reports Cleo has no bar — but "they do save room for walk-ins." The guide's reviewer describes arriving shortly after Cleo's 5pm opening expecting to find a line outside, and instead being seated immediately, suggesting the walk-in path works best right at open rather than during the dinner rush.
The same Infatuation guide is the only source found with a concrete wait-time figure, describing the food as "worth the inconvenience of an hour-long wait" for diners without a reservation.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: Reservations release on Resy two weeks in advance at 10am, per The Infatuation's guide to NYC's toughest reservations.
Walk-ins: Cleo has no bar, but The Infatuation reports the restaurant saves room for walk-ins; a reviewer was seated immediately with no line by arriving right at the 5pm opening.
The Infatuation's guide to NYC's toughest reservations pegs the wait at up to an hour without a booking, though its own reviewer arrived right at the 5pm opening and was seated immediately with no line. Reservations, when available, release on Resy two weeks in advance at 10am, per the same guide.
Yes — Cleo Downtown books through Resy, with tables releasing two weeks in advance at 10am, per The Infatuation's guide to NYC's toughest reservations, which lists Cleo among the harder Resy bookings in the city.
Cleo has no bar, but The Infatuation reports the restaurant "saves room for walk-ins." Its reviewer was seated immediately with no line by arriving right at the 5pm opening, though availability likely tightens later in the evening.
Cleo Downtown is at 621 Hudson St in Manhattan's West Village, per its Resy listing.
Cleo is a rotisserie restaurant serving Lebanese-spiced chicken, per The Infatuation's review, which describes it as putting "the chic in rotisserie chicken."
Sources: The Infatuation — "The Toughest Reservations In NYC Right Now (And How To Get Them)" · Resy — Cleo venue page