Plan an Osteria Francescana reservation with official booking release dates, the stated opening time and practical advice for a Modena visit.
Osteria Francescana reservations work through a web-booking release calendar: tables for specified dining months open on published dates at 10:00 a.m. To plan a booking at this contemporary Italian restaurant in Modena, start with the BOOK or Reservations area on the official Osteria Francescana website. The schedule below comes from official information checked on 10 October 2026; it is a release timetable, not a statement of current availability.
The official calendar pairs each dining month, or group of months, with a reservation opening date. For example, reservations for May 2027 open on 2 November 2026, while June 2027 reservations open on 1 December 2026. The stated opening time for the listed releases is 10:00 a.m.
Do not assume that bookings always open on the first day of a month. Several published releases fall on later dates, including 4 January and 3 May 2027. December 2027 and January 2028 share a single release date.
Practical recommendation: Find your intended dining month first, then use its corresponding release date rather than calculating a booking window yourself.
The supplied official calendar lists the following schedule:
| Dining month | Reservations open | | --- | --- | | April 2027 | Thursday 1 October 2026, 10:00 a.m. | | May 2027 | Monday 2 November 2026, 10:00 a.m. | | June 2027 | Tuesday 1 December 2026, 10:00 a.m. | | July 2027 | Monday 4 January 2027, 10:00 a.m. | | August 2027 | Monday 1 February 2027, 10:00 a.m. | | September 2027 | Monday 1 March 2027, 10:00 a.m. | | October 2027 | Thursday 1 April 2027, 10:00 a.m. | | November 2027 | Monday 3 May 2027, 10:00 a.m. | | December 2027–January 2028 | Tuesday 1 June 2027, 10:00 a.m. |
April 2027’s release date had already passed when the official site was checked. That does not establish whether any tables remain available. Likewise, a future release date does not establish availability for a particular day or party size.
The supplied calendar does not specify a time zone. It also does not establish deposits, cancellation terms, party-size limits, waiting-list arrangements or the steps required to complete a reservation.
Practical recommendations:
For unanswered questions, use the Contacts section of the official website. This guide does not infer booking policies from the release calendar.
Osteria Francescana’s official address is Via Stella 22, 41121 Modena, Italy. Use that address when planning your arrival.
Practical recommendation: If the restaurant is the main reason for your trip, secure a confirmed reservation before committing to non-refundable travel. A published release date alone is not a booking.
For broader trip inspiration, browse Peters Signature’s food-focused guides and city guides. These complement, rather than replace, the restaurant’s official reservation information.
Osteria Francescana describes its philosophy as “Tradition in Evolution” and calls itself a laboratory of ideas. Its official account frames tradition as something to examine critically and carry into the future, rather than treat nostalgically.
Contemporary art on the walls forms part of that creative dialogue. The restaurant describes the artworks as sources of inspiration connecting the dining room and kitchen, not simply decoration. This is the restaurant’s stated approach, not a firsthand dining assessment.
The supplied official calendar states 10:00 a.m. on each indicated release date. It does not specify a time zone.
No. The published schedule includes exceptions such as 2 November 2026 and 4 January 2027. Check the entry for your intended dining month.
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