Reservations 2026: What Are the Odds to Get One?
Although evening reservations are almost unavailable to non-regulars, there are some exceptions.
Oktoberfest reservations are available to first-timers in vast numbers - for lunchtime, weekdays. Reservations for those time slots may be valuable for very large groups but aren't recommendable for most visitors. Evening and weekend reservations, which are actually valuable, are, in general, only available to regulars and are being renewed each year.
But luckily, there are exceptions to that rule. Each year, many of our reservation alarm subscribers score very valuable reservations for evenings and weekends. In this article, we want to show what you can expect based from each tent based on our experience from past years.
As it's, in most tents, still unlikely to get an evening reservation, don't forget about our Facebook group, where many seats are offered each year, especially on short notice.
Armbrustschützenzelt
The Armbrustschützenzelt is one of the most newbie-friendly tents of the Oktoberfest. In 2023, they publicly offered reservations for all evenings. Some of those, however, required a written justification of your reservation request. Also, there offer last-minute reservations for Saturday evenings. Those were, however, gone in a couple of minutes each time they were released.
In 2025, weekend reservations were already available at the start. On April 1, all evenings followed, but only for the Adler Gallery. On May 27, further reservations were made for some evenings and weekend afternoons, as well as in mid and end of July. Shortly before the Oktoberfest, most evenings again became available.
In 2026, the first available reservations for the last two Saturday afternoons were released on March 25. Just like last year, all evenings except for the Saturdays were offered on the 1st of April.
Augustiner-Festhalle
The Augustiner tent is totally different. Reservations are almost all renewed by regulars over and over again. Before 2019, even lunchtime reservations haven't been publicly available for many years in a row. However, the tent offered left-over reservations only a couple of weeks before the Oktoberfest in their reservation office in the city. In 2023, however, some evening reservations became regularly available in the reservation form.
The Augustiner Tent has a huge amount of regulars.
Bräurosl
In 2023, Bräurosl offered all reservation slots except for Friday and Saturday nights in its reservation form. The evenings were gone within minutes, however weekend afternoon slots were again released later. On top of that, left-over reservations were released on August 27. 2024 only the last two Sundays and the holiday were available at the beginning, and in 2025 the last two Sundays, the holiday and the last Saturday. In early August, the las two Saturdays and the holiday appeared.
Fischer-Vroni
Contrary to our experience from previous years, when only some Sunday afternoons could be reserved by non-regulars, In 2023, a couple of tables for almost all evenings became available in July. 2025, they started offering all days except for the first Saturday in two shifts before 6 pm.
Last-minute reservations were available in two-hour shifts for groups as small as two people.
Käfer Wiesnschänke
Although the Wiesnschänke isn't even full on Saturday afternoons, only the most unattractive reservation slots are available in the reservation form. Well, its host probably has too many good friends...
Hacker-Festzelt
Being one of the most popular tents, even lunchtime reservations are usually almost all gone by the beginning of the Oktoberfest. Nonetheless, after a two-year hiatus, some interesting reservation slots showed up in the reservation form in 2024. Right with the beginning of the reservation phase, all weekend days, excluding the first Saturday, were available. Sunday, including evenings. In 2025, even eleven evenings were available right from the start. At the end of July, another eleven evenings were released, including the last weekend. In 2026, the last two Sundays were released at the beginning, for regulars, additionally the second two Saturday mornings. On March 12, all weekends except for the first Saturday followed.
The Hacker Tent is one of the two most popular Oktoberfest tents.
Hofbräu-Festzelt
In 2022, the tent started the reservation phase, including Sunday and Monday night shifts. In 2023, even evening reservations for a whopping four different days were publicly offered. In 2024, they at least included the first two Sundays, with evenings, for the reservations start on March 14. In 2025, they added one Saturday afternoon, and in early and end of August, several weekend slots reappeared. In 2026, they started in March with the last two Sundays and added the last Saturday afternoon shortly after and the Sunday evenings on April 8.
Löwenbräu-Festzelt
In 2026, reasonably relevant reservations will be publicly advertised for the first time. The last Sunday lunch was offered on March 11 in the new reservation portal.
Marstall-Festzelt
In 2023, the tent offered very interesting evening slots for a remarkably long time. However, you were also asked to preorder menus, champagne, and water as part of the reservation process. Of course, only for logistic reasons... Unattractiv short three-hour afternoon reservations are rather easy to obtain.
Ochsenbraterei
The oxen grill had the most extensive offering for last-minute reservations from 2019 to 2024. Each day, they would release evening reservations. The availability of regular reservations is announced publicly. Starting in August, evening reservations were released in the reservation form in several rounds – for all days. It looks like the tent is looking for a new audience to go with its repositioning as a disco tent. In 2025, the reservation form opened with uninteresting shifts only. Shortly after, weekend afternoons were added and mid-May and again mid-July some evenings were released individually. Even during the Oktoberfest, the first Thursday night became available.
The Ochsenbraterei is even offering last-minute reservations.
Schottenhamel-Festhalle
Modestly interesting three-hour (fore-) noon and afternoon shifts are often even available for weekends. The Schottenhamel tent is usually one of the first to accept reservation requests. In 2023, some regular evening reservations were available, too, which is very rare and can't be expected.
Schützenfestzelt
The Schützenzelt is typically not publicly offering reservations. Just very uninteresting lunchtime slots from Monday through Wednesday can be expected to be available. Highly unexpectedly, in 2025, the first two Sunday evenings were added to the reservation form at the end of July. During the Oktoberfest, some additional evenings became available.
Weinzelt
The wine tent is usually the only one that offers evening reservations long before the beginning of the Oktoberfest and not only leftovers. At the beginning of the reservation phase, you can typically expect Sunday nights and other weekend afternoons to be available.
Winzerer Fähndl (Paulaner Festzelt)
Due to the change in management, information from previous years is no longer valid. A few days after the reservation form opened, on March 16, the first available reservation slots—for Sunday through Wednesday evenings, as well as the last two Saturday afternoons—were made available.
Oide Wiesn
The four tents of the Oide Wiesn typically offer reservations for any time slot even to first-timers.