After two years of stymied Mother’s Day celebrations, demand for restaurant tables is booming. Bookings at restaurants across the country are up 13% from 2021, according to data from OpenTable Inc. And they’re 39% higher than in 2019.
“Mother’s Day reservations are well outpacing pre-pandemic levels, with some U.S. cities seeing triple-digit dining demand,” said Debby Soo, chief executive officer of OpenTable. “It’s typically one of the biggest dining days of the year. We expect this year to be bigger than ever.”
Some cities, especially in warm weather regions in the South and the West, are seeing an even sharper increase in Mother’s Day reservations in 2022, tracked up to April 18, compared with the same period ahead of the 2019 holiday. Scottsdale has seen a 168% jump in reservations; in Orlando the increase is 117%, in Austin it’s 108%. In Las Vegas there’s been an 82% uptick.
