Sapphire Reserve Dining Adds 91, Cuts 64 Restaurants in July
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Checking the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Exclusive Tables list before dinner sounds tedious, but the July 2026 update is a good reminder of why it's worth the 30 seconds.
On July 07, 2026, the program added 91 restaurants and cut 64 this cycle, and a handful of those removals are spots people had bookmarked for their up to $300 annual dining credit. Here's a full breakdown of what changed and where.
TLDR:
The July 2026 refresh brought 91 new restaurants into the Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables program and removed 64, landing the network at 404 total restaurants. Net gain: 27 spots.
Here's a quick look at how the numbers break down:
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Restaurants added | 91 |
| Restaurants removed | 64 |
| Net change | +27 |
| Total network (July 2026) | 404 |
The official OpenTable Exclusive Tables directory is a flat list of 400+ restaurants with no city filtering, no cuisine search, and no way to narrow by location. If you want to find a spot in your neighborhood that qualifies for the credit, you're scrolling through every city in the country to get there. It's kinda frusturating to use.
nextcard's Sapphire Reserve Dining Credit Map is built for exactly this problem. It puts the full current list of restaurants in one searchable interface so you can find qualifying restaurants near you in seconds, not minutes of scrolling.
A few things worth knowing about using the tool:
Btw, always make sure to check OpenTable's site before going to a restaurant. Just in case something changes.
The 91 new additions span dozens of cities, with Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington DC picking up the most new entries this cycle:
Note: The restaurant roster is sourced from OpenTable Exclusive Tables directory and is not updated 24/7. Chase's official list can lag a few days behind live availability, so verify directly on OpenTable before eating at a restaurant.
My favorite addition here as a San Francisco resident is House of Prime Rib! It's kind of crazy that this fabled restaurant is on the list of eligible spots now.
The July 2026 update also cut 64 restaurants from the Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables program, a notable churn rate worth flagging alongside the 91 additions.
What sucks is that if you went to these restaurants today (July 07, 2026) after they made the changes... there's technically no guarantees that you'll be credited. Thankfully, changes of this magnitude only seem to happen every few months.
Las Vegas got gutted. Six restaurants were removed this cycle (Nobu at Caesars, Hell's Kitchen, Vanderpump a Paris, Harlo Steakhouse, La Strega, and Top of the World Steakhouse) while zero were added, leaving the city with roughly one participating property: Esther's. This is the loudest complaint coming out of this update, and for good reason. At least one cardholder with an existing Hell's Kitchen reservation said they're planning to cancel. For a city that hosts some of the most card-spend-heavy trips of any market in the country, a single-restaurant roster is a genuine problem.
New Orleans had one of the harder cycles outside of Las Vegas, losing 5 restaurants (Muriel's Jackson Square, Tableau, Shaya, The Bower, and San Lorenzo at Hotel Saint Vincent) while adding only 2 (Dakar NOLA and Acamaya), for a net -3 in a market that was already thin. Community feedback described it as having "lost quite a few."
Seattle added 2 restaurants this cycle (The Pink Door and Sushi Kashiba) but overall coverage remains among the thinnest of any major metro. Cardholders still describe it as "very minimal."
A net gain of 27 restaurants sounds modest, but the city-level picture matters more than the headline number. Boston expanded cleanly while Seattle & Las Vegas lost ground, and the quality gap in LA is worth knowing before you assume a bookmark still delivers.
The up to $150 H2 credit is yours to use through December 31, and this update gives you 91 new places to spend it. nextcard's Sapphire Reserve Dining Credit Map keeps the current list in one place so you can plan without the manual digging.
Below are the most common questions cardholders ask about how the Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables dining credit actually works in practice.
No. Pay with your Sapphire Reserve card directly at any participating restaurant and the credit applies automatically. You don't need to reserve through OpenTable or any specific booking channel to trigger it.
Yes, as long as each charge comes directly from the restaurant and not through a third-party processor.
Direct orders placed with the restaurant have been reported to work. Third-party delivery apps like DoorDash or Uber Eats do not qualify.
No. The H1 credit expires June 30 and the H2 credit runs through December 31 with no rollover into the following year. Miss a window and that value is gone.
Yes, though all charges draw from the same shared annual pool. An authorized user's spend counts toward the same credit balance as the primary cardholder.
Check the nextcard Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables tool. As this July 2026 update makes clear, the roster changes without notice, so verifying ahead of your reservation is worth the 30 seconds.