The Culinary Institute of America's six award-winning, student-staffed restaurants offer extraordinary cuisines in a variety of settings. Although securing reservations on a Friday or Saturday can require advance planning, same-day reservations are often readily available for lunch and dinner on weekdays.Restaurants > Restaurant Reservations & Gift Certificates
Order Gift Certificates Online
Welcome to The Culinary Institute of America's online restaurant reservations and gift certificate system. You can now instantly secure and confirm a restaurant reservation at all of the CIA's Hyde Park, N.Y. restaurants (excluding Apple Pie Bakery Cafè).
Gift Certificates: Online gift certificates can only be purchased for the restaurants at the CIA's Hyde Park, NY campus. To purchase a gift certicate for the Greystone Wine Spectator restaurant, please call 707-967-1010.
New Users: You must activate your account in order to use the system. Once you create an account, you are sent an activation e-mail. Click on the link to activate your account.
Online Reservations: Online reservations can be made 3 months in advance. If you require more time, please call 845-471-6608 to inquire about the scheduling dates. For parties larger than 8 please call 845-471-6608 to make your reservation.
Please note: If you are a CIA student wishing to redeem a restaurant invitation voucher, please do not use the online restaurant reservations system. Instead, call 845-471-6608 to make your reservation.
How to use the online system:
The following brief tutorials can assist you with using new online restaurant reservations system. We hope that you find these demonstrations helpful.
You will need a high-speed internet connection and Macromedia Flash installed on your computer in order to view these tutorials.
| Topic | Length (Min.) |
| Create a Login | 2:05 |
| Make a Reservation | 1:31 |
| Buy a Gift Certificate | 2:20 |