Big Sky Restaurant Reservations: M, Moonlight Basin, Montage

Big Sky has no Main Street to stroll down looking for a table. Its hard reservations are spread across five separate places: the resort’s Mountain Village, the One&Only at Moonlight Basin, Montage Big Sky, the Town Center down the hill, and the lodges along Gallatin Canyon. Each zone books differently. The resort and hotel rooms run long or seasonal books and fill early. Town Center runs shorter windows that suit people who plan a few weeks out. Below are all fourteen restaurants on the list, grouped by where they are, as of October 2026.

How the zones behave

Big Sky Resort’s own restaurants and the canyon lodges take bookings on OpenTable and publish their windows, some very deep: about 151 days at Peaks Chophouse and at McGill’s. The three One&Only rooms at Moonlight Basin book on SevenRooms, which publishes no window, and like many resort SevenRooms books in autumn they may show little or nothing until the winter shifts are loaded. Cortina at Montage runs a straight 90 days on OpenTable. In Town Center, Block 3 books about 42 days ahead and Ousel & Spur uses Resy. One practical point: Big Sky is a drive between zones, not a walk. Book dinner near where you are staying or skiing, and leave the cross-mountain dinner for a night you have a ride.

M by The Alinea Group runs on a residency calendar

The most sought-after table in Big Sky only exists for part of the year. Grant Achatz’s Alinea Group returns to Big Sky Resort for a second winter, and the resort’s announcement gives the dates: December 10, 2026 to April 3, 2027, Thursday to Monday, with reservations opening on September 24. The resort’s dining page says reservations are open now through OpenTable, that parties of seven or more should email rather than book online, and that from 4:30 there is limited bar seating for food and drinks. We do not have a reliable booking window for M, and neither page states one, so do not trust a number you see quoted. If the dining room is gone for your dates, the bar is the realistic way in.

The fourteen, by zone

Mountain Village and Andesite Mountain

• M by The Alinea Group (OpenTable, Mountain Village). A chef’s tasting menu in the dining room or à la carte at the bar, for one season only. Everything above applies: Thursday to Monday, December 10 to April 3. Book M by The Alinea Group with SeatSwiper →
• Everett’s 8800 (OpenTable, top of Andesite Mountain). Alpine cooking at the top of the Ramcharger 8 chairlift, the only way up. The resort says reservations are required and open 30 days ahead, and that they fill quickly, which makes Christmas Eve bookable on November 24. Dinner includes the lift ride and a walk through the Enchanted Forest light display. Cancelling inside 48 hours costs $50 a guest. Book Everett’s 8800 with SeatSwiper →
• Peaks Chophouse & Wine Lounge (OpenTable, Summit Hotel). The resort’s winter-only chophouse on the hotel’s terrace level, built around a Wine Spectator award-winning list. Its book runs about 151 days, already into late March. Book Peaks Chophouse & Wine Lounge with SeatSwiper →
• Cabin Bar & Grill (OpenTable, Mountain Village). Steaks, game and seafood behind big windows over the runs. OpenTable’s schedule as of October 2026 opens a whole month at a time, six months ahead, on the 1st at midnight Mountain, so the entire winter is already bookable. Book Cabin Bar & Grill with SeatSwiper →
• Chet’s Bar & Grill (OpenTable, Huntley Lodge). Montana favorites at dinner, with reservations encouraged and walk-ins welcome. As of October 2026 OpenTable opens a whole month at a time, two months ahead, at midnight Mountain on the 1st: January on November 1, February on December 1. The resort lists it as closed until the winter season. Book Chet’s Bar & Grill with SeatSwiper →

Everett’s is the one table on the list you can only reach by lift. For lunch there, the resort gives non-skiers a free walking lift ticket with proof of the booking. The on-mountain reservations guide covers how lift-access tables book across ski towns.

Moonlight Basin (One&Only)

• Akira Back (SevenRooms, Moonlight Basin). Modern Japanese: fire-seared wagyu, sushi with fish sourced from Japan, a long sake list. No published window, so check the resort’s SevenRooms page well before your trip and again once winter shifts appear. Book Akira Back with SeatSwiper →
• Wildwood (SevenRooms, Moonlight Basin). The pasture-to-plate room looking at Lone Mountain, cooking bison, elk and river trout, with a list that holds a 2026 Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Book Wildwood with SeatSwiper →
• The Landing (SevenRooms, Sky Lodge). A modern alpine restaurant and bar with floor-to-ceiling windows, handmade pasta, buffalo smash burgers and a half-chicken schnitzel. The most casual of the three. Book The Landing with SeatSwiper →

All three belong to the same resort and book on SevenRooms. How these hotel books work, including why some tables never reach the public calendar, is in SevenRooms hidden reservations.

Montage Big Sky

• Cortina (OpenTable, Montage Big Sky). Italian built on local game, heritage chops and river fish, with sommeliers on the floor. Dinner runs nightly 5:30 to 9:00 and is open to people not staying at Montage. Groups of ten or more must reserve, pay a deposit and eat a four-course family-style menu. On its 90-day book, Presidents’ Day Saturday (February 13) opens on November 15. Book Cortina with SeatSwiper →

Town Center

• Block 3 Kitchen & Bar (OpenTable, Town Center). A Montana chophouse with a fireside bar for cocktails, whiskey and local beer. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday only, on a book of about 42 days: New Year’s Eve opens on November 19. Book Block 3 Kitchen & Bar with SeatSwiper →
• Ousel & Spur (Resy, Town Center). Hand-tossed pizza with Montana toppings like elk sausage, plus pasta and a kids’ menu. It publishes no window, but it is the family-dinner answer when the resort rooms are full. Book Ousel & Spur with SeatSwiper →

Gallatin Canyon

• Wild Caddis (OpenTable, Rainbow Ranch Lodge). Ranch-to-table cooking and house-cured meats beside the Gallatin River. About 91 days of book. Book Wild Caddis with SeatSwiper →
• Buck’s (OpenTable, Gallatin Canyon). The roadhouse that began as Buck and Helen Knight’s 1946 hunting camp, from a burger and a beer to a double-cut pork chop. About 90 days. Book Buck’s with SeatSwiper →
• McGill’s (OpenTable, 320 Ranch). Steaks and wild game in the ranch’s historic saloon, with a creekside deck. About 151 days ahead, and the ranch takes sleigh-ride bookings online as well. Book McGill’s with SeatSwiper →

Two rooms that open a month at a time

Most of the list rolls forward one date per day. Cabin and Chet’s do not: on OpenTable’s schedule as of October 2026, each releases a whole calendar month at once, at midnight Mountain on the 1st. That changes the tactic. Every Friday and Saturday of the month appears in the same minute, so the 1st is the day to book, not a week later. At Chet’s that means all of January, MLK weekend included, opens on November 1, and all of February, Presidents’ Day weekend included, on December 1. Cabin’s six-month book already covers the whole season. Everett’s 30 days is the opposite case, one new date a day, and the resort states it in writing. The SevenRooms rooms remain the uncertain ones: an empty calendar there in October or early November usually means the winter shifts are not loaded yet.

Dates worth an alarm

• November 1, midnight: all of January opens at Chet’s.
• November 15: Presidents’ Day Saturday opens at Cortina and Buck’s.
• November 19: New Year’s Eve opens at Block 3.
• November 24: Christmas Eve opens at Everett’s 8800.
• December 1: New Year’s Eve opens at Everett’s 8800, and all of February opens at Chet’s at midnight.

Peaks and McGill’s already reach late March, so for those the only deadline is before someone else books your night. The ski-trip dinner planning guide sets out how far ahead to book for each kind of trip, and dinner for a big group covers the deposit and set-menu rules you will meet at places like Cortina.

Getting the table without watching five booking pages

Three SevenRooms books that may load late and a mountaintop room that opens 30 days out add up to more watching than most visitors have patience for. SeatSwiper does the watching. Give it the restaurant, your dates and party size and it books as soon as a table appears, on your own OpenTable, SevenRooms or Resy account, in your name, with nothing resold or transferred. Your first booking is free, then it is a flat $5 only when it actually books the table, no subscription, and a cancellation watch costs $1 to start, charged when the watch begins. It only covers those three platforms, it needs your account connected, and it can lose the race for a single returned seat. Nobody can promise you M on a Saturday.