If you have been dining out lately, you've been helping raise the numbers when it comes to restaurant reservations.

"It's still pretty hard to get a restaurant reservation here in NYC and around the area restaurant reservations though are down 2% from where they were last year, that should change as we go into the teeth of the holiday season, but they are much better than they were earlier in the fall when they were down around 7%," says Caleb Silver, of Investopedia.

San Gennaro on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx has been packed.

The owner of the restaurant shared some tips with News 12's Kristie Reeter on some tricks you can use to save on the bill.