The restaurant still has room available for smaller parties among the 290 seats spread between the grill and its more casual sister cafe downstairs, which combine for the New Year's Eve dinner.
People start thinking about it later in the month.
I don't think it's any different from any other year. About a third of the restaurant's 100 seats are booked for New Year's Eve dinner, which will be served in two seatings and includes a five-course meal, sangria and sparkling wine, with flamenco dancers at the second seating. But Van den Beld isn't worried about filling the empty tables. It's the busiest night of the year. No matter who you are, you sell out.