A Steal of A Deal on Eating Out
THE DEAL:
For those of you who eat out often, or would like to eat out more but worry about money Restaurants.com has a screaming deal for you right now. For every $25 gift card you buy they are charging $2.o0. That’s right TWO DOLLARS for $25 worth of appetizers, entres, drinks and desserts.
What’s the catch? It’s the as everything else on Restaurant.com
1) Your bill has to be over a certain dollar amount. It’s usally a $35.00 minimum tab for a $25 gift certificate although I’ve seen that $35 minimum go up for nicer restaurants.
2) There is also a required minimum 18% tip on the entire bill amount before the gift certificate. So you can’t buy $35 worth of food, use a $25 gift certificate and tip on the $10 you paid out of pocket. That is more then fair since the waitstaff need to earn a living too!
3) You cannot combine gift certificates. For example you can’t hand in $100 worth of gift certificates to pay for your tab. There is a minimum order for every denomination of gift certificate and you cannot use more then one certificate per day.
4) (Please note I’ve never tested this part) You can only use one gift certificate at a time per group. So if you and your friend go to lunch together you can’t both use gift certificates at the same table. If you have a big group with several tables you can’t use a gift certificate per table.
5) You need to make sure the order limits work for you. Some restaurants exclude gift certificate use on alcohol purchases, for example, although in my experience most don’t. Read the fine print.
6) They could have blackout days. My local House of Blues has something called “Gospel Sundays” which is a very popular day. You cannot use your gift certificate on a Gospel Sunday.
These are the rules as I have applied and understood them. Always read fine print for yourself of course because things can change but I’ve purchased and used several of these and I’ve never had a problem.
WAIT there is a BONUS!
Remember how I talked about how I love MrRebates.com? (If you missed it click HERE) If you go through that site you can get a percentage cash back on your order.
For Example:
I’m a Disneyland Annual Passholder so imagine my excitement when I discovered the House of Blues in Downtown Disney is a listed resturant. I purchased 4 different $25 gift certificates for the House of Blues at $2 a piece but I didn’t just go to the website and order. I went through MrRebates.com and received a percentage back on my total order.
My Order
4 ($25 Gift Certificates) for $2 each- totaling $8.00 (Use the code: FUN)
20% MrRebates cash rebate- totaling $2.00
Total price I will have paid once I recieve my quarterly rebate?
$6 for $100 worth of restaurant certificates.
Yes I could give you links to Restaurant.com and all that with my referral link from MrRebates but I’d really prefer that you register with them yourselves and start saving.
