new Restaurant.com code

[w.bob]

good for 2 days only 4/9 - 4/10 "spring"

 

[Smokatoke]

I used to like restaurants.com until I realized the savings is not as much as you think... Example, you pay $5 for a $25 cert in which you must purchase at least $35 worth of food. So basically you are committed to $5 cert purchase and $10 in the difference from 25 to 35. Then they add 18% gratuity per the terms of the cert, or $6.30 if you spend exactly $35. Also notice on the certificate it says don't forget to tip you waiter!? (What the heck is the 18% gratuity charge then?) So before you even sit down you are committed to $21.30 to get $35 worth of food. It's still roughly 40% savings but the way they pitch it as getting a $25 gift cert for only $5 is BS... It also causse you to spend more at the restaurant because you think you have a cheaply purchased gift cert for $5 when really it's costing you at minimum 21.30 to use.

 

[w.bob]

I will not argue with what you say if that is logic you want to apply. I only use the coupons for a night out at a restaurant I would be interested in trying and I only purchase when there is a special sale. I paid $4.00 for a $25.00 certificate to a restaurant that requires a min of $50.00 spent. I always make it a point to visit the restaurants site to view the menu. If I can see that my wife and I would have no problem spending the required amount on meals we enjoy I purchase the certificate. If I believe the meals are overpriced or I have to buy something I would not be interested in to meet the requirement I pass. Usually the certificates I purchase do not have a 18% mandatory gratuity only the the reminder to tip your server on the full value of the check before the $25.00 off. Since I worked in restaurants in my younger years I always leave 20% anyway as long as the service was somewhat satisfactory. Sometimes when we go out with another couple or my adult kids I use a certificate and there is no problem meeting the required amount. There is one restaurant near us that I found to be excellent and they were on restaurant.com. I probably used a certificate 5 months in a row. They stopped using the certificates but we still go every now & then. Also whenever I travel I check for certificates at restaurants in that area but I also check reviews of the place to be sure it is something I would like to try. I found the certificates to be an excellent way to save money but I agree it may not be for everybody.