Restaurant.com $100 Gift Certificate for $9.

for people that are still confused, this is esentially worth about $20 because restaurant.com offers $100 gift certificates for $20 USD all the time (80% off codes). So, while it is a good deal, I would only purchase it if you are planning on using it soon. Be wary of the gratuities and minimum charge requirements.

Worth a $10 gamble... thanks!

Quote from jpatel330 : for people that are still confused, this is esentially worth about $20 because restaurant.com offers $100 gift certificates for $20 USD all the time (80% off codes). So, while it is a good deal, I would only purchase it if you are planning on using it soon. Be wary of the gratuities and minimum charge requirements.

Just curious, why would I need to use this quickly? I didn't see an expiration date.

Make sure you read the terms carefully before buying a gift card for any restaurant from restaurant.com.
For example, if you buy $25 gc, most restaurants requires a $50 minimum purchase to use the GC. Few will even add an extra 18% gratuity to the check if you use the GC and also will not honor any existing offers.

Quote from abstraxion : The reason these deals suck so much is because the restaurant gets literally zero of the gift certificate amount, so business owners/waiters will tend to hate you. If you think you get treated badly with a Groupon (where at least the business gets around half of the amount you spent to get the Groupon), good luck with one of these.

That's not a deal problem, that is a restaurant problem. If you get treated poorly, would you come back? Who is that going to hurt more - you or the restaurant?
After all, nobody forced the restaurant to sign up for this.

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For anyone on the fence, go to restaurant.com and see what participating restaurants are in your area. There's a restaurant very near me that I've been wanting to try, so I figure this will take some of the sting off the bill. Be warned however, that the list of restaurants changes regularly, so check the site before making reservations and ask the restaurant if they still accept and if there are any restrictions (day of week, time of day, etc.)

from what i know, this is probably a $100 gc, to be used with a minimum purchase of $200 or so, excluding tax and gratuity, all at one time, with a minimum of around 20% gratuity.
we have dozens of such participating restaurants within our 10 miles radius here in dc metro area. we have been using the coupons in our occasional family outing, mostly the $25 off ones, for some time now. every now and then, we go out to eat using them, spending somewhere between $40 to $60 total (minum $25 ofcourse).
hope this is helpful to someone.

It will be used for the face value of the ceritificates you choose. If you have $100 Restaurant.com Gift Card, you can get (4) $25 or (10) $10 or (2) $50 or any combination up to $100. If they have a sale, it is still the face value, so you can't get a $25 for $3 (Essentially you're getting $100 for $9) ...

I'm still working though the $500 for $30 they had last year! I've already gotten my savings out of it so the rest is just icing on the cake. For those that diss these "coupons", you need to READ the terms on the ones you are going to purchase. There has never been anything hidden in the writing. What you see is what you get.

Quote from abstraxion : The reason these deals suck so much is because the restaurant gets literally zero of the gift certificate amount, so business owners/waiters will tend to hate you. If you think you get treated badly with a Groupon (where at least the business gets around half of the amount you spent to get the Groupon), good luck with one of these.

The owners are the ones that chose to work with Restaurant.com as an easy way of marketing. That's the way to get people to try a restaurant they normally wouldn't. As for the servers, they should LOVE the certificates as it guarantees them at least an 18% tip, which I know a lot of people never leave. I've always tipped in a little more to get to atleast 20% if the service is decent. These waiters and waitresses essentially work for slave wages. Tips make up the rest. Think about that. You're paying their salary for serving you, not the restaurant. I watched a table of 4 leave a $4 tip once on an $80 bill. Tell me that's not ridiculous.

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Quote from v0vax : So with $100 we buy coupons for other restaurants? is it worth it?

nope. it's a scam. I'll never usr them again.

Quote from tubour_time : nope. it's a scam. I'll never usr them again.

lol if anything it's the restaurants that are getting scammed. They have to pay restaurant.com to advertise for them and in addition give up their food/services for even cheaper! All to ungrateful jerks that will never give them any repeat business.

I use these from time to time at my favorite restaurant, $25 off of a $35 tab? Yes please!

If the restaurant doesn't have anything like "One certificate per table. Minimum party of 2.", could two people use two certificates if they wanted to eat together?

Probably at the server's discretion?

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