From previous posts:

NOTE: These are NOT gift certificates. They are coupons you may choose to buy. There's a difference. Don't let the false name given to them by restaurant.com fool you.
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These coupons are a good value ONLY if you want to go to the restaurant anyway, and can work within the constraints of the coupon.

Examples: To use a $35 coupon must spend $50 not including tip, drinks & tax, good only Mon-Thurs, full priced entrees at dinner time 5:00-9:00 PM, server tip of 20% automatically added to full menu price. We had two entrees and two salads, one soup and one dessert for $55, plus 20% is $66 plus 6% tax on $55 = $69.30, minus $35 is $34.30. Plus the 10% we paid for the $35 coupon the REAL total for our two dinners is about $34.30 + $3.50 =~~ $38.

Well, wifey and me usually have dinner specials and we eat sparingly. We usually get EXACTLY what we want at the restaurant I'm talking about for this example. Including tax and tip we've never spent over $32 when we get ==>WHAT we want WHEN we want it.<==

It's the same at the three restaurants we've visited with the $120 in coupons we bought last December for $12.

Repeating myself, these coupons are good ONLY IF you would go to the restaurant anyway, and follow the rules that cost more than people would often spend. If you think you can try a good restaurant at a great price that you normally wouldn't visit, and get what you want at a GREAT PRICE, think again.

To us, they are not a good deal. We won't buy any more of these from restaurant.com again.

NOTE: If your party is 3 or less, sometimes the restaurant will NOT charge the 18% grat tip.


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