Restaurant.com

Bought a $50 coupon for an indian restaurant in Encino CA called Anabargh #2. Spent the minimum, told when receiving the check that they are not accepting the certificate.

Called restaurant.com and were only offered a $10 "courtesy credit".

Joke….

Bought discount voucher, then was told at the restaurant that they were not members and would not honor certificate. We looked like fools when the manager laughed at us. Will definitely backcharge on my credit card and let restaurants.com eat the backcharge fees. I suggest others do the same if you have been scammed.

I don't see why people are so upset with these coupons. The restrictions are listed and you need to read them, check out the menu and see if its worth it. As for tipping 18 % on the pre discounted price, you are ALWAYS suppose to do that when you use a coupon. Its like any other bargin you find, you have to check it out to make sure its worth it to you. 25 dollars off a min of 35 dollar food order is great for a family of four! Especially when you get that 25 dollar off coupon for only 3.50. Make sure you read the restrictions before purchase and you will be fine. I have never had anyone refuse one of the coupons. I seriously do not see why people are complaining. If you read what is clearly printed for you, you will be FINE! Enjoy the free money everyone.

Do not waste your money on this site! Basically if a restaurant is on here, it is in the lower 25% in quality and service. Occasionally you may find a restaurant you like but the requirements are ridiculous and most of the time you will end up not using your gift cards. Also, only get these gift cards for free! They always have promotions so do not even pay $2 for a $10 gift card because the least you can do is get it for free when you don't end up using it!

I purchased a R.Com for a semi local joint. Drove ten miles only to find out the place had been out of business for 4 months. E-mailed them and was credited my 15.00 towards a separate voucher, wouldn't just add it back to my original and they cannot be combined now. Also let them know 4 months ago this place was closed but yet they still continue to sell them. Also after doing the math, you are basically paying ie. 15.00 to spend 30.00 and get half off. Seems to me you are still paying full price and may be buying more than you want to meet the minimum. Neat little scam trying to ride Groupons tails, who is a legit way to dine out at a discounted price/

Had a wonderful lunch today at Ocean beach rosters in Ocean shores wa. The staff was just
Great so is the atmosphere. The reastaurant was clean an neat as a pen. Great lattes and SUPER deserts. I highly recommend this for your dining experience.
I never write reviews but just had to, this place is a hit. My wife still cannot believe how great the sandwiches were. Go there you will not regret it.
Thanks for reading this review.

Terry Johnston, Seattle, wa

The website won't allow access when adding the codes for "captcha" so no way to get in touch. I would like to exchange 4 certificates, but where are they? They don't have them listed and want me to caontact "customer service" which i can't do.

Don't EVER purchase tickets for shows through Restaurant.com. I tried for over a week to get my tickets and never received them and now I am out $238. They showed me a copy of an email they sent me with the tickets, but I still never received and was promised a phone call to confirm that I received them. Poor customer service and when you try calling them, all you get is all of our agents are busy, try back later..

I have no complaint about the certificates and their redemption, but the website is very poorly managed. My account lists some available certificates that I have long ago used, as well as restaurants that have gone out of business. It is disappointing to go to the location of the restaurant for which I have a certificate, only to find it no longer exists, and it's not just that it moved to another location. Some of those defunct restaurants continue to be in the list of restaurants for which I can select to redeem my certificates.

Have used these certificates quite a few times. Sure, the restaurants are limited (133 in Washington, DC, and few "5 star restaurants") but easily used and lots of "new" good food experiences. Suggest go to Tripadvisor and check out the restaurant, give them a call and ask if they honor, and if they do, print the certificate and enjoy..

I bought a coupon for the Native Cafe in Pensacola Beach and tried to use it today just to find out they did not have permission to be selling them aso they are not redeemable! Never buy from this site!

AWFUL! There is no mention that you or the unlucky recipient of your gift will be required to compete for a limited number of redemption certificates. Which means the restaurants that you intended to use the certificates for (the good ones) are untouchable, although the customer service rep gave me a good tip after refusing to refund my money. Attempt to redeem certificates@ beginning of the month between 1am and 7am. Also the very limiting exclusions and requirements of each restaurant are not provided when purchasing. DON'T DO IT!

Same old story - I bought 4 certificates... two were refused by a restaurant, and one restaurant had gone out of business. When I could get through to restaurant.com on the phone (which was a huge challenge each time, logging at least a half an hour onto my phone bill with each try) they offered me a replacement certificate to another one of their restaurants.

I simply trashed them - it's not worth the effort for me to go out of my way to one of their listed restaurants and then be embarrassed that they don't accept the certificate. They know that those restaurants aren't involved in the program anymore and they're still selling them - that's not honorable. What ever happened to integrity?

Tried to use the certificate and was told that it didn't apply to steak or fish. That was not mentioned anywhere on the certificate. They also didn't accept the certificate on my phone- I had to have it printed out. That may have been my fault. I'm not sure. This was my first time trying to use these certificates so we'll see what happens with the others that I bought but I'm not very hopeful.

First off it is extremely hard to use a coupon. There are so many restrictions that make it hard to use the coupons it is not worth it. Then to add insult to injury, we got a coupon for 10 Street live in Kenilworth NJ and the we got there and asked about the coupon the manager politely said that they no longer took Restaurant.com coupons and had asked them to take them off the web site several months ago and they refused. So buyer beware, do use them they stink. Brian

This seems like a fake thing. The restaurants listed in the "Restaurant.com" are either permanently closed or the one that are available are pretty crappy. Don't trust this. I had two restaurant in Phonix arizona area listed in the restaurant.com and bought the certificate but when went to pick up my order, found that both of them were permanently closed

www.specials.restaurant.com is falsely advertising 5, $50 egift cards for 50 dollars. They say they have a non refundable policy yet they falsely advertise the "amounts" of the minimum food item purchase in the process of getting your card information. I have not even used the vouchers and they are saying it is non refundable and also does not state non refundable in the confirmation email with the 5,50 dollar gift card vouchers. This company does bad business by putting false advertisements up on it's websites and in the emails it sends you.

A couple of days ago, I received a $25. Restaurant.com gift certificate. I logged onto my account on their website, to credit those funds to my account. Now there is no credit in my account. What happened to my $25. All I can say is RIP-OFF. Another lesson learned, and thank goodness not too costly.

I only used this service once. I will never go back. I purchased play tickets, the play was cancelled. How I found out was when I gave these tickets to my mom as a Christmas gift. My mom looked the play up online for more info and saw that it was cancelled. I email the company, because you can not even call them! I got an email back saying it was cancelled and sorry! Sorry! I live a hour away from this play, this was to be a big night out. Just glad I didn't find out that it was cancelled after I drove there and paid for parking.

Difficult to use on web page with very limited local restaurants. I have over $200. In money to use toward restaurants purchases and haven't use in years because of difficulty in redeeming. Very few restaurants that are listed have too many restrictions. I rather get my money back that I spent thinking this would be a convenient option to dine out. Aren't

If you are familiar with the term "bait and switch" or would like a perfect example or education of it then buy a coupon from restaurant.com. I did!
Not at all as described-not even close. When I called for a refund within 10min after they charged( I paid through paypal) and was instantly offered a $100.00 coupon, it was like the rep had a script! I refused it by stating the last thing I wanted to do was continue doing business with a company whose first transaction was fraudulent!
Currently involved in a PayPal dispute after Restaurant.com responded with they do not refund fees!
Paypal has already decided I was delt with fraudulently, however my money has yet to be refunded.
STAY AWAY!

I got an email from groupon who i have used numerous times stating that ONE DAY ONLY you would get a $25 restaurant coupon from restaurant.com. Having never hesrd if them i went down the list of restaurants and only found one nesr me. A sandwich shop. Thats cool, i thought. Three of us could go for a $25 lunch for 4.25. Yay. I bought it. When i printed the certificate it stated that i had to spend $50 at a sandwich shop to get the $25. What? I wasnt told in advance. At that point i researched restaurant.com and found they were the biggest scam out there. Shame on u groupon. I will never buy from u again. Your credibility just plummeted. BUYER BEWARE.

I was given a restaurant.com gift card several years ago and I still have not found a place to use it. First I downloaded it on my APP and I bought a certificate. I took it to a restaurant and I could no longer redeem it. I had to get a refund from restaurant.com. But in addition there are very few restaurants to choose from and most of them dont take the full $25 certificate. Its like Pay $5 for a $10 certificate. I have to spend $4 here and $6 here and buy them ahead of time. Not easy to use and I would not recommend.