Restaurant.com

Purchased several for gifts and some for my family only to find out some of the restaurants are closed, some of the restaurants won't take certificates, etc. Since these are really (roughly) 50% off coupons (in many cases), it is definitely not a typical gift certificate. It would be more accurately advertised as exchangeable coupons that you may never be able to use. Add to that the limited number of restaurants in many areas AND that you have to use your restaurant.com certificate to "purchase" certificates for the restaurant to MAYBE take (if they are still in business) and I would certainly NOT recommend restaurant.com.

I had several coupons that simply disappeared off my account.
I have been trying to reach them and got a generic message that they would be responding to my e-mail, but they never did. Do they even really exist?

One week after purchasing two certificates to a restaurant, the restaurant no longer accepted Restaurant.com certificates. I felt this was an inconvenience at most, so I followed R.com's instructions and went to exchange the certificate.

Their site is so poorly constructed that I was able to exchange the certificate without registering my account first -- so I'm not entirely sure where that "eGift" credit went. After I signed up (great, yet another site I have to register on), the credit still was not present.

I am inclined to believe this whole operation is a huge scam. I would NEVER purchase another certificate with Restaurant.com, and if I was given one, just throw it away; it's more than likely useless.

You go out to dinner with friends. Separate tickets. Both couples have a 25.00 restaurant.com coupon. You order an appetizer, expensive meal, drinks and dessert. Have an extra drink, to find out with the tickets come that only one coupon can be used because you are sitting at the same table. That is the most asinine excuse I have ever heard. I will NEVER get another restaurant.com coupon EVER. This is BS. I would rate restaurant.com lower than a "1" if I could. Be sure to read the fine print!

The value is great, but however they are dealing with their restaurant clients must be awful because our coupons have been refused as many times as accepted. Each time the coupon was refused, the restaurant owner/manager refused to explain what exactly caused them to dislike the company, but eagerly told us they had a very bad experience and wouldn't deal with them ever again or accept coupons out in circulation. It had to be bad because refusing the coupon reflects just as badly on the restaurant.

I received a gift card as reward at work!
I went to a restaurant for breakfast and there is a sign on their door that they fo not participate in restaurant.com. They requested to be removed 3 years ago and restaurant.com refuses!
So, I started calling restaurants and they all say the same thing! They requested to be removed and it never happened!
I contacted restaurant.com several times and was told they do a good job removing restaurants! That had to be a joke!
This is nothing nut a scam!

O received a gift Certificate of $100.00, a while ago, but up to today no able to redeem because the offer on this site are too low. I just don't know what to do with this stupid Certificate. If I use $40.00 Certificate I have to spend, minimum $200 at restaurant. What is this? The deal is only good for the restaurant and to the site, For me nothing. I am extremely unhappy with this. So, if you want to give me a gift certificate. Please do no - DO NOT - go for Restaurant.com

Its true that this site has a BUNCH of terms and conditions to their restaurant coupons, however I've had more good experiences than bad with this site.

I usually wait for the $2,80% promo codes and buy coupons ONLY if they are $3 or $2 bucks.

I've gotten the chance to try exotic restaurants that I would have never tried and the prices turn out to be reasonable. Of course, you are not going to be able to just buy a coupon and go eat for free.

However I've had really good experiences such as me and 3 other friends came to a breakfast joint, we had 3 huge entrees, a few extra sides and 2 desserts for around $16 total. With tip it was 20-$25, but it was honestly like $40 worth of food,

Furthermore I love that the coupons never expire!

Tried it few years ago, just like other said "Don't waste your money". There are not many restaurants accept that coupon. I tried one accepted the coupon, but they charged me a price higher than the regular menu price, at the end I only enjoyed about 20% discount on the bill. Want to say that if the restaurants participate to that program they should accept the restaurant.com coupon as a money. Not a gimmicky to get you go to that restaurants but not willing to accept the coupon.

I have used Restaurant.com for a few years now and I have 'never' had a problem redeeming their certificates! A lot of the negative reviews listed on this site I believe, falls on the restaurant being visited and not on restaurant.com. How RC be held responsible for restaurants pulling out of the program or making up changes to how or when they will accept the certs? Some of the other complaints seem to be about RC not making updates quick enough, yet it's hard to tell who is telling the truth. As someone else suggested, call the restaurant to verify they accept the certs before buying them. If you still have a problem log back into RC and redeem them for another participating restaurant. I just did that today for certs I originally purchased back in 2010 with no problem. I think it is a great program for us consumers. I don't know how it works for restaurants.

Very deceiving, If it is your first time. You will feel frustrated also. Gift certificate of $100.00 you will pay only $40.00 and you need to purchase a minimum of $100.00 So I went to the restaurant and purchase a minimum of $100.00, I was surprised with my bill of $56.00, the cashier told me that I'm not the only one complained about this. The website is not very clear with their promotion. What I paid from restaurant.com, $40.00 is only to avail for a discount from the restaurant which is 50%. Instead of saving money, I ended up spending more $100.00 for 3 people.;(