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Restaurant.com Reviews Summary

The company has garnered significant negative feedback, primarily centered around customer service failures and issues with account management. Many customers report lost funds and unresponsive support, leading to sentiments of being scammed. Additionally, the limited and outdated restaurant options have contributed to dissatisfaction, as customers frequently encounter closed establishments. While a few positive experiences are implied regarding the product concept, the overwhelming sentiment reflects frustration and distrust. To improve its reputation, the company must enhance communication, streamline account management, and ensure accurate listings of participating restaurants.

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value
110
shipping
49
returns
77
quality
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New Hampshire
1 review
6 helpful votes
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We received a 'free' restaurant.com card by becoming a BJ's member. Although it sounds good at first glance, this a total waste of your time. The restaurant selection is small and the restrictions are not worth the hassle. An example: Minimum purchase of $50 at restaurant. Coupon worth $6... why bother. Just go out an enjoy a meal and drinks at whatever restaurant you want to go to.

Date of experience: November 13, 2016
Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Trash!
October 31, 2016

I exchanged my United Mileage for pieces of trash! We went to one restaurant and the owner said she never authorized to be on restaurant.com and won't accept my coupon. I exchanged the amount to another restaurant on the list. I got smart and called ahead before I went only to find out they don't take the coupon, too! Then why is the restaurant still on the list? There's also no decent places to choose from. I should of just redeem magazines instead of useless certificates!

Date of experience: October 31, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Purchased a "special" to see Cirque Du Soleil show. The day of my show I was unable to open the file with my tickets. It was a weekend and there was no place to call for customer service. I Went down to the box office to show the Cirque people the confirmation from Restaurant.com to see if they could access the tickets. They couldn't either and said that they had ongoing problems with Restaurant.com. We had to purchase new tickets ($300). Called customer service that Monday morning and I gotten the run around ever since. They basically say "sorry" but we sent you the tickets and I say "the file was corrupt and I couldn't open it!" Awful, awful company. They won't be in business that much longer. Stay away!

Date of experience: October 25, 2016
Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I had several gift card credits to use so I followed the proceedure to redeem them and buy some new certificates. When i finished I noticed that they never did apply my credits and instead charged my credit card the full amount. I contact them and all they did was send me the standard procedure for redetermining credits. NO CUSTOMER SERVICE WHAT SO EVER... No real way to contact them & speak to someone and get issues resolved. This was once a good deal but now it is dishonest and will fail. I'll get refunded through my credit card company as fraud... beware those that stalk in cyber space for suckers.

Date of experience: September 21, 2016
South Carolina
1 review
6 helpful votes
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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.

Date of experience: September 3, 2016
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Horrendous client service
September 1, 2016

They sold me a certificate to a restaurant that was out of business. Trying to exchange it for another certificate took me several hours and didn't work. Ultimately I asked my wife who is a computer expert t do it for me.
The site was so bad that she got directed to a place where she discovered she had bought another cert that we didn't want. I call the help desk number. After 20 minutes alex said "no refunds, tough luck". I finally got Bianca a supervisor who backed out the additional charge. It took me over 3 hours to get a trivial thing done. As soon as I use the exchanged cert I'm quitting these guys ASAP

Date of experience: September 1, 2016
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Used to be good...
August 29, 2016

I bought certificates for places we enjoy in our neighborhood. Unfortunately some places no longer take coupons (even though California law prohibits) the choices to exchange close to us are places we'd never go to. One place has rats! They need to be sure the restaurant they're selling is not a health hazard. Maybe they should check Yelp reviews for restaurants. $200+- of my money down the tubes.

Date of experience: August 29, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
23 helpful votes
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This is Hazlet Pizza Pizzeria in 3041 highway 35 Hazlet new jersey/ Customer came into my pizzeria ate $58.00 worth of food and gave me a $25.00 from Restaurant.com. Said he paid for it at restaurant. Com.
I never authorized any such coupon to be offered and I fully intend to call the authorities about my company being put on a coupon site with any permission from me the owner.
I want this customer to get his 10.00 that he invested in this fradulent coupon back.
Someone from the Restaurant.com site needs to speak with me. And I mean now.
Hazlet pizzeria Hazlet. N. j.

Date of experience: August 27, 2016
Wisconsin
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Big discomfort
August 24, 2016

I went to Rising Sons in Madison on High Point Road, WI and was told by the owner that they do not want to honor the certificate that I purchased on restaurants.com. Eventually they took the certificate saying that because I already purchased they will take it this time. I believe that this certificate should not be offered if the owner does not want to honor it. I emailed restaurants.com and has never received response. I still see on the restaurants.com the same certificate for $10 to Rising Sons. It's scam to sell certificate that is not honored at the restaurant.

Date of experience: August 24, 2016
Maine
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Never authorized certificates for my restaurant...

Date of experience: August 24, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Its bad customer service when you call in no one listens all they do if read off a paper saying same thing over an over then the restaurant s that deal with them are just as bad no know how to use them in any restaurant not even the manager s so why is this service even offered just bad bad bad all around never buy any restaurant anything off line again because of this company

Date of experience: August 23, 2016
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Absolute bull - all of it. You will never get the value. RIP OFF! I recieved this as an Xmas gift and I feel bad my relative bought in to this nonsense.

Date of experience: August 22, 2016
Florida
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I got a Restaurant.com card as a gift a year or so ago, only to find out that I can getgood deals on the coupon, but have to spend a minimum of $50 at most places, even Pizzeria's and cafe's, that I want to go to. I can't eat up $50 of food myself. Even with my wife, we can't eat $50 worth of food in a Mexican restaraunt. I'm in Florida, not New York, so prices are reasonable, but still... For instance, a $10 coupon for $4. But I have to spend a minimum of $50. Rediculous...

Date of experience: August 21, 2016
Hawaii
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Harassment
August 19, 2016

These folks have no problem harassing a small business owner with multiple, back to back phone calls trying to sell whatever they sell. Rude, Monstrous, Ridiculous.

Date of experience: August 19, 2016
Georgia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Scam
August 15, 2016

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!

Date of experience: August 15, 2016
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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No one takes this card
August 15, 2016

I attempted to use a gift card from restaurant.com over the weekend just to learn that it wasn't accepted at one of the recommended places on their list. It is too difficult to use, and I had to pay the bill without using the card. I am very disappointed about this card.

Date of experience: August 15, 2016
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Rip off!
August 10, 2016

I don't even know what happened to them, it used to be a good way to save money but as a year and a half or so everything went down hill when I tried to use one of the certificates and the restaurant told me that they never authorized those certificates, I called Rest.com (when they used to answer the phone) they apologized and told me they will put it as a credit or gift card on my account... Long story short, now I have 7 certificate credits or gift cards, $25 worth each, that I can't use, when I go to exchange then it tells me that the same certificate number is linked to another account, I called them... Over 40 minutes waiting after they first responded and left me waiting for customer service, no response, sent them multiple emails, no response either. What it was a good company now they are a scam, don't give them your money!

Date of experience: August 10, 2016
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Specials
August 9, 2016

If you see an offer for any specials listed in conjunction with a restaurant.com certificate ignore it! I mean that! You can never redeem the special and no one at restaurant.com will ever answer your email. It has happened to me two times. Never again!

Date of experience: August 9, 2016
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Don't do it!
August 9, 2016

Before I get accused of not reading the fine print, I did, I read it all. I purchased a certificate on Groupon after looking on the restaurant.com website. The deals looked good, such as $10 for a $25 dollar restaurant gift card. I purchased the groupon but when I entered my redemption code, all of those deals went bye bye. Here's an example of my choices...$25 for a $25 gift card. That is no bargain, especially when you consider the $50 minimum at the local restaurant. Now, I agree, I did not pay the full price for $100 worth of credit on Restaurant.com so all in all, it would have been a deal... EXCEPT... not only did the deals change, after I redeemed $35 of my $100, my account all of a sudden showed a 0 balance. RIP-OFF. I emailed using the address on their site, but have received no response. I called the number Groupon gave me and it just lets me sit on hold for eons. Don't waste your money... I guess if it sounds too good to be true, it really is. My mistake, just trying to keep you from making it too.

Date of experience: August 9, 2016
New Jersey
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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To spend more money
August 4, 2016

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

Date of experience: August 4, 2016