Comments on: Are Restaurant Coupon Deals Worth It?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:35:51 +0000

restaurant.com — has pretty good deals, all over the U.S. I have bought several on here and used.

Sign up for the emails at your favorite restaurants, often they will send u a free meal coupon for your birthday month (First Watch offers a free entree, Ruby Tuesday offers a free burger) and they will emails coupons throughout the year as well.

In my experience with Groupon and Living Social, any company that has gone out of business before I used the deal, I received a refund of my monies in full, or credit towards another deal on their site. I LOVE these sites because I have got to try out so many new restaurants and companies/hobbies that I never knew about! My friends buy the same deals and we have a blast together!

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:44:38 +0000

Many national chains have there own websites where you can sign up. I did for Old Country Buffet and on our anniversary (Valentine’s Day) and my birthday we get a BOGO meal. So for our two always go out nights, we can eat for about $12 at a place where we can pick and choose exactly and how much we want to eat. We have learned to eat only what we need.

Other chains also have deals that they will send you to.

By: thriftygal

thriftygal — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:11:36 +0000

Just be careful when you are purchasing coupons for local places. I purchased two bogo coupons for $25 each that are good until August. The restaurant went out of business last week after only being open for three months.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:23:00 +0000

great post! for me, coupons dont decide where i go, but i do look for them once i have decided on a place. ill make plans and then search the ads for a coupon a few days before i go. has worked so far, and i have avoided restaurants that i know have a bad reputation even if they have great deals!

By: Annie Jones

Annie Jones — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:40:52 +0000

I keep most restaurant coupons that come my way. If we decide to eat out on the spur of the moment, we’ll look through the coupon stash and see if anything sounds good. If so, great. If not, no big deal.

After we’ve decided where we want to eat, I will try to find a coupon to that establishment on line. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. Again, no big deal. We go out so rarely that we usually just go where we like and deal with the expense if there’s no coupon.

Fast food is another story. Although we try to avoid the typical fast food places, once in a while something will come up (or we’ll be away from home longer than we expected, etc.) and we’ll end up grabbing a quick bite. A coupon can decide which FF eatery we choose. I like to keep coupons for those places in the van for just such situations.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:24:02 +0000

My husband and I go out to eat often, and almost always with some kind of restaurant coupon. IMO it’s the only way to eat out!! We use the entertainment book and restaurant.com. It’s an indulgence that is very important to me, but we are able to do it for the lowest cost possible.

By: John

John — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:04:16 +0000

Well if you want to save substantially, we need to pursue deals and coupons frequently. A devotee in the truest sense can save more because she never gives up any opportunity.

We do not really track Restaurant coupons that much. But what we have seen is that users find the courage to try and test something new, given there is a coupon.

Beauty.com free samples/ gift with purchase offers are very popular because of this reason.

John

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:20:26 +0000

I agree that $5 off or a free appetizer doesn’t do it for me.

On the other hand, a half off coupon (or 2 for 1) will get me to try a new restaurant. A friend of mine and I used one of these recently. We enjoyed our meal but agreed that, if we’d paid full price, it wouldn’t have been worth it.

Great way to try a new place!

My main expenditures tend to be tools and supplies. (No surprise there! LOL) I look for significant sales at places I purchase burrs and wood and other stuff from and take advantage of it whenever possible. Considering that some of the burrs I use are $15 to $35 each, 20-30% off may add up quickly!