Restaurant deals

Dishoom: free dish every day

Between 15 and 29 September, Indian restaurant chain Dishoom is giving away a free dish over 15 days in its 11 restaurants. These are mainly in London but also in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh, plus the promo is also running in its four Permit Rooms in Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford and Portobello.

You’ll need to follow the Dishoom Instagram account to see what freebie you can get and you’ll need to show the server it on your phone too. So far it’s given away bacon naan rolls, portions of black daal and mango lassis.

You have to dine in but as per it’s terms and conditions, there’s no purchase necessary.

Ikea: £1 cooked breakfast

Every Saturday until 20 December, Ikea is offering a small cooked breakfast for just £1 or a regular cooked breakfast for £1.50. These are usually £2.95 for a small breakfast or £3.95 for a regular one.

There’s a veggie option available too.

Pizza Express: buy one pizza, get another for £1

Until 28 September, you can buy one classic or leggera pizza at Pizza Express and get another for £1. Or, switch to Romana and it’s £2.95 for the second pizza. It’s only valid when you dine in from Monday to Sunday. You don’t need to get the same pizza, either.

You’ll need to download the app and join the Pizza Express Club. Then at the restaurant, enter your table number and you can apply the offer to your bill. There are often other offers available in there, too.

Senior Writer, Zoe, recently visited Pizza Express using a gift card won in O2’s Blue Mondays and managed to nab two pizzas, two cocktails and a plate of dough balls with a final bill of just £1.40.

Frankie & Benny’s: £30 giftcard for £15

You can get a £30 restaurant voucher for half the price to use at Frankie & Benny’s by 21 April 2026.

You can spend it on food and drinks and it can be redeemed Monday – Sunday. The voucher’s only one-use and you can only use it when you dine in.

Some restaurants are excluded, such as Frankie & Benny’s in airports and Paddington. Other terms and conditions apply.

The Fork: £20 off restaurants

The Fork is a free website and app where you can find and book restaurants and get discounts, sometimes up to 50% off.

When you use the app regularly you get points called ‘Yums’. Every time you make a booking, you get 100 ‘Yums’ and you’ll get 300 Yums when you book restaurants tagged with ‘Yums x3’. 

Once you earn 1,000 Yums you get £20 off your next booking and 2,000 Yums gets you a £50 discount. You can find out more about The Fork’s Yums here.

Right now, you can earn 1,000 Yums for your first booking with the referral code 83CCA835 — just enter it at the end of the booking process, and you’ll get the points three days after your meal.

We’ve covered more restaurant discount websites in our full guide.

Meerkat Meals: 2-4-1 for £1

You can sign up to Meerkat Meals and get 2-4-1 meals Sunday to Thursday. You need to buy a qualifying insurance product from Compare the Market for access, but this trick gets you a year’s membership for £1. You’ll also get 2-4-1 cinema tickets on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tastecard: 2-4-1 or 50% off

You can save 50% with Tastecard at hundreds of restaurants. We’ve got a post which we regularly update with the latest Tastecard offers, often including one month free or a four-month trial for £1.

Well worth giving it a go and seeing if you think you’ll use it regularly. There’s also Gourmet Society which does a similar thing.

Wagamama: free edamame or prawn crackers

You can grab some free edamame or prawn crackers at Wagamamas when you join its Soul Club, which is the loyalty app.

All you have to do is download the app and sign up for the loyalty club and you’ll get to choose which perk you want in your wallet. You’ll then be able to redeem the freebie when you spend £12. The Soul Club lets you earn stamps to get rewards when you eat at Wagamama.

IKEA: half price food on Fridays

If you’re an IKEA Family member then you get half price food on Fridays with “Swe-dish Friday”. 

That can get you their classic meatballs for £2.45, fish and chips for £3.45 and kid’s pasta for 45p. 

There’s no published end date for this offer. It excludes IKEA Hammersmith and order and collection points.

IKEA Family is a free loyalty scheme offered by IKEA that can get you discounts and free hot drinks on weekdays.

Burger King: 100 points

The new Burger King loyalty app earns you points when you spend that can be redeemed for items on the menu. When you sign up you get 100 free points. You’ll need 150 to get nuggets, a large fries or onion rings.

You can also get Whopper with your first order over £3 using Click and Collect. Download on Google Play here or App Store here.

Not valid at motor way service station restaurants. More in the Ts&Cs

McDonalds: Bonus points via app

Download the McDonalds app and you can often get discounts on food and drink from the fast food chain.

And sign up to the new reward scheme and you’ll get 1,000 points, worth £1, with your first order.

Leon: 30% off

Sign up to the Leon Lovers Club and you’ll get a voucher for a 30% off your next order. You used to also get a treat on your birthday.

Bella Italia: £5 dishes (ended)

Until 14 September, Bella Italia is offering five of its mains for just £5 each.

Dishes include:

• Carbonara
• Pomodoro Mozzarella
• Margherita Pizza
• Pepperoni Pizza
• Chicken Burger

To get it, just go to the Bella Italia website and sign up for a voucher. You can’t get it with any other offer or set menu, and it’s for dine-in orders only.

The offer excludes Center Parcs locations, London Paddington, Leicester Wigston, and Dover restaurants.

National Burger Day discounts

Thursday 21 August 2025 is National Burger Day, and it’s worth checking to see if your favourite restaurant is taking part with special burgers or discounts.

Some might be doing deals through the week and into the bank holiday weekend, too. Last year, the day coincided with the Be Clever With Your Cash team meeting in London, so we celebrated with BOGOF Shake Shack.

A few of the offers we’ve spotted so far include:

• 20% off at Bleecker Street
• Buy one get one free at Shake Shack
• Buy one, get one free Double Chicken Royale from 18 to 21 August at Burger King
• Honest Burger – 1,000 free burgers via loyalty app and 20% off if you miss out – sign up before 21 August to get this one

London Restaurant Festival: set menus and deals (ended)

OpenTable is running the London Restaurant Festival throughout June, with set menus and deals at restaurants across the city.

Menus include The Cinnamon Club offering a special menu for just £29 per person and Salt Yard Borough offering live cooking for £35 per person.

The Ivy: £20 off £100 spend (ended)

From Sunday 1 June to 30 June 2025, you can get £20 off a £100 spend at The Ivy or The Ivy Asia restaurants when you book via this link.

There are very sparse T&Cs for the offer, but you’ll get £20 off if you spend at least £100 (excluding the service charge).

MeatLiquor: 50% off food & drink (ended)

At certain points in the year, top burger joint MeatLiquor emails members of its list 50% off vouchers. These tend to happen on bank holidays and your birthday – so sign up now!

Prezzo: buy one main, get another for £1 (ended)

From Sunday to Friday, you can get a £1 main with every full priced one until 30 January.

The offer includes pizza, pasta, grills or salad and you can use it with up to 12 people – so you can get a maximum of six full priced mains and six £1 ones.

You must sign up with your email address to get the discount code and some restaurants won’t be offering the deal including: Prezzo Euston, Glasshouse Street, Kensington, Kings Cross, St Martin’s Lane and Northumberland Avenue.

Prezzo’s also offering some other new year discounts, such as 25% off food between 6 January – 3 April.

Terms and conditions apply.