Save on meals out
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Flash sales & promotions
Chipotle: buy one meal, get one free
Chipotle’s offering customers a free main with their first purchase through the restaurant’s new app or website.
You’ll need to order a salad, bowl, quesadilla or tacos to get another free to collect. However, you’ll not get the deal immediately – the offer code can take up to 72 hours to appear in your account after the first purchase.
The offer ends 12 July 2024.
London Restaurant Festival
More than 50 restaurants are offering special set menus in June as part of London Restaurant Festival.
You can get a three-course lunch with champagne for around £30 at European restaurant 28-50 Marylebone, and £20 for a two-course menu at posh kebab shop, Le Bab, in Soho. Portuguese restaurant, Bar Douro is offering a weekday set menu for £16.50 per person.
Some restaurants are offering a free drink with your meal, such as 64 Old Compton street, which is giving customers a free glass of champagne when they dine and book through OpenTable.
The meals aren’t the cheapest, so it’s only going to be money-saving if you were planning to go there anyway.
Bills: bottomless pancakes for £5 (expired)
Eat as many pancakes as you want in 90 minutes between 3 June and 7 June. The deal runs all day, starting from 8am, and you can choose between two toppings – chocolate and ice cream or fresh fruit and syrup.
You can also add unlimited hot drinks from £4.25.
Bill’s Gluten free vegan blueberry pancakes aren’t included and you can’t use any additional deals or offers with this one.
Creams: free scoop (expired)
On Friday 17 May 2024 you can clam a free scoop of ice cream from any Creams in the UK. There are quite a few, and you can find all the branches here. Sadly there’s only one in Wales and non in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
It’s one per person, and expect this to be very popular.
Membership discounts
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.
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.
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.
Loyalty apps
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: Free burger 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, and free fries with your first order.
MeatLiquor: 50% off food & drink
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!
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.
Annual promotions
National Burger Day (expired)
Thursday 24 August 2023 is “national burger day” and it’s worth checking to see if your fave restaurant is taking part with special burgers or discounts.
Some might be doing deals through the week and into the Bank Holiday weekend too
A few I’ve spotted so far:
- 20% off at Bleecker Street
- £2.99 Royales at Burger King
- £18 burger, chips and drink at Hawksmoor
American Express: Shop Small (expired)
Each year in December, you can get £5 back when you spend £15 on an Amex card at participating small businesses – including many restaurants. Here’s more on how it works.