Restaurant.com Promo Code - 70% Off All Orders Through May 16th - $25.00 Dining certificates for $3.00; $10.00 Certificates for 90¢

Those of you who've been reading my blog for a while are familiar with restaurant.com, and the occasional promo codes they issue to make a good deal even better. They now have a promo code offering 70% off all their certificates or dinner-of-the-month club when ordered by May 16th. If you know about restaurant.com and don't need to read details, skip down to the bottom of this blog entry for the code and a link that takes you right there.

For anyone who hasn't yet heard of restaurant.com, here are some details. They sell certificates with dining credit at thousands of participating restaurants around the country. Typically, dining certificates for $25.00 worth of dining at a restaurant sell for $10.00, saving you $15.00 when you go out and dine. With the discount code, those same certificates cost you just $3.00, meaning you would save $22.00 when you go out and eat.

Each certificate comes with restaurant-specific restrictions -- the most common for $25.00 certificates seems to be that the check has to total at least $35.00 before the certificate is applied (sometimes the amount is more so always check before ordering your certificate(s). Sometimes, it's just a requirement to order two entrees, Sometimes it's a minimum number of diners. The restrictions are clearly indicated on the detail page for any restaurant that's participating. I've used these certificates for several years now, and for the most part the restrictions are easy to achieve in the course of a normal dining out experience.

In addition to the $25.00 certificates, many restaurants also offer $10.00 certificates, usually valid at lunchtime. Again, these come with some restrictions, i.e. minimum of $20.00 on the check). Those usually cost $3.00 and now with the promo code are just 90¢ apiece. So you can get some great savings at lunchtimes too.

They also have a dinner-of-the-month club you can join for 3, 6 or 12 months. Basically they send you a certificate each month that you can redeem at any of the participating restaurants. One reason you might consider this could be as a gift to someone to make it easier for him or her to eat out without you picking the restaurant. Another might be to take advantage of early parts of months when some of the most popular restaurants haven't sold out their certificates yet. Very often, at the start of a month, promo codes (if any) save you a lower percentage, and later in the month when the promo codes are better your favorite restaurant may be sold out. With a dinner-of-the-month certificate in your account, you could go in early the next month and redeem it for that popular restaurant and get the savings of this great promo code.

I recommend this deal as a great way to try out new places, visit an old favorite more often (you can use certificates for any one place no more often than once a month, and each certificate is valid for a year), maybe order that special appetizer or dessert, and enjoy some tasty savings.

If you have a child going away to college, this might also be a nice treat to help him or her get a break from dorm cafeteria food every so often.

To head to restaurant.com, click the link below. You can look for restaurants by state or by a radius from your zip code. The promo code is TASTY and after you add it during checkout, remember to hit the 'apply' button so you see the savings in your cart.

Save 70% off with every order with code TASTY through 5/16/09.