The Bottom Line
The Diner's Deck is an interesting way to introduce yourself to new restaurants at affordable prices. The Diner's Deck also makes a creative gift for restaurant-loving friends.
Pros
- Each card is worth $10 off at one of 52 New York City neighborhood restaurants
- Cards include address, phone, price point and description of restaurant
- Creative gift idea for your restaurant-loving friends
Cons
- Only select restaurants are included
- $20 minimum spend, not including alcohol
Description
- The Diner's Deck is available online and in select retail stores[/link.]
- Cards are good until the end of the year -- i.e. 2005 cards are good until December 31, 2005.
- Each Diner's Deck card may be used only once.
Guide Review - The Diner's Deck: Manhattan Dining Discount Cards
At first look, Diner's Deck may appear to be your average deck of cards, but once you realize instead of Aces and Kings, each card represents a restaurant you can experience for $10 off, the $29.95 price tag seems like a bargain. You need only use three of the 52 cards to recoup the cost of the deck, which is fairly easy with the variety of restaurants included in each deck.
Each card in the deck features the name of the restaurant, address, phone, cuisine, and meals included in the program. Prix-fixe menus and some brunches can't be combined with the discount, but if you see brunch listed on their card, you can use the discount on the a la carte brunch menu.
Currently offering decks for three neighborhoods, Midtown, the Lower East Side and Lower West Side, you can preview the included restaurants for each neighborhood on their website. The 2005 decks, which are available beginning in November 2004 are good until December 31, 2005. They even offer a card swap program, so if a restaurant closes, you can get a replacement card by returning the card with a SASE.
