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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Shane Hickey

Eat early or wait for a bottomless brunch – how to dine out on the cheap

Illustration showing a man about to tuck into a huge towering, multilayered burger
You can enjoy a meal out without worrying about stretching the budget. Illustration: Jamie Wignall/The Guardian

Join discount schemes

Many restaurants, usually high street chains, offer two-for-one deals and money off for holders of discount cards. The best known of these is Tastecard, which offers you 25% off the total bill, two-for-one deals and 50% off food deals, depending on the chain. However, there are conditions such as being limited to certain days of the week and having to ring ahead. Zizzi, for example, offers two-for-one deals from Sunday to Thursday, while Beefeater offers 25% off the total bill on the same days. The card costs £79.99 a year or £7.99 a month, although they are often given for free, packaged with some bank accounts, such as NatWest’s student one.

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