Originally Posted by
gardener
1) Get 100 points (worth $1)
2) Some restaurants give 1000 pts at slow times
3) Don't have to deal with snooty reservation people
4) Can find a restaurant with an open table without having to make multiple phone calls
5) Can double dip with iDine
These are the exact reasons I use Opentable. I also like that is gives links to the restaurants menus in most cases so that makes for less searching on my part.
Also, a lot of restaurants close early on xmas eve here in Indy and this gives me a pretty good look at which restaurants do in one simple search.