Originally Posted by
snic
And don't forget that the only reason a restaurant would accept restaurant.com certs is because it can't attract customers by other means, such as providing good food. My personal experiences dining at r.com restaurants bears this out. Sometimes I even check to see if the restaurant accepts r.com certs, then use that as a factor in deciding *not* to go there.
This makes a lot of sense. When I was selecting my certs, most of the restaurants had mediocre or poor Yelp ratings. But there were several participating restaurants with good ratings.
I'm happy with my certs so far: Both were $25 off a minimum purchase of $35. One we used and really enjoyed the dinner; the other we have yet to use (and it's for the higher rated of the two establishments).