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It is not necessary to make a reservation through Resy to use this benefit. Just pay with an enrolled card.

Restaurants Where Resy Credit Was Received

Arizona

Phoenix
Kid Sister
Valentine

Tucson
5 Points
Brother Johns Beer, Bourbon and BBQ
Locale Neighborhood Italian
Miramonte
The Canyon Club at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

California

Albany
~~Lulu~~ (As of March 2026, it appears that Lulu stopped being a Resy restaurant)

Berkeley
Iyasare
Rose Pizzeria
Zut!

Danville
Esin
Revel

Lafayette
Social Bird

Los Angeles
Baekjeong (Torrance)
BALEENkitchen (Redondo Beach)
Barney's Beanery
Benihana (Torrance)
Gaburi Chicken (Torrance)
The Dresden Restaurant & Lounge (Los Feliz)
The Manchester
Mercado (Pasadena)
Farfalla (Los Feliz and Westlake Village)
The Original Red Onion (Rolling Hills Estates)
Star Leaf (Pasadena)
LoZio Osteria (Redondo Beach)
Hamasaku
Great White (Venice)

Marshall (Marin)
Tony's Seafood

Napa Area
Bouchon, Yountville

Oakland
Belloti
Sirene

Pleasanton
Brava Garden Eatery

San Diego & North County
Il Giardino di Lilli (La Jolla)
The Nolen Rooftop
Pamplemousse Grill, Del Mar
Fish Boon, Bressi Ranch
Leu Leu, Leucadia
Dija Mara, Oceanside
Tribute Pizza
Hidden Fish

San Francisco
DamnFine
Gialina
IPOT
Kin Khao
Lovejoy's Tea Room (in person)
Mattina (take-out cafe purchases also count)
Pinsa Rossa
Shuggie's

Santa Cruz
Home (Soquel)
Copal

Walnut Creek
Main Street Bar & Grill

District of Columbia

Washington
Knead Restaurant gift cards code as Succotash and qualify for the credit.
Union Market.
The Smith (901 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004).

Florida

Orlando
STK Disney Springs

Tampa
Noble Crust
J. Alexander's

West Palm Beach
Okeechobee Steakhouse

Georgia

Atlanta
Boqueria
Louisiana Bistreaux
Peche

Hawaii

Honolulu
Rinka Restaurant
Empire Steakhouse

Big Island
Napua At Mauna Lani Beach Club

Illinois

Chicago
Parson's
Old Pueblo Cantina
Gemini
Niu Japanese Fusion Lounge
Frontera (online GC purchase)
Miller's Pub (online GC purchase with $1 mailing fee)

Kansas

Lawrence
Bon Bon

Louisiana

New Orleans
Lufu Nola

Massachusetts

Boston
Boston Chops
Woods Hill

Cambridge
Bar Enza
Oleana

Michigan

Detroit
Nico & Vali (Northville) and Public House (Ferndale) online gift cards
Lucy and the Wolf (Northville) in person - great for grabbing a beer and watching music in entertainment district
Kona Grill (Troy) in person, easy to split check via table side tablet

Minnesota

Minneapolis
Coalition Restaurant (Edina)
The Copperfield (Mendota Heights)
Diane's Place - Online Toast Gift Card
all saints - Online Toast Gift Card
Hai Hai (Gift Card)
Hola Arepa (Gift Card)
Kona (Gift Card)

Missouri

St Louis
Katie's Pizza and Pasta Osteria
Sydney Street Cafe

Nevada
Kona Grill - Summerlin
Cipriani
Fountainbleau Hotel
New Jersey

Jersey City
Lokal Eatery Bar

Ridgewood
Cravings Tapas Bistro

New York

New York City
Ayat
Bar Boulud
Bengal Tiger Indian Food
Boqueria (Flatiron)
Cafeteria
Claud
Fish Cheeks
Hildur (DUMBO)
Ichibantei
Kisa
The Lambs Club
Libertine
Lodi
Marufuku Ramen
Same Same (was Monkey Bar)
Superiority Burger
Tsurutontan Midtown
Rule of Thirds
Van Da
Veselka (worked on take-out order)

North Carolina

Raleigh
Cowfish worked online

Ohio

Dayton

J. Alexanders

Oregon

Portland
Cafe Nell
Stone Cliff Inn (Carver)
Kann

Pennsylvania

Greater Lehigh Valley Area
3rd & Ferry
Albanesi
Ayat
Bar Torino
The Bayou
Bolette
Boulder View Tavern
Chesapeake Tavern
Dim Sum
Frogtown Tavern
James on Main
Juniper Hill
Lehigh University Pub
Let Them EatCake
Lorusso’s Italian Restaurant
Meli Taverina
Mister Lee's Noodles
Nazareth Brew Company
The Orchid Steakhouse
Pennsylvania Rye Company
The Riverside Grille
Sette Luna
Simpatico
Tacos Y Tequila
Taste of Italy
The Shelby
Yianni’s Tavern
Youell’s Oyster House

Lancaster
Passerine
Philadelphia and suburbs
DanDan Center City
Harper's Garden
Oyster House
Pearl & Mary
Restaurant Aleksandar
Rouge
Sampan
Standard Tap
Wilder

South Carolina

Charleston
Poogan's Porch

Tennessee

Knoxville
A Dopo Pizza

Texas

Arlington
Pool Bar at Live! by Loews Arlington
Cut & Bourbon at Live! at Loews Arlington (charged a breakfast)

Austin
Gusto

Dallas
Renny’s
Pizzana
Meso Maya
Muchacho

Plano
Bavette Grill

San Antonio
J. Alexander’s

Virginia

Peter Chang (Arlington)

Washington (State)

Redmond
Pomegranate Bistro

Resy Credits: Experiences and strategy (Amex personal Plat/Gold plus Delta cards)

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Sep 1, 2025 | 8:24 pm

#136

Caspavio

Join Date: Sep 2024

Posts: 1,752

How can you tell whether a restaurant's Resy credit will come through? : r/amex

sounds like it is not an uncommon problem, and there are false positiives too

Quote:

There was (still is?) a glitch that would cause non-Resy restaurants to trigger the credit. It happened to me at a local pub that's not on Resy.

maybe amex is only doing something a name match, so it isnt 100% accurate and some errors do happen. e.g. restaurants names that are different from their registered company name

Sep 2, 2025 | 7:58 am

#137

findark

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Caspavio

maybe amex is only doing something a name match, so it isnt 100% accurate and some errors do happen. e.g. restaurants names that are different from their registered company name

I'm fairly sure the actual credit trigger is against a list of specific merchants by ID, but the process that keeps that list up to date could have fuzzy matching errors.

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Sep 2, 2025 | 1:41 pm

#138

Caspavio

Join Date: Sep 2024

Posts: 1,752

Quote:

Originally Posted by findark

I'm fairly sure the actual credit trigger is against a list of specific merchants by ID, but the process that keeps that list up to date could have fuzzy matching errors.

well it seems that, amex have difficulty identifying restaurants depending on how they process their payment

restaurants appear as chowbus Gold $50 Resy Credits don’t work? : r/amex
while it seems people got the credit for non-resy restaurants due to chowbus Got Resy $50 Credit using Amex Gold at Chowbus Restaurant?? : r/amex. in face someone even got credit for non-dining spend

Quote:

known problem i got my $50 credit from buying clothing. idk if they’re gonna reverse my credit it’s been a few weeks and haven’t seen any reversal

btw, i only suggested the name matching because i cant see how using merchant id will lead to false positives, unless amex recycle their merchant id, which should not happen. but now it seems like identifying resy restaurants isnt a straightforward matter at all

Last edited by Caspavio; Sep 2, 2025 at 1:59 pm

Sep 5, 2025 | 4:12 pm

#139

Blind and Green

Join Date: May 2015

Location: Jacksonville, AR

Programs: Hilton - Diamond; SPG/Marriott - Gold

Posts: 250

Quote:

Originally Posted by mia

I don't see that this is anything that American Express can "fix", in the sense that they cannot force each location to use a merchant account with a name that matches the restaurant. Is there a store number, or similar, in the transaction description?

It appears there is a store number in the charge.

The charge appears like this: UNCLE JULIOS 044 044COLORADO SPRI CO

Previous to June 2025, the charge appeared as follows: "HACIENDA COLORADO SPCOLORADO SPRI CO" and the Resy credit always triggered automatically.

Sep 16, 2025 | 11:32 am

#140

diesteldorf

Join Date: Feb 2006

Posts: 1,547

Quote:

Originally Posted by mia

Discussion here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...onal-gold.html

For those in the Minneapolis area, I highly recommend both of these places:

https://www.haihaimpls.com/shop
https://www.holaarepa.com/shop

You can request individual gift card greetings and they write them by hand, but I never mess with that.
The important part is that the food is great and it gives me an easy way to use all my Resy credits from the Delta, and upcoming Platinum cards.

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Last edited by diesteldorf; Sep 18, 2025 at 3:14 pm

Sep 18, 2025 | 12:25 am

#141

SanDiego1K

Community Director Emerita

Join Date: Oct 2000

Location: Anywhere warm

Posts: 35,508

AMEX Plat now has $400 in Resy credits, $100/quarter. You must register.

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Sep 18, 2025 | 4:17 am

#142

radiolarian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Posts: 316

Quote:

Originally Posted by SanDiego1K

AMEX Plat now has $400 in Resy credits, $100/quarter. You must register.

And according to Reddit, we got < 2 weeks to use the 3rd quarter $100 credit.

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Sep 18, 2025 | 4:25 am

#143

SP03

Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: Philadelphia

Programs: Hyatt Globalist

Posts: 3,828

Quote:

Originally Posted by radiolarian

And according to Reddit, we got < 2 weeks to use the 3rd quarter $100 credit.

The 3rd quarter ends on Sept 30

Sep 18, 2025 | 7:17 am

#144

michael1023

Join Date: Nov 2018

Location: New York

Posts: 902

Forgive me for this question. But in order to use the resy credit by sept 30 for this quarter, do I actually have to make a reservation in resy? Here in nyc most of the time my spouse and I just walk into restaurants without a reservation.

can I just use the card at a restaurant that works with resy without a reservation? Thanks

Sep 18, 2025 | 7:28 am

#145

friedablass

Join Date: Nov 2007

Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Delta Gold

Posts: 6,591

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael1023

Yes you can get the credit at an eligible Resy restaurant without making a reservation.

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Sep 18, 2025 | 7:28 am

#146

ebusch

Join Date: Jan 2019

Posts: 147

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael1023

can I just use the card at a restaurant that works with resy without a reservation? Thanks

Yes, you just need to pay for a meal using your enrolled Platinum card before Oct 1st. No need for an advanced reservation.

Sep 18, 2025 | 7:29 am

#147

omxfl

Join Date: Aug 2019

Posts: 284

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael1023

Yes, you just walk in and pay with your amex plat. Transactions usually come through Toast Tab (https://pos.toasttab.com/). Hence, any gift card you purchase through the restaurant's website that go through Toast will also qualify. See this forum for more detail: Resy Credits: Experiences and Strategy (Delta cards, personal Gold)

Sep 18, 2025 | 7:32 am

#148

nmenaker

Join Date: Feb 2000

Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA

Programs: UA 1MM 0P, AA, DL, *wood, Lifetime FPC Plat., IHG, HHD

Posts: 7,174

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael1023

you don’t need a reservation, you can use it at RESY affiliated restaurants but you DO have to have activated the benefit prior.. so go activate, walk in and dine. It’s going to possible annoy restaurants when TWO ppl walk into a restaurant and ask to split the bill on TWO Platinum cards. ;-0

Sep 18, 2025 | 7:34 am

#149

ebusch

Join Date: Jan 2019

Posts: 147

Quote:

Originally Posted by nmenaker

Or ask to put $100 on the Plat and the remaining balance on Gold to get its Resy credit and the 4x MR points.

Sep 18, 2025 | 7:34 am

#150

findark

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SanDiego1K

AMEX Plat now has $400 in Resy credits, $100/quarter. You must register.

Wow, Amex really trying to drown me in more credits than I can eat

. Think I'm up to $1,320 of food things across my Amexes?

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