I first found out about this last July when my boyfriend and I were completely broke and trying to think of someplace we could eat for his birthday weekend. I was at the Olive Garden website trying to see if they had good lunch specials. There prices weren't really outrageous but it wasn't super cheap either, but we decided to go there anyway. However, before we left I wanted to check my emails and so I checked his at the same time. He had a free coupon for a free burger and fries from Red Robin waiting for us in his inbox. It was such great luck, it was unbelievable. Truly, unbelievable because I didn't believe it would really work.
Some of you may be wondering how that got there, well my boyfriend's mother had signed him up for it a while back and neither of us new about it. Red Robin emails you a few days before your birthday and the coupon is good from then until a couple of days after your birthday. It's completely legit too. We ate at the Red Robin in Tomball on state highway 249 (Tombally Pkwy). It was really good and they give you an endless amount of fries. We got two refills :). I ended up getting the guacomole bacon burger while he had a sautted mushroom burger. He said it was the best mushroom burger he has had for a long time. I don't have pictures of the actual burgers we had but the website picture isn't that far off. Here's the very obvious mushroom burger:
Yummy looking, huh? Well maybe not so much for someone who doesn't care for mushrooms but otherwise it would look very scrumptious. Just for two burgers and never ending fries, the total was $14 with a $4 tip. Not bad at all. But that is my first experience with the email club thing. Another one that I have is from Sweet Tomatoes. Another good, and also family friendly, restaurant. I've recently signed up for their e-club, just last week actually, and have already received two buy one dinner get one dinner free coupons in the mail. Actual mail, not email. I was also emailed by them today and received the same offer along with new information that kids eat free October 30, and 31st. So parents, take advantage of this opportunity because with this tough economy, we all could use a free dinner for our children.
One of the best buffets in Houston would have to be Todai and it also has a special birthday offer. However, all you need to do for this restaurant is come in on the day of your birthday. They will give you a gift certificate to come in again for a free meal. It's a wonderful restaurant and during dinner has a nice dim setting perfect for couples. It's a Japanese restaurant with a Brazillian twist to it. They bring different cuts of meat and carve them right at your table. The top sirloin from them is delicious by the way. So are the chicken hearts if you're in to that sort of thing. They also offer the regular sushi and sashimi along with raw oysters and snow crabs. They are located in the Marq*E center off the Katy freeway. They can be very pricey during dinner ($30 a person), but are very well worth it. For more information about them, visit http://www.todaihouston.com/
One last thing I would like to mention that may seem extremely ridiculous is to buy coupons off Ebay. Seriously though, I know it sounds stupid, but let's take Denny's for example. If you are anything like me, then you're a broke college student who stays up at all hours of the night and gets a little munchy and even hungry enough for a meal. Well there are very few restaurants open at 3:30 AM, my friends and I have learned. However, Denny's is a fairly cheap and good restaurant to go to and it's always open so it's generally the restaurant I turn to. However, even some place as cheap as Denny's can get a little expensive so one thing that I actually looked in to doing was buying coupons to eat there.
On Ebay at this current moment in time, there are 20 buy 1 get one 1 free meal Denny's coupons going for $0.99. That is extremely cheap and the savings would be unbelievable. Let's say every burger costed me about $7 and I went there with friend's 20 times, we would end up paying $280 vs. the $140 we could be paying. That's a huge difference. And if you're not a Denny's fan, Ebay has a coupon for just about every type of restaurant out there, not to mention gift cards. You will never pay for full price for a gift card off Ebay. Even if you had to pay $20 for a $25 coupon, that is still like getting $5 to eat somewhere for free. This would also save you some money if you're a big gift card buyer around the holidays. If you were to buy 4 gift cards and saved $5 for each one, you would end up with an extra $20 in your pocket.
Well that's all I have to say about that. Oh, and keep reading my blogs!!! Thanks :)
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