Last month, I won a $600 gift card to a local restaurant in a drawing at a liquor store we frequent. They said it was for a "whiskey dinner" for 6-8 people. It turned out to simply be a gift card to the restaurant to be used however we'd like. DW and I talked about it and decided we'd go out to dinner with another couple two different times (with different couples) and cover the bills with the gift card as much as possible. We also happened to have an old $50 gift card to the same place that we had never used.
Tonight was our first dinner there armed with $650 worth of gift cards. I'll admit we went a bit overboard in ordering since the meal wasn't costing us a penny. The tab came to $342 plus $64 for the tip for a total of $406. That leaves us a $244 balance on the gift card for next time. That may not fully cover dinner for 4 but we can tone it down next time around so it should cover most of it. I don't mind paying a bit out of pocket.
The meal was fabulous, though. I know to a lot of people, a $100 meal is unimaginable but just trust me when I say it was worth it. From the cocktails to the appetizers to the entrees to the desserts, everything was top notch including the service. We loved it and our friends loved it. We don't get to spend time with them often so we really enjoyed the company as well.
We haven't set up the next dinner yet. We have to decide who we want to go with and then find a date that works for all of us.
Dinner for 4 - $406.00 and worth every penny
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The worst was when we went out with another family and somehow the bill was $400 for our family of 4 and theirs was $400. We thought $400 combined nope, each. EEK. That was a FREAK out meal even for them. We were all stunned I have no idea how we spent that much. Japanese teppanyaki.
We've also done japanese omakase sushi for $300/pp. That and a tasting menu I wasn't sure was worth it.