Early Table, a new booking platform for restaurants, has organised Dining Week from Tuesday April 19 to Thursday April 28, offering menu discounts of 25% to diners.
Around 130 restaurants nationwide, from Bistros to Fine Dining, across all cuisines, are participating in the package of promotions aimed at filling tables at quiet times.
Diners who book early via the Early Table platform will receive a 25% discount on their food, filling tables that would otherwise sit idle.
Restaurants load tables onto the Early Table platform according to how many extra customers they want to attract on that given day or night.
The promotion discount applies to food only – drinks are charged at full price. Diners are charged a fee of €1 per person by Early Table, for groups of two to eight people. The promotion is not available to solo diners.
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Dining Week is supported by the Restaurants Association of Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, and sponsored by WorldPay from FIS, with over 200 restaurants expected to take part.
Adrian Cummins of the Restaurants Association of Ireland said: “We are delighted to introduce Dining Week and see it as an ongoing initiative that will help support the restaurant industry. Dining Week will encourage patrons to re-engage with local eateries and celebrate quality food and hospitality across Ireland.”
Entrepreneur James Lenehan, who started out with Win Win accommodation promotions, intends that Early Table will be adopted by restaurants on a long-term basis.
“We believe a nationwide Dining Week event is long overdue and we hope it can become an annual showcase for the Irish restaurant sector, encouraging people to explore new tastes while saving 25% off their food,” said Lenehan.
“A small booking fee is required on the EarlyTable platform, and for Dining Week the fee is being donated to St Vincent de Paul given the great work they are doing to support the hosting of Ukrainian refugees.”
Early Table has been developed by Lenehan’s company Digibreaks, which has an office in Stockholm after acquiring a loyalty-build business a few years ago.
To book a table during Dining Week, visit the website www.diningweek.ie. Restaurant that wish to participate in Dining Week should contact mason.mcgovern@earlytable.ie / 0857306327.
Photo: Jennifer Walsh, Head Chef at Pink. (Pic: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
