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Eat Out to Help Out.

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Whitewavemark2 Wed 08-Jul-20 15:00:50

I wouldn’t hold your breath rosalyn I thought the same then went on the bbc nes app.

So they said up 50% off of your restaurant bill. Whoppee!
I thought. It then went on to say that this means that you could get up to £10 off.

Can’t remember the last time our restaurant bill was £20!!

EllanVannin Wed 08-Jul-20 14:57:48

Not for me thankyou.

Rosalyn69 Wed 08-Jul-20 14:53:00

I think I’d be prepared to give it a go.

merlotgran Wed 08-Jul-20 14:32:39

Posted too soon.

I meant to add that obviously the idea is to get people through the doors on quiet days.

merlotgran Wed 08-Jul-20 14:30:20

I will feel safer in familiar places where we've eaten before so I hope they sign up to the scheme.

Shame it won't apply to Sunday Lunches though.

NotTooOld Wed 08-Jul-20 14:27:48

I would love to support them but I don't feel safe yet. 50% off my meal won't make me feel any safer either.

JenniferEccles Wed 08-Jul-20 14:23:56

So have we GG13 and our experience was the same as yours.

I do hope too many people won’t feel too scared to support local pubs restaurants and cafes as they desperately need our custom.

We have also eaten out twice, Sunday and yesterday. Both of them were lunchtime and the organisation was excellent.

The tables were well spaced, our food was wheeled in on a trolley and left for us to take. Hand sanitisers of course. They couldn’t have done any more.

I felt completely safe but it was sad that neither place was busy.
We spoke to the owners both times and they are desperately hoping that customers come back

The one we went to yesterday, a favourite restaurant, said that they were coping financially, just, but that if there is another lockdown they wouldn’t survive.

It’s so sad so we really have to support these places or they will be gone for good.

merlotgran Wed 08-Jul-20 14:22:09

I wonder how many pubs will be shut again by August?

Maybe that's why they're not starting the scheme immediately?

GrannyGravy13 Wed 08-Jul-20 13:59:00

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GrannyGravy13 Wed 08-Jul-20 13:58:31

Wednesday night has always been our date night so I shall be interested to see if any of our preferred restaurants are included in this scheme.

Merlotgran we have eaten out twice since restaurants have been allowed to open and have been very impressed with our he distance between tables and hygiene practices.

merlotgran Wed 08-Jul-20 13:45:09

Not sure how successful it's going to be for our age group.

I believe the discount scheme is only available during the month of August, Monday to Wednesday.

A lot of restaurants in our area (East Cambridgeshire) are closed. When they are up and running it will be the school holidays so I'm not sure I will feel safe eating in a restaurant with a lot of children. That's if we can get a booking in the first place.

Quite a few restaurants around here don't even open on a Monday.

How do we know the cut in VAT will be passed on to the customer?

hmm