...e House, Wedding etc life's little treats we becoming few and far between, that is until I came across an offer on a discount website promoting the Hi-Life Diners Club.
The Hi-Life Diners club is a great opportunity for those that dine out reguarly and features high class restaurants including ... Read review
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Advantages: Discounted meals, fantastic surroundings, superb service Disadvantages: Some restaurants may only permit the offer once a year on the membership.
...a discount website promoting the Hi-Life Diners Club.
The Hi-Life Diners club is a great opportunity for those that dine out reguarly and features high class restaurants including Est, Est, Est, The Fat Cat, The Slug and Lettuce, Brewers Fayres, Nandos, The Living Room, Tiger Tiger and many many more.
I mentioned the offer to my partner who initially thought it to be a good idea but it was forgotten about until I picked ... ...both also checked out the Hi-life website which listed a great deal of the restaurants.
I decided to contact the call centre to obtain my membership as I had the leaflet from the Brewers Fayre restaurant this gave me £10 off the annual cost totalling £49.95.
I called 01253 608910 and I was transferred through to a customer services representative who took my details and set me up with a membership. I arrange to pay by ... more
As a young couple just getting into the commitment area that is life i.e House, Wedding etc life's little treats we becoming few and far between, that is until I came across an offer on a discount website promoting the Hi-Life Diners Club.
The Hi-Life Diners club is a great opportunity for those that dine out reguarly and features high class restaurants including Est, Est, Est, The Fat Cat, The Slug and Lettuce, Brewers Fayres, Nandos, The Living Room, Tiger Tiger and many many more.
I mentioned the offer to my partner who initially thought it to be a good idea but it was forgotten about until I picked up a leaflet several weeks ago from a local brewers fayre, we both also checked out the Hi-life website which listed a great deal of the restaurants.
I decided to contact the call centre to obtain my membership as I had the leaflet from the Brewers Fayre restaurant this gave me £10 off the annual cost totalling £49.95.
I called 01253 608910 and I was transferred through to a customer services representative who took my details and set me up with a membership. I arrange to pay by direct debit which worked out at £12.50 per month. I confirmed that I wanted the membership for the North West Directory which contains over 1000 restaurants throughout the North West.
Just two days later I received my rather chunky directory along with my personalised membership card.
*~*How Does It Work*~*
Once I received the membership directory and card I set about seeing if this really was worth the money, I noticed that there was a key under each restaurant which basically told you if any days were excluded from the offer or specific periods of the year. All orders are to be made from the A La Carte Menu. A place setting illustrates the maximum number of courses that will be complimentary this ranges from 1-3 and the majority offer 3 courses complimentary. A pound sign illustrates roughly how expensive a meal will be ranging from 1-3 £ signs. A telephone symbol indicates that you must call to make a reservation mentioning that you have a hi-life card. If there is a cross over any of the symbols such as Fri, Sat or Sun this means that you cannot use the card on this day. Sometimes the offers are excluded on bank holidays and christmas but of course this is what you would expect from an offer like this restaurants will generally fill at these times so they will try to get as many full paying customers as possible!
Once you have selected a restaurant listed in the directory you just call to make your reservation confirming that you have a hi-life card. This generally provides you with 3 courses complimentary or a 50% discount off the total bill, this is stated in the directory.
Provided that the restaurant is not full your reservation will be made and confirmed on the telephone. All the restaurant contact numbers are published in the directory and on their website and Hi-life do ask that you use these numbers to provide them with feedback on the restaurants that are used quite frequently with the card.
The rest is Child's Play simply turn up at the restaurant and order your meal as you would normally and enjoy! When your receive your bill you will need to present your Hi-Life card along with your debit card to benefit from the discount. The card contains a barcode unique to your membership to ensure that the restaurant see that it is still valid and to verify that you are the account holder.
On the reverse of the card is what looks like a table of numbers, each number on the card relates to a restaurant and if the restaurant decide to scratch their number from the reverse this means that you cannot benefit from the offer a second time, however this has only happened to me at one restaurant the remainder that I have visited so far have not crossed it off allowing me to benefit from the offer again.
Hi-life currently has over 100,000 members and it is constantly growing so it goes to show that this is definately worth-while.
I have benefitted from at least £20.00 of each bill and their is no restriction to the amount of restaurants visited per month so you really can take advantage of this offer.
There are absolutely no complaints from my side about this scheme it genuinely offers great value for money and I have not been disappointed so far. All the restaurants are of a 3* standard minimum and the staff treat you no differently to full paying customers despite what you may read.
I plan to renew my membership next year but I still have 10 months left so it will come in ideal for treating my partner for his birthday next year at our favourite restaurant Moules A Go Go in Chester.
Advantages: Great money saver Disadvantages: Restaurants not in all areas
I have been a member of Hi LIfe Diners Club for approximately 4 years now and I think that it is excellent value for money. Basically, when you join the Hi Life club you are sent a Hi Life card and restaurant directory. The directory lists hundreds of restaurants including a short description of what the restaurant is like, what you can expect to pay etc. Each restaurant offers a different deal on production of your Hi Life card, such as buy 3 courses ... ...complimentary main course, 25% reduction from the food bill, and so on.
The card is like a credit card but it is covered in tiny numbered squares. Each numbered square corresponds to a restaurant and when you use your card in that particular restaurant the square is marked off, unless the restaurant is marked as a 'repeat offer' restaurant in your directory, if this is the case you can use your card as many times as you like!!
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holty 01.03.2002
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Advantages: Some good value meal deals to be had (Caffe Uno recommended) Disadvantages: Limited availability of dining; Embarrassment caused by use of card
...as a member of the Hi-Life Card scheme. The concept is a very good one - but unfortunately, the real-life experience of using the card doesn't match the advertsing hype.
For around £40 - 50 a year you get a card and a directory of participating restaurants for your local area (North West/Yorkshire/N Ireland or NE England). The idea is then that you can use the card to get 2-4-1 meals (up to 3 courses) at mainly off-peak times and days of the week. ... ...of a table, mention the Hi-Life card.
In South Yorkshire we have seen a large number of Sheffield-based restaurants close or leave the scheme over the last 12 months and so it really is questionable now whether Hi-Life have got sufficient signed-up contacts to operate effectively in this area. That situation doesn't seem to be the case in Leeds and Manchester - so this may still be a better deal for those of you who live near those 2 cities. The ...
paws17 17.11.2007 (25.11.2007)
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Advantages: Not many Disadvantages: Driving the proffit out of the industry
...a review by a former Hi-Life member (peter I think), and I thought that as somebody who has worked in the industry myself for many years in a number of North West Hi life restaurants, I should add my opinion.
From somebody who has dealt with umpteen bookings from hi-life members, I can confirm that there definately is a 'type'. It seems that although they are essentially getting their meal half price that they always make more complaints than anybody ... ...for a restaurant is that hi-life have now become so big that they are almost single handedly driving the proffit out of a difficult enough industry. It was actually a factor that put me off opening my own restaurant in the area. My boss used to say it had become a case of 'can't live with them, cant live without them'. She said that the man who ran it was making a fortune out of watching others give away theirs. It seemed that many other restaurants ...
Sarahmonkey 18.07.2006
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Advantages: saves you money Disadvantages: some confusion over offers at the restraunt
A friend of mine saw the club advertised in the yorkshire post a couple of months ago and joined the club. (passing the article on for me to look at)
i have now been a member for 3 years
The hi life diners club cost £45 to join for annual membership if you quote YP.OR for platinum membership £75
There is a web site you can check out to see the list of restaurants included and in what areas.
My card is for the yorkshire region but i believe there ... ...to posh ones live ROOM /livebailtcasa mia/cuban heels/and many more
So you ask what is the card all about????
Well basically you get 2 for the price of 1 meals out at different restaurants in the area.
so if you have three courses each you pay for just the three cheapest
Restrictions do apply to some (not sat nights etc)
but these are different for each place. Also the restaurant offer is only supposed to be for a one off visit and they mark ...
westiekate 30.05.2004 (28.06.2006)
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Advantages: Discounted meals Disadvantages: Can sometimes only use once at restaurants
I have just purchased a Hi life card after doing some research, and used it for the first time last night. In previous reviews another reviewer labelled Hi Life users a "type". I left a 25% tip and also ordered wine with my meal. Well after leaving a tip we had saved around £10. As other reviewers have previously pointed out, you receive a directory of restaurants and a card with numbers on the back. In the majority of cases you have to ring the ... ...When you ask for the bill, you present your card to them and they deduct what ever discount is available of the bill. It is then upto the restaurant to then scratch the corresponding number of the back, if they do that then you can't use the offer at that restaurant for the remainder of that subscription. The restaurant we ate at did choose to scratch the number of the back of the card.
Some reviewers have spoken of feeling uncomfortable, I did ...
gib369 13.10.2007
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