More Diners and More Revenue with BEST RESTAURANTS
Best Restaurants connects you with gift card, corporate and loyalty diners in New Zealand who are ready to spend. Zero upfront cost, no lock-in.
From big celebrations to casual catch-ups,
New Zealanders love gifting a dining gift card
With card sales reaching 136% growth YoY, these could be your diners; and they typically spend 2-3 times the gift card value, which translates to boosting cover spend.
A Program for Premium Dining Venues in New Zealand
The New Zealand dining gift card market is growing fast, and the diners driving that growth aren’t looking for a deal. If your venue creates the kind of dining experience people love to give, receive and remember, our restaurant gift card system helps bring more high-intent diners through your doors. Best Restaurants connects premium New Zealand dining venues to high-intent diners, from corporate spenders to high-value gift recipients looking to celebrate. If your venue is designed for memorable culinary occasions, where thoughtful service, standout dishes and a premium dining experience appeal to diners looking to mark the occasion – then you’re eligible to be a BEST partner.
Benefits of Partnering with Best Restaurants
Reach more diners and drive more bookings as we bring qualified diners through your door — the kind who book for occasions, celebrate in groups, and spend accordingly.
• Premium visibility on New Zealand's no.1 dining platform via listing pages, features and editorial.
• Drive foot traffic by showcasing unmissable specials to hungry diners.
• Promote Specials & Events by putting your promos in front of guests who are looking for fun.
• Book private functions by connecting with customers actively looking for venues on our platform.
• Capture already spent money with gift cards, corporate rewards, loyalty redemptions that you can’t access with paid ads or SEO.
• No customer, no fee. And no catch: you don't pay anything if you don't get customers.
Create Giftable Dining Experiences to Stand Out
Turn your set menus, chef's tables, tastings, long lunches, private dining and special events into giftable Best Restaurants experiences.
You stay in control of booking windows, blackout dates and lead times, while we help showcase your venue across our Experiences tab, occasion pages, EDMs and social channels.
Real Results for Real Restaurants
Best Restaurants is New Zealand's #1 foodie gift card network with proven performance. Unlock premium diners who spend big and fill tables with ease. All risk-free: no customer, no fee.
How it Works
• Apply to be a restaurant partner - Tell us about your venue.
• Onboard - We set up your listing, train you for gift card acceptance, making the most of your inclusions.
• Go live – Appear across our website, editorial, email, social, and marketing channels over time.
• Amplify your presence – Attract corporate, loyalty and gift card customers who are looking to spend their card; create experience listings and promote events & specials.
• Track results - see exposure and redemptions in your fortnightly reports.
What You Get with the Best Restaurants Partner Program
• Premium listing with images, features, description, contact and booking links.
• Create & sell experiences - set menus, chef’s tables, tastings, master classes, private dining packages and more.
• Corporate & loyalty exposure through salary sacrifice and corporate client rewards programs.
• Various placements on our website, email marketing and social channels.
• Editorial placement on potential high intent gifting occasions (e.g birthdays) and key celebrations (e.g. Christmas).
• Promote specials & events through our website.
• Access to Free Lunch Club, our bespoke social initiative where we send influencers to highlight venue and food.
How we’re different to (and complement) reservation systems, discount apps, agencies, your team and your gift card.
We’re not a booking system, not a discount app, and not an agency; we are a demand engine. We did the homework so you don’t have to.
| Best Restaurants | Reservation platforms (eg OpenTable) | Discount marketplaces (eg EatClub) | Agencies (hospitality marketing) | Your in‑house marketing team | Your own venue gift card | |
| Primary value | Incremental demand via gift cards, corporate & loyalty; occasion‑led | Reservation + diner marketplace | Last‑minute deals using dynamic discounting | Paid strategy, content, ads | Content + socials + ads to grow awareness | Sell primarily to current guests |
| What it costs you? | Pay‑on‑redemption (no customer, no fee) | Subscription and/or per‑cover fees; must pay to rank higher | Your margin; % off the bill (often 10–50% off) | Retainer + media spend | Salaries/tools + media spend | Processing fees; promos to sell cards |
| Audience reach | National + email / social + corporate & loyalty networks | Their diner network | App audience driven by discounts | Depends on spend & execution | Limited to your channels & paid reach | Primarily your existing audience |
| Brand impact | Premium; no discounts; highlights experiences | Neutral; depends on presentation | Trains price‑sensitive behaviour; devalues venue | Depends on creative & ROAS | Depends on strategy | limited to new customers |
| Value for Money | Encourages overspend | Per‑cover/platform fees – doesn’t care about bill amount | Direct margin loss from discounts | Variable; depends on ROAS | Variable; depends on ROAS | Redeemed like cash/ slow growth |
| Works with your stack | Yes (keep OpenTable / SevenRooms / ResDiary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (we can even promote your gift card) |