Frequently asked questions

Specials Nite is a free, map-first guide to food specials and deals at restaurants, cafés and local venues near you. You can search weekly specials by food type, price, day, rating and distance, and venues with a current special appear as red pins showing the price. It is free for diners to browse and free for venues to be listed, with no commission on covers.

Open the live map on Specials Nite and allow location access, or type a place or dish into the search bar. Nearby venues appear as pins, and red pins show a current special with its price. You can filter by day, food type, price range and star rating, then tap a pin for prices, opening hours, directions, menu, reviews and photos.

Yes, Specials Nite is free for diners to browse and free for venues to be listed. There are no fees for diners and no commission on covers for venues. Venues can optionally buy paid Priority or Sponsor upgrades, which are purchased per venue, but listing a venue, claiming it and adding specials costs nothing.

Specials Nite works worldwide, with multi-country and multi-currency support. Its area directory lists cities and neighbourhoods across several continents, including places such as Toronto, Sydney, Madrid, Berlin, Singapore, Lisbon and Buenos Aires. Coverage grows as diners search new areas and as venues anywhere add their listings for free. Prices can be shown in your own currency from Settings.

Yes, Specials Nite has a page for each night of the week, from Monday to Sunday, listing that day's specials cheapest first. On the map and in search you can also use the Day filter to show only specials for a chosen day. Separate pages group specials by food type, such as burger, steak, pasta, pizza, pho, seafood and family meals.

Create a free Specials Nite account, then use 'Add venue' to submit a place, or open an existing venue and add a special. Each submission includes the venue name, area, special title, food type, day and price. New submissions from diners are marked unverified and reviewed by the Specials Nite team before they are confirmed on the map.

Venue owners search for their venue, open it and choose 'Own this venue?' to create a free Venue account linked to the listing. After the Specials Nite team approves the account, the listing is verified and future edits go live automatically. One Venue account can manage several locations, keeping hours, specials and menus separate for each, with every extra claim approved by an admin.

A verified listing on Specials Nite has been confirmed, either audited by the Specials Nite team or claimed and kept up to date by the venue itself. Verified venues and specials show a badge so diners know the information is trustworthy. Listings that have not yet been checked are shown as grey pins on the map until they are verified.

Yes. A Venue account can link several venues, switch between them in My Venue, and keep hours, specials and menus per location. Priority and Sponsor upgrades are per venue. Founding Venue spots are limited to one per business group per suburb — see our Terms.

Claiming is free and lets you control your details, add your full menu and photos, promote specials to fill quiet nights, earn a verified badge diners trust, and reach new customers searching for exactly what you offer.

Yes. Rewards is currently included with every claimed listing at no extra cost. We may change this, including by introducing fees, on at least 30 days' notice to venues. It is switched on by default when you claim your venue. You can switch Rewards off or back on at any time in My Venue.

No. Rewards is currently included with every claimed listing at no extra cost. We may change this, including by introducing fees, on at least 30 days' notice to venues. It switches on when a venue claims its listing. Venues choose and fund any perks they offer, and can switch Rewards off or on in My Venue at any time.