the Beijinger Reader Exclusive: Book DiningCity Restaurant Week Tickets Now

Jonathan White | Feb 20, 2012 10:00 am | 4 comments | 2709 reads

We've teamed up with the world-renowned DiningCity to bring you an exclusive opportunity. As of this blog going live you'll be able to pre-book tickets for the upcoming DiningCity Beijing Restaurant Week, which takes place from March 12-18. Online reservations open to the general public at 10am on February 23, but you've got three days to snap up bargain lunches and dinners at top restaurants such as Agua, Mosto, Cepe and SALT. Hungry for more? Read on to find out how to get your hands on a seat at the table.

It's very simple. All you need to do is go to the Beijing Restaurant Week website and then sign in using the password TRM2012. From there you can see a full list of participating restaurants, their prices for lunch and dinner, and book your seat. Act fast before they're all gone.

Also, over the next week we'll be giving you multiple opportunities to win vouchers for Beijing Restaurant Week. Keep a close eye on the blog for more news on those contests.

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Iain S's picture Iain S Submitted by Guest on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 18:10

IMPORTANT:

If you made a Restaurant Week reservation for Mosto on Feb 20 or Feb 21, you will need to reserve again.

DiningCity have informed us that due to a bug in the reservations system, all Mosto reservations made on Feb 20-21 have been lost.

DiningCity tell us that unfortunately they are unable to retrieve customers' reservation information or contact details, and request that anyone who had made a Mosto reservation should re-book as soon as possible via the Beijing Restaurant Week website.

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Iain S's picture Iain S Submitted by Guest on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 15:17

DiningCity tell us that there are several reasons why a restaurant may be listed as "Fully Booked" on the Restaurant Week reservations page:

1. The spaces set aside for Restaurant Week guests are sold out. Some restaurants simply have a very limited number of seats set aside for Restaurant Week reservations.

2. At the time of reservations opening, the restaurant may not have confirmed how many places they are offering for Restaurant Week reservations. In this instance "Fully Booked" represents the fact that no tables have yet been confirmed or made available.

3. Some restaurants are not participating on all seven days. On the day(s) when those restaurants have no places set aside for Restaurant Week guests, the restaurant will be listed as "Fully Booked."

So will more space be made available at restaurants listed as "Fully Booked"? There's no concrete information on which restaurants will add additional spaces, but DiningCity say it's a possibility, based on the following factors:

1. Some restaurants have released only limited space for the pre-booking period; more places may be made available when reservations open to the general public at 10am on February 23.

2. Some of the more popular participating restaurants have limited the space they're saving for Restaurant Week guests at the moment as they wait to gauge the initial response - they may decide to make more spaces available later.

3. In the week leading up to Restaurant Week, DiningCity will consult with all participating restaurants and at this stage more places may be made available.

Hope this clears up all questions, and keep an eye on TheBeijinger.com for more Restuarant Week information and giveaways.

In any case, remember that participating restaurants will still be going about their usual business during Restaurant Week - they're not looking to fill up on Restaurant Week reservations alone. Moral of the story: If you want to get in on the Restaurant Week action, make your reservations now!

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Iain S's picture Iain S Submitted by Guest on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 11:28

Traminer,

We'll get in touch with DiningCity and ask for clarification, but I'm guessing fully booked will mean exactly that. It's likely that those restaurants only set a very small number of tables aside for Restaurant Week customers and want to reserve much of their space for regular business.

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