Swiggy Great Indian Restaurant Festival is Live! How to Book a Table

Calling out to all the foodies out there, the Swiggy Great Indian Restaurant Festival is live and gets you some sweet savings of flat 50% OFF on top restaurants in the city. In this article, let’s quickly discuss the complete details of the Swiggy GIRF Sale, dates, all the offers and discounts and how you as a customer can grab flat 50% off on Swiggy Dineout during the Great Indian Restaurant Festival 2024.

Swiggy Great Indian Restaurant Festival (GIRF) dates are as follows:

The Swiggy GIRF from 7th Feb to 31st March is a good time to enjoy with your friends and family. There’s also Valentine's Day around the corner on 14th Feb. So if you have someone special who you would like to spend some quality time with, you can grab some fine discounts on your favourite restaurants in Swiggy Dineout Great Indian Restaurant Festival.

Good food is sure enjoyable. But, some extra savings using bank credit/debit cards or payment apps makes it even better, doesn’t it? During the Swiggy GIRF 2024, customers can grab discounts from HDFC Bank, AMEX, and Simpl along with Swiggy coupon codes.

• Grab 10% cashback using Swiggy HDFC Credit Card during Swiggy Dineout GIRF 2024 (monthly limit of Rs.1500)

• HDFC Credit Card users can grab flat 7.5% OFF up to Rs.250 (twice in Feb month) on their restaurant bills above Rs.2000

• 10% OFF up to Rs.300 via the Simpl Payments app for bills above 2000 during the Swiggy Festival

• AMEX Network Cards can fetch you 10% OFF up to Rs.500 during Swiggy GIRF (SBI, Axis, ICICI, Indusind)

• HDFC Infinia Cardholders get a special Swiggy GIRF discount of up to 15% OFF up to Rs.1000 (above 2000)

• HDFC Diners Black Card holders can also grab some savings of 10% up to Rs.500 (above 2K)

So except for HDFC Bank cards (which are only available till 29th Feb), all other payment offers can be availed till 31st March 2024. This also includes a Swiggy HDFC card.

During the Swiggy Dineout festival, users can grab the Swiggy One Lite subscription for Rs.1. But, there’s a catch. You need to pre-book your offer. Here are the complete details of how you can avail Swiggy One Lite at just Rs.1 during the Swiggy Dineout Festival:

1. Visit the Swiggy app

2. Go to the Swiggy Dineout section

3. Scroll down a bit to find the “What’s Hot On Dineout” heading

4. Under that, select the “Pre-book Offers” from the available tags

5. Pre-book any restaurant >> Add the number of guests OR pre-book any restaurant by clicking on “book a table”

6. Select the date & time you wish to visit

7. A booking fee of Rs.10 per guest is applied

8. Select the available Swiggy GIRF Offer available

9. You get a complimentary 1 month of Swiggy One Lite for Rs.1

10. Be sure to show up on time as the reservation will only be held for the next 15 minutes after your booking time

By following these steps, users can easily pre-book their restaurant of choice on the Swiggy Dineout and grab some attractive savings on their restaurant bill using the Swiggy Festival offer. Note that an 18% GST is also applied to your booking fee. So if your total guests are 5 let’s say, you will have to pay a total of Rs.59 (inclusive of GST) while booking.

As for the benefits of Swiggy One Lite and its price, check out our article on Swiggy One Lite Membership Details:

The Swiggy Great Indian Restaurant Festival is especially popular for the discounts it brings. Users can grab as much as 50% OFF on their restaurant bills. Of course, the discount varies from restaurant to restaurant. Some only offer 35% OFF while some offer as much as 50% OFF too. On top of that, customers can make use of bank offers to avail additional 10% to 15% OFF.

Steps to book a restaurant during Swiggy Dineout Festival 2024:

1. Visit the Swiggy app

2. Turn on your location so that you get better recommendations

3. Go to the “Dineout” section

4. Click on the Swiggy GIRF banner

5. Choose from the restaurants available

6. Click on any restaurant to pre-book or book a table for the same day

7. In case of booking the table for the same day, customers can book the table for free (might be applicable for select restaurants only)

8. In case of pre-booking a restaurant, you need to pay for the number of guests booking fee + GST (₹10 per guest + 18% GST + Rs.1 for Swiggy One)

9. Once you pay that, your table will be booked for your specified time and date

10. Visit the restaurant on the same date and time

11. Confirm on the reception to pay with Dineout (OR can confirm on a call before visiting)

12. Order your food

13. Pay with Swiggy Dineout (the discount will automatically be reflected to you on the screen)

14. So if it was a 50% OFF deal and your bill was Rs.5000, you only have to pay Rs.2500.

Additional things to know:

1. If you are planning to visit any of the restaurants from the Swiggy Dineout Restaurant Festival, make sure to get 1 deal per person. For example, if you are two people visiting, you need to book a table for 2 guests.

2. Visit the selected restaurant 15 minutes before the reservation time

3. Deal confirmation via SMS email or app might need to be shown at the restaurant before placing the order

4. The staff may check for the number of vouchers against the number of guests to cross-verify the discount. So be sure to get 1 Swiggy GIRF voucher per guest to avoid any inconvenience.

5. You can apply the bank offer at the time of payment of your bill

6. Booking fee varies from Rs.5 to Rs.50 as well depending on the restaurant

7. Each restaurant has limited seats to pre-book in a day

Now that you have understood what bank offers are there and how you can apply these bank discount offers in Swiggy GIRF, you might feel delighted to know that you can combine these offers with Swiggy Coupon Codes and save even more.

You can apply the Swiggy Coupon on your booking fee and save quickly. For example, currently, if you try to pre-book a table for BBQ Nation in Swiggy Great Indian Restaurant Festival, the booking fee per guest is ₹40. If you have 5 such guests. It totals up to ₹200 and adding 18% GST to it adds up to a total of ₹236. However, if you apply a coupon code DINE150, you get ₹23 discount.

Similarly, do check out our Swiggy Coupon Codes & Discount Offers page to grab some useful discount codes to apply.

So this was all about sharing the ongoing Swiggy Great Indian Restaurant Festival dates, offers, how you can book a table and grab the flat 50% OFF discount and how you can save even further on your booking using Swiggy coupons.

As Valentine's arrives, restaurants might soon become a bit crowded and the discounts might change or the menu prices might differ. So if you are planning to visit, it's best to start finding a good restaurant deal from now.

Speaking of Valentine’s, do check our Valentine’s Day Offers & Deals page to grab the best deals on gifts for the love of your life.

Thanks @ankit2690 for first sharing this news with us  here - Swiggy Dineout Festival 2024