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10% off The Restaurant Choice Gift Card (Includes Variable Load) @ Coles

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HamBoi69 on 02/07/2025 - 16:39 coles.com.au (1172 clicks)

Full credit to GCDB.

Next week's upcoming Coles gift card deal! Great deal on these popular gift cards. The maximum load value is $500 on the variable.

Gift Card Where is this gift card accepted?
Restaurant Choice Merchants around Australia categorised as Hotels, Caterers (MCC 5811), Eating Places and Restaurants (MCC 5812), Drinking Places (MCC 5813), Fast Food Restaurants (MCC 5814), Motels & Resorts, Central Merchant (MCC 7011) and Amusement Parks, Circuses, Carnivals, and Fortune Tellers (MCC 7996). Gift card subject to individual merchant acceptance. (Please refer to this table for more information.)

Limit 5 Gift Cards per customer. Offer valid in store at Coles Supermarkets (excludes Coles Online, Coles Express and purchases via giftcards.com.au), subject to store availability. While stocks last, no rainchecks. Offer valid from 9/7/25 to 15/7/25. Gift Cards can't be used to purchase other Gift Cards at Coles. Refer to individual gift card for terms and conditions.

Any questions, check out the FAQs - Credits to WookieMonster

Enjoy!

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Comments

  • catbin on 02/07/2025 - 16:45
    +2

    Can it be used in McDonald’s?

    • Helloworld07 on 02/07/2025 - 16:47
      +2

      Yes, Fast Food Restaurants (MCC 5814) included!

      • Hmjm on 02/07/2025 - 17:37

        How about KFC?

        • impoze on 02/07/2025 - 18:16
          +2

          Yes, I did last week

          • Imnuts7 on 03/07/2025 - 01:03

            @impoze: Hasn't worked in the app for me in like a month.

            • aoliren on 03/07/2025 - 07:34
              +2

              @Imnuts7: Only working in store not app

              • Neoika on 09/07/2025 - 16:32
                +1

                @aoliren: KFC's instore prices are much higher than App's so that working instore is useless.

                • Craze on 09/07/2025 - 21:09
                  +1

                  @Neoika: This is why I like Macca's app where you can redeem deals at in store kiosk and pay with discounted gift cards.

              • Pseudo on 12/07/2025 - 03:19
                +3

                @aoliren: I tried a few ways to use this card in the KFC app;
                - pay with Restaurant Choice card in Apple Pay: Success
                - pay using Restaurant Choice as Credit Card: Fail
                - pay with Restaurant Choice card in Google Pay: Fail (card not able to be selected)

                I don’t have Samsung Pay so not sure if it will give a different result.

                • Neoika on 12/07/2025 - 11:23

                  @Pseudo: Thanks for sharing. So few are willing to say;
                  - pay with TCN Restaurant card in Google Pay: Success

                • Imnuts7 on 20/07/2025 - 19:49

                  @Pseudo: It looks like the KFC app by default now uses Google's payment system for credit card. The reason why Restaurant Choice doesn't work in Google Pay is because it asks for CVC again for online purchases (and keeps giving errors if you try reentering) even when you entered it when adding the card in the first place.

                  • impoze on 20/07/2025 - 21:02
                    +1

                    @Imnuts7: Noticed this on yesterday, I did tap and pay instead which worked fine, but won't work for app exclusive deals

                    • souths123 on 25/07/2025 - 11:48

                      @impoze: ok, used to work and that was the last time I used about 3 weeks ago, they must have changed it since then….damn, same with foodhub payments

  • Alley Cat on 02/07/2025 - 16:52

    Can you stack this with the 10% off plus saver thing? My fortune teller has raised their rates, I need a few of these.

    • HamBoi69 on 02/07/2025 - 16:55
      +2

      If I tell you will ask your Fortune Teller to give me this week’s PowerBall numbers?

      • Alley Cat on 02/07/2025 - 16:59

        Well, my teller requires upfront payments. We are at an impasse 😅

    • WookieMonster on 02/07/2025 - 16:57
      +4

      No.

      The Coles Plus Saver terms and conditions lists the purchase of gift cards as an exclusion for that 10% discount (as well as the 2x points perk):

      Coles Plus Saver Subscription Benefits are not valid for purchases of all gift cards, iTunes cards, Coles Insurance products, charity items/donations, tobacco and tobacco related products, Mobile and Tech Accessories (inc. plans and recharge), Opal top up, calling cards, online delivery fees, Coles Plus Saver subscription fees, Coles Plus subscription fees, or purchases from Coles Express, DoorDash, UberEats, Menulog and Vintage Cellars.

      I have purchased a number of third-party gift cards at Coles after signing up for Coles Plus Saver as part of the three-month trial offer, and the checkout has never shown the prompt for redeeming the monthly discount, even though the Coles Plus hub says my monthly discount is available. I have also not earned 2x points on any of these purchases.

      • Alley Cat on 02/07/2025 - 17:00
        +1

        Thanks master 🙏

      • KH234 on 02/07/2025 - 19:08

        Hi
        Is This card acceptable all restaurants? Or its trail approach ? I do not know about Mcc code but will try to check my statement

        • WookieMonster on 02/07/2025 - 20:21
          +1

          Strictly speaking, it should be accepted at most (but not all) restaurants and eateries across Australia. Whether this gift card works at the next restaurant or eatery you go to will depend on the following:

          • The MCC assigned to the restaurant/eatery, and
          • Whether the restaurant/eatery chooses to accept Restaurant Choice gift cards as a payment method.

          I discuss this in more detail in this FAQ on the wiki linked at the bottom of the deal description.

          • zooter on 02/07/2025 - 20:25

            @WookieMonster: point # 2 is irrelevant as it should be accepted based on MCC?

            • WookieMonster on 02/07/2025 - 21:21
              +6

              @zooter: Point #2 is still relevant, as that refers to the merchant’s discretion on whether they want to or can accept Restaurant Choice gift cards (even if the merchant uses a whitelisted MCC).

              For example:

              • If you have a physical Restaurant Choice gift card and the merchant uses EFTPOS terminals with no magstripe readers (and they refuse to do a MOTO transaction), you cannot use a physical Restaurant Choice gift card as a payment method. You would need to add the Restaurant Choice gift card to a mobile wallet first, then use it from a mobile wallet to get around this issue.

              • If you attempt to place an order at a restaurant or eatery by scanning a QR code and making payment the order online, the website may reject Restaurant Choice gift cards. For example, me&u is used by a lot of restaurants for ordering online whilst at a table, and that platform rejects Restaurant Choice gift cards as a payment method if you enter them into the credit/debit card section of the online checkout, due to these gift cards not supporting 3-D Secure. If you are on an iPhone, the workaround is to use the Restaurant Choice gift card via Apple Pay, but AFAIK, there is no workaround if you are on an Android device.

  • AlmondHeadophile on 02/07/2025 - 16:53
    +1

    How do you use this if you order something more than the value of the gift card? Split payment?

    • HamBoi69 on 02/07/2025 - 16:54
      +1

      If the restaurant allows it, yes.

    • WookieMonster on 02/07/2025 - 17:07
      +3

      Split payments will depend on the merchant and their POS set up.

      For example:

      • At one restaurant I ate at recently, they could do split payments, but they could only split payments based on items on the bill, rather than an actual dollar amount. For example, I could choose to pay for one main meal ($27) and a drink ($6), then have my mate could pay for the other main meal ($29), but I could not pay $30 towards the total amount owed, because none of the items on the bill added up to $30.

      • At another restaurant, they allowed split payments, but would apply a 5% surcharge for doing so.

      Also, you need to factor in any payment surcharges for Visa payments, as the gift cards in this deal operate on the Visa network, and a lot of restaurants and other eateries like to surcharge Visa payments (and may not even tell you about it beforehand). If you are trying to use up every last cent on your gift card, that will make things tricky.

      • ryefig on 02/07/2025 - 17:40
        +1

        At another restaurant, they allowed split payments, but would apply a 5% surcharge for doing so

        Seriously, adding a fee because you're asking to split a payment. That is ridiculous.

      • impoze on 02/07/2025 - 18:17
        +2

        Grill'd lets me do split all the time.

        I pick a quiet time and use up all my vards with odd leftovers.

        • Jstrrrr on 14/07/2025 - 17:44

          Good to know. Any surcharge? I really don't like it when there is an odd balance left, like $12.35, and then there is still a surcharge to calculate backwards before you tell them how much to put the split…

      • souths123 on 02/07/2025 - 20:26

        wow, that is pretty shit

      • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:03

        5% that's got to be illegal

    • bird380 on 02/07/2025 - 19:03
      +1

      McDonald counter can do split payment

      • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:04

        Only card and cash

        Long gone are the days you can do card and card

  • capslock on 02/07/2025 - 16:54
    +1

    I can see this selling out 1 min after opening time.

    • HamBoi69 on 02/07/2025 - 16:55
      +1

      They are popular, so it wouldn’t surprise me.

  • chanhoz on 02/07/2025 - 17:03

    I have a stack of small amount at home, how do people spend though?

  • Neil2016 on 02/07/2025 - 17:06
    +2

    My credit card is ready !

  • bargain-hunter on 02/07/2025 - 17:15

    Can these be converted to digital and added to Apple Wallet?

    • TheFreaK on 02/07/2025 - 17:20

      yes

    • WookieMonster on 02/07/2025 - 20:03
      +1

      For these gift cards, you do not actually need to convert to digital (which is what you have to do with the physical TCN restaurant-related gift cards). You can add them as a new payment card to Apple Pay, Google Wallet or Samsung Wallet.

      • souths123 on 02/07/2025 - 20:27

        no, you can use the physical card

        • WookieMonster on 02/07/2025 - 20:56
          +1

          You can also use the physical card if you prefer, but only if the merchant accepts swipe payments.

          Most EFTPOS terminals I have seen at restaurants and other eateries lately have magstripe readers, but I was at a café recently where they only had the Zeller Terminal 2. That has no magstripe reader, which meant I had to use a Restaurant Choice gift card whilst stored on a mobile wallet to make a payment at that café.

          • souths123 on 03/07/2025 - 08:53
            +1

            @WookieMonster: ok, good to know. I usually store it in wallet if I have a physical but use the physical card when I can at point of sale as I have other digital ones and sometimes it goes to the wrong card. (I just tape the balance left on the card on the front of the card to keep track) I like to use them up one by one but I hate it it takes it out of the wrong one. I nickname them with the balance but when you see the card in the wallet, unless you click on it you can't see the nickname. It can be a little annoying

            • zooter on 03/07/2025 - 12:58

              @souths123: we must be twins in the brain…i nickname them as well in the wallet..annoying with 25 characters and no numbers allowed though! in Android, it shows the nickname as I swipe through my 100 cards there :)

        • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:06

          The physical card is also restricted to some places vs add to Google wallet / apple pay

          E.g physical card can't use at bakeries but if you add on your phone you can pay

      • unity1 on 04/07/2025 - 09:44

        How do you convert the TCN Restaurant Choice physical card into the digital form?

        • WookieMonster on 04/07/2025 - 10:45

          I am confused, because "TCN Restaurant Choice" does not exist.

          • TCN Restaurant gift cards are operated by TCN and are sold either in physical or digital forms. If you have the physical form, that is an eftpos-only gift card that cannot be directly used for online transactions or added to a mobile wallet. However, if you go to the TCN website, you can exchange the physical form for the digital form (which will be added to your TCN app and then you can add to a supported mobile wallet or see the card details to spend online).

          • Restaurant Choice gift cards are operated by Blackhawk Network, and the ones sold through this Coles deal run on the Visa network. You can use the physical card itself, or use the details on the physical card to add it to a supported mobile wallet or spend online. (If you have a digital Restaurant Choice gift card, you can use the details to add to a supported mobile wallet or spend online).

          • unity1 on 04/07/2025 - 11:31
            +1

            @WookieMonster: Thank you for that. Yes, I meant the top one. Thank you for the explanation.

            So when you convert TCN Restaurant Gift card from physical to digital it can be used at more venues ie fast food?

            • Craze on 04/07/2025 - 12:43
              +1

              @unity1: Be mindful also, in recent times looks like you need to register TCN Restaurant card before you can activate and add to wallet otherwise you'll run into an error.

              • unity1 on 04/07/2025 - 13:16

                @Craze: I did just try it an hour ago. It didn’t work immediately after purchase but 15-20 minutes later it did without registering. Registration was optional. You could skip that.

              • zooter on 08/07/2025 - 12:54

                @Craze: true, i ran into this issue as well

  • Spectre1228 on 02/07/2025 - 17:29

    what's the maximum load to this variable card? $500?

    • MiscOzB on 02/07/2025 - 21:10
      +1

      OP mentioned in the description - $500 max.

  • jimboner on 02/07/2025 - 17:32

    10% is pretty decent, I miss the good old days of 15% off on the digital cards

    • souths123 on 02/07/2025 - 20:28

      sometimes when Restaurant Choice used to see direct from their website they had up to 20% off….those were the days…

      • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:09

        20% and then use that on shopback to buy another discounted restaurant card

  • MadMaxBargainRoad on 02/07/2025 - 17:55

    @WookieMonster, can we still buy 3rd party giftcards with TCN eftpos cards at Coles or have they plugged this loophole?

    • WookieMonster on 02/07/2025 - 20:04
      +1

      That should still work.

      • me1stt on 02/07/2025 - 23:40

        What about category choice or Zip's visa groceries gift card?

  • xiaozaocha on 02/07/2025 - 17:56

    this one can be used at 5462 bakery as well.

    • Craze on 02/07/2025 - 17:59

      Are you sure? I thought only TCN restaurant card allows bakery?

      • xiaozaocha on 03/07/2025 - 09:46

        i did use it at breadtop and paid last month.

        worth trying it if you are not sure, buying a $4 bread is easy:)

        • Craze on 03/07/2025 - 11:28
          +1

          Interesting, I'll give it a try!

      • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:15
        +1

        It depends on the breadtop

        Some are 5462 which yes guy can use the digital wallet version of tcn restaurant, restaurant/ cafe choice. The physical card will reject on all 3.

        and some breadtop are 5411 which will work on groceries choice gc

  • CM07 on 02/07/2025 - 18:04
    +1

    Can someone confirm the use of this for hotels?

    • capslock on 02/07/2025 - 18:19

      It's hard to test because most hotels want a credit card at check in for your deposit and then they charge that credit card when you check out.

      • truetypezk on 02/07/2025 - 23:35

        You can always ask to pay with another card at check out. Unless you use express checkout then you can settle your bills in full the night before checkout.

    • JordanM on 02/07/2025 - 20:08
      +5

      I’ve successfully used Restaurant Choice on the ALL (accor) app to prepay for two seperate hotel stays in Sydney.

      • Jstrrrr on 03/07/2025 - 14:35

        Does paying this way affect/nullify the Accor reward points or status points on the booking?

        • JordanM on 03/07/2025 - 15:20
          +1

          No, it’s essentially just checking out with a Visa Card and you earn points and status nights just as you normally would.

          • Jstrrrr on 03/07/2025 - 15:50

            @JordanM: Awesome. I learnt something new today about points hacking. Thank you.

            Presumably as the card has a $500 limit, your booking must be under that amount, as there is no way to split transaction with Accor online? So essentially restricting you to a 1 or 2 night stay type of booking?

            • JordanM on 04/07/2025 - 09:11
              +1

              @Jstrrrr: Correct

              Potentially could do split payments onsite at hotels but I wouldn’t count on Hotels being necessarily happy to do so.

    • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:18

      I stayed in an apartment once where the owner took payment over EFTPOS machine on site. It worked and also they let me split over a few cards…

      Also used at motel and hotels stays

      Also restaurant of hotels as well

  • shane23 on 02/07/2025 - 18:41

    Finally ! The variable cards included I thought those sites put the end to these cards.

    • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:19

      Only happens once a twice a year at Colesworth

      Make the most out of it

  • tripdubz on 02/07/2025 - 18:57
    +2

    Only complaint about these cards is that theres no quick way to check balance like for TCN restaurant

    • billy_bob on 02/07/2025 - 22:46
      +2

      I save them to Google wallet and use the card "nickname" to save my balance each time I use it. It's a pain though, as the nickname can only be written words, not numbers.

      • souths123 on 03/07/2025 - 08:57

        yes, I do the same, but I occasionally manually check the balance to ensure it is correct

    • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:20

      Best thing is to add to your my prepaid centre profile

      You can check all your restaurant choice cafe choice ultimate celebration gift cards all other Blackhawk gift cards all in one

  • yoquierotaco on 02/07/2025 - 19:41
    +2

    Why is this so popular?

    • MiscOzB on 02/07/2025 - 21:08
      +4

      10% saving at Restaurants/Fast Food.

      • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:21

        Hotel motels accommodation bakeries and more

  • zooter on 02/07/2025 - 20:23
    +2

    don't forget similar deal running at Woolies (equates to 10% off) - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/912289

    Differences between TCN Restaurant and Restaurant GC seems to be the following:

    1) TCN is physical but you can convert to digital - https://choice.gift/pages/the-pamper-card#landing-retailers

    2) TCN is limited to $50 & $100 unlike variable load

    3) TCN balance can be checked directly in the app if you convert

    4) TCN can actually be used online with accepting merchants (I think so, I cannot say for sure, but I have used this online)

    • cloudy on 02/07/2025 - 21:05

      This restaurant can be converted into or added on to Apple Pay IIRC.

      • MiscOzB on 02/07/2025 - 21:07

        Yep, indeed (Google Wallet too).

    • MiscOzB on 02/07/2025 - 21:07
      +1

      Was gonna buy more of those but will buy a $500 variable of this now because slightly higher discount (straight 10% discount is slightly better than 20x points, and this gives Flybuys points) and not being $100 max value, although I do prefer TCN Restaurant for the app to check balances and store cards.

      Have used both Restaurant Choice and TCN Restaurant online (of course, doesn't always work though - most recently tried to use TCN for The Cheesecake Shop online order but wouldn't go through even after entering the Mastercard code sent by SMS).

      • zooter on 02/07/2025 - 21:43

        how do you use restaurant choice online? It has never worked for me….even in google pay it says unable to verify card for use online

        • MiscOzB on 02/07/2025 - 21:48

          Not sure what the issue is for you, when I've used them in the past they're accepted just like TCN… for app/website payments…

          Edit: Were you trying to use online with the eftpos-only RC cards?

          • zooter on 02/07/2025 - 22:16

            @MiscOzB: I'm talking about the restaurant gift available in shopback

            Also maybe depends on the billing system and what MCC comes through when I order?

        • souths123 on 03/07/2025 - 09:00

          don't bother trying to verify the card in wallet…last time I tried that not only didn't it work but it stuffed it for me to use as a tap payment. I had to redo the card in wallet to fix. Just get the full card details incl exp date and CVV and add that manually as a card payment when paying online or in app

    • test8888 on 02/07/2025 - 21:14

      5) TCN cards can always add to wallet with SMS verification, however RC couldn't be added if wallet got flagged

    • truetypezk on 02/07/2025 - 23:34

      Their use cases are very different outside the 581x shops. However BH tends to be very strict with online purchases, most of them would get declined.

  • Fobsessive on 02/07/2025 - 21:33

    Can you buy these with Choice Groceries?

    • MiscOzB on 02/07/2025 - 21:42
      +2

      Yes. You may have to pay at front counter/manned checkout rather than self serve if doing split payments with them (IME Coles self serve gives errors when trying to split pay for gift cards, unlike Woolies self serve).

      • Poor Ass on 12/07/2025 - 10:22

        Shhhhhhhhhhh that's a Coles secret

        Also woolies is rubbish now you buy over $100 of gc they supervisor needs to come over

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