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First Table “Book a First Table today and WIN your food bill back” Promotion – Terms and Conditions

1. Promoter

1.1 The promoter of the First Table “Book a First Table today and Win your food bill back” promotion (Promotion) is First Table Limited (New Zealand company number 1984426) of Unit 18, 193 Glenda Drive, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand (First Table, we, our, us).

2. Application of these Terms

2.1 These terms and conditions (Terms) apply to the Promotion as run in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland (each a Participating Market). 

2.2 For each entry, the relevant Participating Market is the country in which the restaurant at which the Qualifying Booking was made is located. That determines which prize draw the entry goes into, the currency and maximum value of the prize, and the law that governs these Terms for that entry.

2.3 By making a Qualifying Booking during the Promotion Period, you agree to be bound by these Terms, together with the First Table general terms and conditions that apply in your country of residence (General Terms) and First Table’s Privacy Policy. If there is any inconsistency between these Terms and the General Terms, these Terms prevail in relation to the Promotion.

3. Summary of the Promotion

3.1 Book a table through First Table during the Promotion Period, then dine at the restaurant at your booked time. Each honoured booking gives you one entry into that month’s prize draw for your Participating Market. If you are drawn as the winner, send us your itemised receipt for that booking and we will pay you back what you paid for the food and non-alcoholic drinks on that bill, up to the Maximum Prize Value, into your bank account. This summary does not limit the rest of these Terms.

4. Promotion Period and Draw 

4.1 The Promotion runs from 12:01am on 30 October 2026 until 11:59pm on 30 October 2026, based on local time in the relevant Participating Market (Promotion Period).

4.2 The prize draw for this draw, and any unclaimed prize redraw, will take place on the dates shown:

Draw: 17th November
Redraw: 24th November (7 days after Claim period) 

5. Who can enter

5.1 To enter the Promotion you must, at the time of the Qualifying Booking and when the prize is claimed:

(a) be aged 18 years or over;

(b) be resident in a Participating Market;

(c) hold a valid First Table account in your own name, and not be in breach of these Terms or the General Terms;

(d) be the First Table account holder who made the Qualifying Booking (Booker). Only the Booker can win, even if someone else in the dining party paid all or part of the bill; and

(e) not be an employee, officer or contractor of First Table or any of its related companies, or of any agency involved in the Promotion, or an owner, employee or contractor of the restaurant at which the Qualifying Booking was made, or an immediate family member of any of those people.

5.2 First Table may ask any entrant or winner to provide reasonable proof of age, identity, residence or eligibility, and may disqualify an entrant or winner who does not provide it.

6. How to enter

6.1 There is no separate entry form. You are entered automatically for each Qualifying Booking.

6.2 A Qualifying Booking is a booking that:

(a) is made by the Booker through the First Table website or app during the Promotion Period.  Bookings made before or after the Promotion Period are not Qualifying Bookings for this promotion, whether or not they qualify as entries in any other First Table promotion;

(b) is for a reserved dining date and time falling within the next 14 days following the date of your booking (and within the next 15 days for those with an early access pass) (Dining Time), at a restaurant in a Participating Market;

(c) is honoured, meaning the Booker and their party attend the restaurant and dine at the Dining Time; and

(d) is not cancelled, refunded or a no-show, and is not a booking that First Table reasonably determines was fraudulent, made in breach of these Terms or the General Terms, or made solely to obtain entries.

6.3 An entry is confirmed only after the Dining Time has passed and First Table is reasonably satisfied that the booking was honoured, including by confirmation from the restaurant if First Table decides that it is necessary. Each confirmed entry goes into the prize draw in the Participating Market in which the restaurant is located.

6.4 Each Qualifying Booking earns one (1) entry. There is no limit on the number of entries a Booker may earn. For example, a Booker who makes and honours two Qualifying Bookings at the same or different restaurants will have two entries in that month’s draw. However, where a Booker makes more than one booking for the same or overlapping Dining Times, First Table may treat them as a single Qualifying Booking.

6.5 No fee or charge is payable to enter the Promotion other than the usual First Table booking fee (if any) and the cost of your meal

7. The prize

7.1 One (1) prize will be awarded in each Participating Market drawn from all Qualifying bookings in that Participating Market.

7.2 The prize is a cash payment equal to the Eligible Food Bill Cost of the Winning Booking, up to the following maximum amount for the relevant Participating Market (Maximum Prize Value):  NZD $500, AUD $500, £250 or €250 

7.3 Eligible Food Bill Cost means the total amount actually paid to the restaurant for food and non-alcoholic drinks served to the Booker’s party at the Winning Booking, including GST or VAT, after any First Table discount or other discount has been applied, as shown on the Receipt. It does not include:

(a) alcoholic drinks;

(d) First Table booking fees; or

(e) any amount paid using First Table booking credit, First Table gift vouchers or any other voucher, credit or other First Table promotion, or items bought to take away.

If the Eligible Food Bill Cost is more than the Maximum Prize Value, the prize will be the Maximum Prize Value. If it is less, the prize will be the Eligible Food Bill Cost. If the Receipt does not itemise alcoholic drinks separately, First Table may obtain an itemised breakdown from the restaurant, and will otherwise reasonably determine the Eligible Food Bill Cost.

7.5 If the bill for the Winning Booking was split between more than one payment, the winner may submit all of the Receipts for that booking, and the Eligible Meal Cost will be calculated across all of them. The prize will be paid only to the Booker.

7.6 The prize will be paid in the currency of the relevant Participating Market by electronic funds transfer to a bank account held in the winner’s name with a bank in that Participating Market, as soon as practicable after First Table has verified the claim under clause 9 and, provided the winner has claimed the prize within the Claim Period, no later than twenty-eight (28) days after the draw (or unclaimed prize redraw) in which the winner was selected. First Table is not responsible for any delay or loss caused by incorrect or incomplete bank details provided by the winner.

7.7 The prize is not transferable, and cannot be taken in any other form.

7.8 Any taxes, duties, levies or other costs associated with receiving the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. First Table will not gross up the prize or reimburse the winner for any such taxes or costs.

8. The prize draw

8.1 A separate draw will be held for each Participating Market. Each draw will take place at First Table’s offices at Level 2, 50 Stanley Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand on the prize draw date shown in clause 4.2.

8.2 One (1) winner will be selected at random from all confirmed entries for that Participating Market, using a random selection process that gives each entry an equal chance of being selected.

8.3 The entry selected identifies the booking that has been drawn (Winning Booking). The odds of winning depend on the number of confirmed entries in that Participating Market.

8.4 If a prize is not claimed, or a claim is invalid under clause 9.5, an unclaimed prize redraw will be held at the same place and time on the unclaimed prize redraw date shown in clause 4.2, from the remaining confirmed entries for that Participating Market.

9. Winner notification and claiming the prize

9.1 The winner of each draw will be notified by email to the address associated with their First Table account within [two (2)] business days of the draw. The notification will identify the Winning Booking.

9.2 To claim the prize, the winner must, within seven (7) days of the date of notification (Claim Period), give First Table:

(a) a clear and complete copy (photograph or scan) of the original, unaltered, itemised tax invoice or receipt issued by the restaurant for the Winning Booking (a GST tax invoice or receipt in New Zealand and Australia, and a VAT receipt in the United Kingdom and Ireland), showing the restaurant’s name and GST/VAT number, the date, the items ordered and the amount paid (Receipt);

(b) the details of a bank account held in the winner’s name, into which the prize can be paid; and

(c) any proof of identity, age or residence that First Table reasonably requests.

9.3 First Table may contact the restaurant to check that the Receipt is genuine, has not been altered, relates to the Winning Booking and correctly records the amounts paid. By entering the Promotion, you agree to First Table giving the restaurant the details of the Winning Booking and the Receipt for that purpose, and to the restaurant giving First Table the information needed to verify them.

9.4 First Table will tell the winner the amount of the prize once the claim has been verified.

9.5 A claim is invalid, and the prize will be forfeited, if:

(a) the winner cannot be contacted, or does not claim the prize within the Claim Period;

(b) the winner is found to be ineligible, or the Winning Booking was not a Qualifying Booking;

(c) the Receipt has been altered or falsified, is illegible or incomplete, does not relate to the Winning Booking, or cannot reasonably be verified with the restaurant; or

(d) the winner does not provide the information required by clause 9.2.

9.6 If a claim is invalid, First Table will select another winner in the unclaimed prize redraw under clause 8.4. That winner will be notified in the same way and must claim the prize within seven (7) days of notification.

10. Publication of winners

10.1 The first initial, surname and town, county or state (or equivalent region) of each winner will be published on the First Table website within 3 days of the prize being claimed and available on request for three (3) months after the draw, unless the winner objects. Winners may object, or ask for this information to be limited, by contacting First Table at marketing@firsttable.com

11. Fraud and misuse

11.1 First Table may withhold, cancel or reverse any entry or prize, and disqualify any entrant, where it reasonably believes there has been:

(a) fraudulent activity, including any altered, falsified or inflated Receipt;

(b) fake, duplicate or multiple accounts, or bookings made using automated means;

(c) bookings that were not genuinely made and honoured, or collusion with a restaurant or any other person;

(d) any attempt to manipulate the Promotion; or

(e) any breach of these Terms or the General Terms.

11.2 If First Table pays a prize and later reasonably determines that the winner was not entitled to it, First Table may require the winner to repay it and may terminate the winner’s First Table account.

11.3 First Table’s decisions about the Promotion will be made reasonably and in accordance with these Terms, and will be final.

12. Privacy

12.1 First Table will collect personal information from entrants, including account and booking details and, from winners, Receipts, bank account details and any proof of identity, age or residence. This information will be used to run the Promotion, confirm entries, verify and pay prizes, publish winners under clause 10, and meet First Table’s accounting and tax record-keeping obligations.

12.2 Personal information may be disclosed to the relevant restaurant to verify bookings and Receipts, to First Table’s related companies in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and to First Table’s payment and service providers, for the purposes in clause 12.1.

12.3 Personal information will otherwise be collected, used, held and disclosed in accordance with First Table’s Privacy Policy, available on its website, which explains how you can access and ask for correction of your personal information. Bank account details will be kept only for as long as needed to pay the prize and meet First Table’s legal record-keeping obligations.

13. Restaurants

13.1 Restaurants are not promoters of the Promotion. Your booking and meal are provided by the restaurant, and the General Terms apply to them as they would to any other First Table booking.

14. General

14.1 First Table may amend, suspend or cancel the Promotion where reasonably necessary, or where circumstances beyond its reasonable control prevent the Promotion from running as planned, subject to any direction from a relevant regulatory authority. Any amendment will not reduce the entries already confirmed or a prize already won.

14.2 This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook, Instagram or any other social media platform.

14.3 To the maximum extent permitted by law, First Table excludes all liability (whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise) arising from or in connection with the Promotion, any entry or any prize, and is not liable for any indirect or consequential loss.

14.4 Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded, including under the consumer law of your country of residence.

14.5 These Terms are governed by the laws of the relevant Participating Market (and, for the United Kingdom, the laws of England and Wales), and the courts of that country have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising in connection with the Promotion. If you are resident in Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in your local courts.