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11 May, 2009

Win! A €50 voucher from Marks and Spencer

Posted by: peter in: Competitions | Sponsored Posts

sidebar-classifiedsCompetition closed – thanks for entering!

To celebrate the launch of our new CheapEats Classifieds service, we’re giving away two €50 vouchers for Marks and Spencer: enough for a week of delicious goodies, little luxuries and some meats from their new Grill range.

To win one of these vouchers, we’re asking you to have a look at our new CheapEats Classifieds site and simply leave a comment on this post, letting us know what you think of it. There’s no right or wrong answers; we’re looking for your honest feedback.

Do you think CheapEats Classifieds is useful? How can we improve it for you? And what type of deals do you want to see from hotels, restaurants, and/or takeaways?

As usual, we’ll pick the winner at random. Thanks to M&S for sponsoring this post.

About CheapEats Classifieds

CheapEats Classifieds is the new, definitive, one-stop-shop for finding excellent value in hotels and restaurants.

On our new sister site, you’ll find a wide range of special offers, including early bird offers, meals under €20, meals under €30, meals under €40, overnight deals, freebies and more.

CheapEats Classifieds: Easy to Use

We’ve aimed to make CheapEats Classifieds really user-friendly: all ads are categorised by offer type, cuisine, location, and price, so you can easily find offers that appeal to you and fit your budget.

We hope this will be a really useful service for our readers and for struggling restaurants, and we’d love to hear reader feedback on this post. Happy eating!

Value for Restaurants, Value for You

All the offers are paid ads. As an added incentive for restaurants and hotels to offer great value, we’re charging only the price of their offer to advertise for a week. So if it’s a two course meal for €15, it costs them just €15 to advertise for a week; if it’s an overnight deal with dinner for €80, it will cost them just €80. The better value they offer you, the better value they’ll get from us!

About M&S Grill Range

mands30yearprocessThe new Grill range includes 35 new products, perfect for indoor or outdoor BBQ cooking.

Try the Peppered Steak Burgers (€5.49) or the Rump Steak Burgers (€6.99) for a true meat feast. Add a toasted ciabatta bun and serve with fries for the ultimate barbeque treat. For a taste of Asia try the Whole Chicken Leg with Chilli and Lime Butter (€4.19) that will serve two and is delicious with an egg noodle salad.

ms-grillBeef it up with the ultra spicy Extra Hot Blackened Sirloin Steak (€7.99) which comes with a marinade of paprika, cayenne, chilli powder, pepper and garlic. Finally, the Lamb Shish Kebabs (€4.19) are perfect with a yoghurt dip for finger food at any summer get together. And for fish lovers why not try the King Prawn Burger with Tomato and Basil (€5.49) or the Melting Middle Tuna Melt Burgers (€6.99).

For more delicious items from the Grill Range menu, visit your local M&S!

Terms

  • Please make sure you leave a working email address with your comment (email addresses will not be publicly displayed) so we can contact you for your details.
  • This offer is only open to readers in the Republic of Ireland. Please do not enter this competition if you are outside the Republic of Ireland.
  • Please do not comment more than once, if we see more than one comment from the same address we will delete all your comments and you will no longer be eligible for the competition.  If you have questions about the competition, use our contact form.
  • The competition will close at 1pm on Monday May 18, and the winners will be announced the following day.
  • There is no cash alternative for this prize.

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103 Responses to "Win! A €50 voucher from Marks and Spencer"

1 | SJ

May 11th, 2009 at 11:26 am

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I think the new classifieds site is a great idea and I have already this morning taken to a look to see where I can head some night this week …. !

Its all about value for money now … there’s a recession you know :-)

2 | Marta

May 11th, 2009 at 11:30 am

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I just wanted to let you know first that this link does not open, you’ve entered http twice :)

“have a look at our new CheapEats Classifieds site and simply leave a comment on this post”

3 | peter

May 11th, 2009 at 11:33 am

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Thanks Marta, it’s fixed now, and you’re entered into this competition. My own post, here, will not count as an entry!
:)

4 | Mary

May 11th, 2009 at 11:34 am

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I think classifieds is a great idea. I love checking out for good value dining experiences so it’s good to have it there with everything else cheapeats provides!

5 | Vicky

May 11th, 2009 at 11:35 am

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The site is great – saves us having to trawl the internet looking for those offers and as Cheapeats is so popular now, all the restaurants should be looking to get onto it!

6 | Slater

May 11th, 2009 at 11:36 am

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Great idea but perhaps the offers should appear in date order so that i can click in every few days and only bother with the new offers rather than ones i’ve already seen? Thanks

7 | Liam

May 11th, 2009 at 11:37 am

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yes, definitely a good idea to be able to see all the current deals in the one place. Will it be updated to make sure that deals haven’t expired?

8 | Laura

May 11th, 2009 at 11:41 am

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Looks good!

9 | Katie

May 11th, 2009 at 11:42 am

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Really great idea – well done guys and thankyou.

10 | LW

May 11th, 2009 at 11:44 am

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Really handy site of the latest offers.

Maybe have a map-based function to see where the offers are. When I’m meeting friends we pick a general area first and then look at the offers.

I like BOGOF deals, and decent early-bird specials.

11 | Méabh

May 11th, 2009 at 11:47 am

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Love it!

12 | Snack Box

May 11th, 2009 at 11:55 am

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The classifieds are a really good idea. The advertisers and us, the public, are getting a good deal. God bless you cheapeats.

13 | Paul

May 11th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

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Good idea, handy to check for ideas and offers for eating out but adding a location category (county + district/town/post code in Dublin) to all classifieds would be a major improvement, if you are in Cork offers in Galway aren’t much use…

14 | CeeGee

May 11th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

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Great idea, I’ll definitely be checking out the classifieds before choosing somewhere to eat in future.

15 | Ciara

May 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

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A great way of quickly scanning the latest deals!

I can’t stand it when takeaways etc charge you extra for a portion of rice. RICE. It is the cheapest food in the world.

16 | Rachel@fairycakeheaven

May 11th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

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ooo YUM YUM, lots of lovely treats there for a sunny Monday evening!

17 | Laura

May 11th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

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I think it’s great to have all the offers in town at hand on one single webpage. Well done!

18 | Lori

May 11th, 2009 at 12:23 pm

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It’s a really handy collation, for sure. The biggest thing I’d like to see on there would be an option to classify by area as well as date.

19 | Brian G

May 11th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

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Great idea and site. Something handy might be a google map in the post itself? Or even just a link to the location on google maps.

20 | Angelo

May 11th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

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It looks great. Very useful. Thanks.

21 | Pete Clarke

May 11th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

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i love it and your site in general. there’s nobody else doing anything like this.

I’d second the addition of maps. otherwise it’s perfect.

22 | Ronan

May 11th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

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A good idea about sorting by price range. Sometimes you want something cheap, quick and good, sometimes something a bit fancier

23 | Lou

May 11th, 2009 at 1:05 pm

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Good idea! I have used it already.

24 | Marie

May 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

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I like it, I know you changed the background image and the top logo but i would also change the main color.

Great idea thou.

Marie Nicholson

25 | Julie

May 11th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

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I can imagine when more things are listed it might get difficult to find what you want – have the categories sub-divided into location e.g. Dublin city centre and also have a list of restaurants that can be searched according to friendliness to vegans and vegetarians – (having one or no choice does not count as friendly).

26 | MiriamOR

May 11th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

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i think its great to give you a heads up on offers – say we fancied dinner on the spur of the moment, its definitely worth a look to see where the offers are on. i think it’d be good to see some lunchtime offers around ifsc or city centre please!

27 | Phil

May 11th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

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Nice idea. How about including links from the ads to any relevant reviews or posts on the main cheapeats.ie site? Also, maybe allow user comments below ads so they can share their experiences with fellow diners.

28 | Jack

May 11th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

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I like the layout. The colours are good – each topic really stands out in the light blue text. Good that dates are clearly displayed. Listing categories is a good way for people to search quickly. Tag cloud also useful. The website seems fast with no glitches.

29 | foodismypal

May 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

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I think it’s a wonderful service, I second the thoughts of a previous poster who suggested breaking it down by county/area. You could also offer breakdown by food type – Indian, Chinese etc

30 | Evelyn

May 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

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It’s a great idea and will certainly be a point of reference for me when looking for bargains

31 | Finn

May 11th, 2009 at 2:24 pm

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It’s a good idea, but a few things. 1. It’d be useful if there telephone number/email of the establishment was on the page with the offer so you could book there and then. 2. It’d be even better if there was a google map of the location of the restaraunt. 3. Maybe this is taking it too far, but a sample menu would be great as some places have offers but the menu is very limited (and as a veggie i’d like to see if i could eat anything. Other than that, i’ll definitely keep an eye on it for offers.

32 | ColinMcVeigh

May 11th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

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Very good idea. The one suggestion I’d make is to add a filter so people can just look at the offers in their own area(as others have suggested too).

For example, most of the offers are in Dublin so if I could filter those out, it would be a lot easier for me to use. The reverse is true for people in Dublin.

33 | Martin K

May 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

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I think its a good idea
Waht would be a good idea would be to have the menus online or a klink to them so you know what you are getting , the restautants should supply these.

34 | Billy F

May 11th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

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Linking the offering restaurant to restaurant reviews would also be good.

remember the quote from the book “the millionaire next door” – something like this….

“it is not what you earn, it is what you DONT spend”

35 | Sabine

May 11th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

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Your classified section is amazing. Loads of great offers and infos on all the latest deals.

Keep it up!

36 | Jerry

May 11th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

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Great Stuff…very useful a one stop shop for recession busting shopping

37 | Tara

May 11th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

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Great idea, I love going out to eat, and this way I can check and make sure I have the best value going.

Also, It will enable me to check out undiscovered restaurants that may/may not be added to my favourites list.

If there could be a comments section on each classified, so we can let each other know what we thought of it – or a ratings system? that would be great.

38 | Annmarie

May 11th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

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Good idea – as more advertisements are posted it will be frustrating to scroll through, can you include a search facility – location, menu, child friendly?

If it is real time, perhaps restaurants could post last minute offerings if they have no/low bookings that evening?

39 | Frank

May 11th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

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I like the idea, but I don’t think the ‘blog’ linear format suits it so well.

Specific comments are :

(1) I assume only current offers will be shown, so out-of-date ones will be removed as they expire.

(2) You relaly need a way of searching by location as well as by type of offer in the categories.

40 | Sheila

May 11th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

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Each restaurant making an offer should be obliged to give a minimum amount of information so that it is possible to immediately identify the establishment.

Specifically, there is an early bird ad for McHughs posted on the 6th of May tagged with Dublin North but I’ve no idea where that is.

Should include URL (where available) and phone number always.

41 | Denis Dineen

May 11th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

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A great idea…but maybe a section for comments by people who have been there would be habndy

42 | Kathy

May 11th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

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Great idea, I also agree that the posts could be classified by area, or at least make clear in the first line or title where the restaurants are.

43 | Michael

May 11th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

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Any links to relevant reviews would be nice.

44 | Jen

May 11th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

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Yes, they’re useful! I particularly like the categories so you can see offers relevant to your liking.

45 | Potmum

May 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

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I discovered this site just after Christmas, and now check it several times a day. It’s great and so is the “classified” idea. I’d agree with the many comments which suggested the possibility of checking by location – as a rural dweller, I found that there are a lot of Dublin-based entries to trawl through!

46 | ferg

May 11th, 2009 at 6:21 pm

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i like it. one feature i would like to see is adds sorted by date. it would be good to be able to go on once a week and see what new offers there are this week.
also i like the way the adds expire, as in your not looking at a pile of adds that are no longer available

47 | Triona

May 11th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

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Love the wallpaper on it.
Will the cuisine types/locations only be in the tagcloud or will they be expanded to categories in their own rights?

48 | Andrew S

May 11th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

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I think Cheap eats could be improved by making the competitions less demanding of user input!

I wish to have the chance of winning stuff with minimum effort!

Srsly tho, good site.

49 | Anita

May 11th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

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Definitely a great idea to quickly look at all offers in one go. Love the site – well done!

50 | Caroline

May 11th, 2009 at 7:33 pm

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I think its awesome for checking up if the M & S meal deals are in without having to go into town, same goes for the aldi specials etc. Deals I’d like to see are more around the country not just Dublin, a site with deals listed like an Irish version of Uk’s toptable would be so amazing.

51 | Aidan

May 11th, 2009 at 8:11 pm

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Very good idea and nicely laid out. I’d suggest categorising things by location too if that’s feasible – even something like Dublin North/Centre/South, Galway, Cork, etc.

52 | mary

May 11th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

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its a great idea, would like to be able to check by location also…

thannks

53 | Jill

May 11th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

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Good idea. As well as being able to search by area, I’d like to have some kind of date indication for the offer so I could see at a glance which offers are current.

54 | Grace

May 11th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

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very useful

55 | Amy

May 11th, 2009 at 10:02 pm

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I think it’s a really good idea – something I would definately keep checking on a regular basis, who doesn’t love a meal deal. One problem I found though (and it could be cos I’m such a technophobe) was that I couldn’t get the RSS feed to work – it came up as classifieds page not found.

56 | Ruth

May 11th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

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Will be checking it!

Like to have a facility to book/phone – my net connection is slow, so loading up several pages can be frustrating.

Ruth

57 | Aoife

May 11th, 2009 at 10:46 pm

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Great service and I’m sure I’ll be using it – would love to see more offers outside of Dublin (I’m about to relocate to my rural roots but it would also be great for planning weekends away).

A link to the restaurant’s website would be very useful – that way we could check menus, phone numbers etc. If no website, maybe contact details would be useful – have just gone back in and noticed that this is all actually available. Maybe point this out more clearly for those of us who are that little bit slower!

Thanks

58 | Orl

May 11th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

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only disadvantage i see with charging is breakfast bargains on newstalk do effectively the same thing (they send you an email) so if i was a restaurant i would go with the newstalk option.

59 | Wayne

May 11th, 2009 at 11:59 pm

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Love the new classifieds!!!

60 | Roxanne

May 12th, 2009 at 1:31 am

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I think its a great site, built on a terrific idea. I’m a compulsive bargain hunter, and to have the bargains come to me makes my life a whole lot easier! I think it’s wonderful for encouraging restaurants to compete and finally advertise offers that makes eating out more realistic and less damaging on the wallet….

61 | Tammi

May 12th, 2009 at 8:39 am

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Great idea! And the sooner it is expanded outside of the Dublin area the better! It would be great if there were regional categories for those of us beyond the Pale.

62 | Eleonore

May 12th, 2009 at 9:41 am

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There are so many offers out at the moment so your website is a brilliant idea!! it should make it so much easier to find all the relevant offers what whatever it is you are looking for!!

63 | Dinny

May 12th, 2009 at 9:44 am

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This is what is needed – Would like to see more deals from outside Dublin.

64 | fay

May 12th, 2009 at 11:05 am

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Good idea, would like to see more restaurrant offers. And as previous poster have mentioned when there are more offers a way of searching them would be helpfull

65 | Claire Shanahan

May 12th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

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I think its a fantastic idea, just raging I never thought of it myself!

66 | Jill

May 12th, 2009 at 12:26 pm

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Great idea: could you send the latest offers to email
addresses so that we don’t have to visit the site to see
them?

67 | Jaakko

May 12th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

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I’m glad the entries are well tagged and categorized for easy reference!

68 | marie

May 12th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

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love cheapeats.ie – great for recessionistas! Would prefer an easier search system on both cheapeats and cheapeats classified. Cheapeats classifed should be categorised by region and further classifed by restaurant/weekend offers etc.

More stuff from the regions on both sites please!!

69 | Marno

May 12th, 2009 at 12:41 pm

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Its great to see a restaurant/hotel listed, that is outside the greater Dublin area for us culchies!

70 | Dermot

May 12th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

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I like tihe idea. As long as the BARGINS are real and not Ryan air type Bargins. THe offer is €20 and when u finish paying for everything its three times that. I know there is no such thing as a free lunch. I tweet at Dublincityfm1

71 | B

May 12th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

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Great Idea.

Hope it catches on

72 | Sinead

May 12th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

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Feedback from customers who take up the offers would be great to see if it really value for money

73 | Maura

May 12th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

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Think it is a great idea, only discovered your site a couple of months ago and love it,

74 | Cathleen

May 12th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

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What a great enhancement to an already brilliant site. It will save time trawling through websites looking for a deal. Location and type dropdowns are going to be a necessity soon as this is going to be very popular. As you don’t endorse any of the ads it might be an idea to have a ‘comments’ options so anyone who has tried the deal could add feedback on value for money etc.

75 | Siobhan

May 12th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

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Great idea – always looking out for good deals!!

76 | L Kinsella

May 12th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

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I think the classified section of cheap eats is brill. I love food and this site really helps enable me continue to eat out or eat in and get great value for money. The recession is bringing everyone down and we all are having to tighten our belts right now but amazing food is getting more and more accessable which is a definite silver lining on this recession cloud. Thanks for all the good advice.

77 | Maria Noonan

May 12th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

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Good site and will certainly be useful going forward. Would like if there were more Limerick/Cork offers going but that’s hardly your fault :-) Thank!

78 | Mark

May 12th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

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This is a brilliant idea. There aren’t enough sites dedicated to food and particularly cheap/good value food. I’d like to see a student section dedicated to student budgets and possibly a lunch section?
I’ll be back!

79 | Ann-Maria

May 12th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

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Hey!I really like the classified idea especially the two for one in gourmet burger-yum!

80 | Mick H

May 12th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

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Great idea. Hotes should use it to advertise late room deals with evening meal specials. They cant use the bed night the following day so why not give a special with dinner to fill it?

81 | Gavin

May 13th, 2009 at 11:24 am

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I think some way of letting restaurants know where we saw the offer would be good. Maybe a coupon code or something – it might encourage them to use the site more often.

I think it’s a great site.

Thanks.

82 | ceecee

May 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

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I checked out the classified section for this 1st time this more, I think it a good idea, given the current climate, we are all looking for “deals” and its a handy tool to use in advance of selecting a resturant or hotel. Once it becomes more populated with offers it will a better resource, the classifications along the right hand side are very handy. It needs more non greather dublin offers though.

Keep up to good work and brings us the offers

thanks

83 | deek

May 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

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Great addition, hopefully will be a good balance of offers from around the country too . For restaurants offering special offers, listing a few items from menu would be tempting! and helpful.

84 | Catherine

May 13th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

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Classified ads are well displayed and the blue colour makes it easy to navigate through the page. hope to see more ads.

85 | Patrick

May 13th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

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good idea! would second the idea of breaking down by location.

86 | Evin

May 14th, 2009 at 11:02 am

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Nice website, clear and easily readable. Great to have one central location to review whats available!

87 | Jorn

May 14th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

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Great addition to the site. Bring on the meat! 2 4 1 @ gourmet burger is a nice start for the ‘two for one’ specials.
Cheers.

88 | Siobhán

May 14th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

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Great idea and I’ll be checking it before heading out from now on. Lets support business that is trying to adapt to the current climate.

89 | michelle

May 14th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

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I really like the idea but am just a little concerned about you guys receiving advertising money from restaurants / businesses which are being reviewed or commented on on the main site. Maybe there could be a slight conflict of interest there?

90 | Lar Veale

May 14th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

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Great idea, and the clarity around paid versus reviews is a very welcome change to other well known review sites – and a key differentiator for you guys – well done!

91 | David

May 14th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

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classifieds are a great idea cheapeats will certainly be using them in the future

92 | Joan Healy

May 15th, 2009 at 10:14 am

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Great idea in these challenging times so we can choose where we want to go out and eat and plan for it

93 | Dawn

May 15th, 2009 at 10:23 am

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If we could google search the ads that would be great

94 | Anne

May 15th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

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I love this idea. Lets hope lots of restaurants and hotels realise how beneficial this site can be for their business. At this stage you should be pushing for a slot on the late late show to promote your site even further.

95 | Eddie

May 16th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

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What a great list of choices-brilliant.

96 | Sue

May 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am

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Good idea to see all the current deals. Would be nice to see a clear date at the top that the deals start and end. Also maybe a search box would be good too!

97 | Sadhbh

May 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am

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Its so super to have a way to look for up to the minute deals!!

98 | LUCINDA

May 18th, 2009 at 12:51 am

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Taking a few days holidays in dublin, and will definately be checking for good value meals. Really great idea, well done, and thanks for making life a little easier.

99 | Babs

May 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am

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Great idea, I love eating out and I love special offers, great combination!

100 | BETTY

May 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am

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The site is great, looking forward to trying out some of the great deals available.

101 | Liana

May 18th, 2009 at 11:27 am

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Great idea, will check it regularly!

102 | Matt

May 18th, 2009 at 11:32 am

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I’m all for it. So long as the offers are genuine and they aren’t marking up to mark down etc.

Will keep an eye on it. Thanks cheapeats!

103 | Claire

May 18th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

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I think this a great idea, well done. As others have said, a region filter would be helpful.

 

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