No. Dinnerz is a social dining club. You sit down with a few new people, couples and solo diners, for a good night out. There's no swiping, no browsing profiles and nothing romantic built in. If you hit it off with someone, that's up to you, but it's not what Dinnerz is for.

Tables are for 3 to 8 people. Each one is posted for Solo only, Couples only or Anyone welcome, with an age range, and sometimes a life stage (like Empty Nesters or Mums Night Out) or a shared interest. Some nights are just for women or just for men. What's On only shows you tables that suit you.

Before the night you'll see the photos or initials of who's joined. Once you're on the table you'll see their first names too, and we'll email them to you about 48 hours before. Surnames are never shared. A table only goes ahead with at least 3 people, or 4 if there's a couple at the table, so it's always a group, never just two of you.

Yes. One couple membership covers you both, and you each have your own login. Go to a dinner together, or either of you can go to a Solo night on your own. It's $29 a month, or $24 at the founding rate if you complete your profile by 31 January 2027. Nothing is charged before 15 April 2027, and you can cancel any time.

Dinnerz tables are for members, and everyone comes on their own or as a couple. That's what makes it work. A seat is for the member who booked it. You can't bring a guest to a Dinnerz table, and the restaurant can turn away anyone extra.

• Want to organise a dinner with other members? Use Make Plans to post your own table at a restaurant you choose, and other members can join you.
• Want dinner with your own friends or family? Go to Restaurants, pick one, tap Request a Booking, and bring whoever you like. You get the member discount if that restaurant offers one that night.
• A friend who's also a member is welcome to take a seat at the same table, if they book it themselves.

• Every member is approved by us before they can book. We check their email and mobile and look at their photo. Couples' partners are checked too.
• We don't do police or ID checks, so please use the same common sense you would with anyone new.
• Every dinner is in a public restaurant, always with a group (at least 3 people, or 4 if there's a couple at the table).
• Every seat is booked through a member's own account, and surnames and contact details are never shared with other members.
• If anything worries you, email hello@dinnerz.com.au and we'll reply within 24 hours on weekdays. If you're ever in danger, call 000 first.

Yes. We all have someone we'd rather not share a dinner table with, like an ex, a boss or a neighbour. Go to My Account → People I Don't Dine With and add their email address or mobile number (you can add more than one of each). We use those details to keep you off the same table.

• The name box is just a label for you, so you remember who it is. Call them whatever you like. We don't match on names, because lots of people share the same one, so a name on its own can't keep anyone off your table.
• No email or mobile for them? Then we can't match them, sorry.
• It's completely private. They're never told, and we'll never tell you whether they're on Dinnerz.
• It works both ways. You won't see their tables, and they won't see yours.
• If they join with an email or mobile you haven't added, we can't guarantee it.

We look at every new profile personally, usually within 24 hours. You can look around What's On straight away. Taking a seat or organising a dinner unlocks as soon as you're approved, and we'll email you when that happens.

Registrations open on the Gold Coast on 1 November 2026, from Coolangatta up to Hope Island and Sanctuary Cove. Dinnerz, our founders Jase and Ady, and a few of our very first members are putting on early dinners through November and December, so keep an eye on What's On. Dinners organised by members start from Monday 11 January 2027 (you can post yours now for any date from then). Brisbane is next, then further afield. If you're elsewhere, leave your details and your area, and we'll tell you when we're coming.

Dinnerz Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 702 574 525), PO Box 250, Biggera Waters QLD 4216. Founded on the Gold Coast by Jase and Ady.

Save it to your home screen and Dinnerz opens like an app, with its own icon. There's nothing to download from an app store, and it takes about 30 seconds. Watch how:

Nothing until 15 April 2027.

• You add your card when you join. It's held securely by Stripe, not by us.
• Billing only starts once we've approved your profile.
• We won't charge it before 15 April 2027, and we'll always email you at least 14 days before your first payment.
• If we approve your profile close to or after 15 April 2027, your first payment is 15 days after your approval, so you still get your 14 days.
• Cancel before then and you'll never pay a cent.

After that it's monthly:

No lock-in. Cancel any time.

So your membership carries straight on when the free period ends, without you having to come back and set anything up. Your card is held by Stripe, a secure payment company. We never see or store your full card number. Nothing is charged before 15 April 2027. (Some banks show a small temporary hold, $0 to $1, when a card is saved. It disappears on its own.)

No. Dinnerz will never email or text you asking for card or bank details. Payments only ever go through Stripe on our site. If you get a message like that, don't reply or click its links. Open Dinnerz yourself (type dinnerz.com.au) and check My Account → Membership & billing, then let us know at hello@dinnerz.com.au. We say this in your welcome email and your payment reminders too.

Your first payment is on 15 April 2027, or 15 days after we approve your profile if that's later (or when a free period from a code ends). We'll always email you at least 14 days before. After that, it's the same date each month. You can always see the date in My Account → Membership & billing.

On the last step of joining, tap "🎟️ Got a code? Enter it here" before you tap Join. A code only counts if you enter it when you join. It can't be added afterwards.

• If a member shared a table with you, your first month is already free. If you also type a code, the code is used instead.
• You still add your card with a code, so your membership carries on when the free time ends. We'll email you before your first payment, and you can cancel any time before then.

Nothing is charged, and we remove your card from Stripe. We'll email you to let you know.

Complete your profile by 31 January 2027 and you pay $16 (Solo) or $24 (Couple) a month for as long as your membership continues. A pause doesn't affect it. If you cancel and come back later, it's the standard rate on the day you rejoin.

Yes. We email you a receipt after every payment.

• We'll email you, and Stripe will try again over the next few days.
• If it still hasn't gone through after 7 days, we'll put your membership on hold. You can still log in, and any seats you've already booked stay booked, but you can't take a new seat or organise a dinner until it's paid.
• Update your card any time in My Account → Membership & billing → Update card.

In My Account → Membership & billing → Update card. You type the new card into the secure Stripe box on that page. For a couple, only the partner whose card pays for the membership can change it.

Yes, for one month, once each calendar year (January to December). Handy if you're going away.

• Go to My Account → Membership & billing → Pause my membership.
• Your pause starts that day and ends on the same date next month. Pause on the 16th, and you're back on the 16th of the following month, automatically.
• Your next payment is skipped. Before you confirm, the screen tells you exactly which payment is skipped and when your payments carry on, for example: "Your payment on 20 June is skipped. Your membership switches back on by itself on 16 July, and your next payment is 20 July." We email you the same details.
• While you're paused you can't take a seat or organise a dinner. If you hold seats at dinners during that month, the screen lists them, and they're cancelled when you pause (the usual seat rules apply).
• You keep your founding rate.
• You can pause again from 1 January the next year.
• A few days before your payments start again, we'll email you a reminder with the date and the amount.
• Pausing starts once your payments do. During the free period there's nothing to pause.

You can cancel any time, with no cancellation fee. Go to My Account → Membership & billing → Cancel Membership, and choose one of these:

1. Keep it to the end of the month. Your membership runs until the end of the month you've paid for, then stops. No more charges. Any seats you hold at dinners after that date are cancelled straight away (no strike, unless that dinner is already booked and less than 48 hours away).
2. Cancel now. It stops straight away, and your seats are cancelled. There's no refund for the rest of the month.

If you cancel before your first payment, nothing is charged.

• For a couple, either of you can cancel, and it ends the membership for you both. We'll email the other partner to let them know.
• Your founding rate isn't kept if you cancel.
• We'll ask why you're leaving, but you don't have to answer.

When your membership ends, your account closes. You can't log in, and your profile no longer shows anywhere on Dinnerz. If you'd like to come back later, you're very welcome. Just sign up again (it takes about 10 minutes) with a new profile, your card and your preferences, at the rate on the day you rejoin. We don't bring back your old profile or settings.

If we have to end your membership, we'll refund that month's fee. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law always apply.

Yes, and you'll always know exactly where you're going.

• Dinnerz tables: we post them on What's On with the restaurant, date and time. Take a seat if it suits you. Once seats close, we book the restaurant and let you know when it's confirmed.
• Member tables: organised by other members on Make Plans. You see where and when before you join.
• Your own night out: book a partner restaurant from the Restaurants page for yourself, your partner or friends.

Many partner restaurants offer Dinnerz members a discount off the total table bill. Each restaurant chooses its own: how much, and which nights (some offer different amounts on different nights, or a special for set dates). Some don't offer one.

• On a restaurant's card you'll see what it offers, for example "20% Mon–Tue · 15% Wed–Thu · 10% Fri–Sun".
• On a dinner on What's On, the star shows the discount for that night. When you organise a dinner on Make Plans, your preview shows the discount for the date you pick.
• It applies to Dinnerz tables and to your own bookings made through the Restaurants page. Booking directly with the restaurant, or walking in, doesn't get the member discount.
• It comes off the total table bill, so everyone's share is a bit less. Then you each pay for what you had (see "How does the bill work?"). Let your server know you're with Dinnerz at the start of the night.

What it can look like: at a restaurant offering 10%, a $70 dinner saves you $7, and a $250 birthday dinner for five saves $25. Every restaurant sets its own amount and nights, so check its card before you book.

Yes, just for you, you and your partner, or a group of friends. Open a partner restaurant on the Restaurants page and tap Request a Booking. Pick the date, time and how many, and we'll ask the restaurant for you. We'll email you as soon as they reply, usually within 24 hours, and it shows in My Bookings. Restaurants ask for a name and mobile on every booking, so we give them yours for that booking (the same as booking with them directly). The member discount for that night applies. Plans changed? Cancel it in My Bookings so they can give the table to someone else.

Yes:

• Monday to Thursday dinners: seats close at 12pm the business day before (a Monday dinner closes 12pm the Friday before).
• Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holiday dinners: seats close at 12pm the Wednesday before.
• The same times apply when you book a restaurant for your own night out.

That's when we send the booking to the restaurant, so they have time to plan.

You pay the restaurant directly at the end of the night. Dinnerz never takes payments at the table.

The restaurant brings one bill to the table, with the member discount already taken off if they offer one. Then you sort it out based on what you had.

The rule: ordered it, ate it or drank it, you pay for it. Anything the table shares, you pay your share.

If everyone's happy to split it evenly, that's fine, but nobody has to. If the table can't agree, the rule wins.

Whoever organises a table chooses how it eats:

• Order your own: everyone picks their own meal.
• Order your own, or share: order your own, or share some dishes with the table if you like. You'll sort it out on the night.
• Sharing night: banquet style. A range of dishes comes out for the table and everyone has a bit of each, with no individual meals. Good if you like trying a bit of everything.

In your profile, tell us whether you're happy to share plates. If you'd rather order your own, you won't be shown sharing nights.

Choosing together is part of the fun. You'll know the cuisine (Italian, Thai, seafood, steak) before you book, and you're welcome to check the restaurant's own website beforehand.

• Dietary preferences (like vegetarian, vegan or halal) and allergies or intolerances (like nuts, shellfish or coeliac) are separate questions in your profile.
• What's On only shows you tables at restaurants that say they can cater for your preferences.
• If you tick that we may pass it on (a separate tick, off unless you turn it on), we tell the restaurant how many guests at your table have each need, never your name, so the kitchen knows in advance. We never tell you the restaurant "has you covered".
• When you book a restaurant for your own night out, it's different: the booking is in your name, so any dietary notes you type on the booking form go to the restaurant with your name.
• Restaurant cards show what each one says it caters for. If you book a table at a restaurant that hasn't said it caters for your need, we'll let you know before you book, and in your emails.
• Always tell your server about any allergy when you order, and ask them to check with the kitchen. If you carry an EpiPen, bring it.

We pass on what you share, but we don't prepare food and can't guarantee any meal is free of an allergen.

No. Seats are personal. If you can't make it, cancel in My Dinnerz so the table and the restaurant know.

What's On shows the tables that suit your profile, from the Dinnerz team and from other members. Dinnerz tables carry the flaming Z plate. Member tables show the organiser's first name and their invite. Full tables stay up until the night with a stamp, so you can see what you missed. What's On uses your preferences to decide which dinners to show, and some tables may already be full. Not seeing much? Check your nights, cuisines, interests and age range (see the next question).

Start with your profile. Try:

• widening your age range
• ticking more cuisines (or Any — I'm easy)
• ticking more interests (anything you're curious about counts)
• choosing more of the nights you're free

The more open your settings, the more tables you'll see.

Find a table you like and tap Join the table. At a Solo table, it's one seat per person: if you and your partner both want to go, you each book your own. At a Couples table, two seats are booked together. (Your profile needs to be approved first, usually within 24 hours of signing up.)

You'll get an email straight away saying you're on the table. When seats close, we ask the restaurant, and once they say yes you'll get a "You're booked" email with the address and a calendar invite.

• Your dinners are in My Account → My Dinnerz. Tap View table on What's On to see who's coming.
• When the restaurant confirms: you get "You're booked", with the restaurant, the address and a map link, the time, the restaurant's phone number in case you're running late, and a calendar invite.
• About 48 hours before: we email you who's at your table, by first name, for example "Bob & Betty, Jess, Mon and John", with the time and address again.
• On the day: if anything changes, we'll let you know by email, and by text if your dinner is called off that day.

From there, just show up and enjoy.

Only if your dinner is called off on the day itself, so you don't turn up for nothing. Everything else comes by email, so keep an eye on your inbox (and junk folder). Please don't reply to a text or ring the number. Email hello@dinnerz.com.au instead.

The morning after a dinner, we'll email you one private question: "Who would you sit with again?" It's in My Dinnerz too. Pick an answer for each person or couple at your table, or leave them blank. Whatever you pick, they won't be told.

• Not for me: we won't seat you together ever again. Once saved, it can't be changed. If you made a genuine mistake, email us.
• Either way: nothing changes.
• Happily: you enjoyed their company.
• My kind of people: if they feel the same, we may let you know from time to time when they organise a dinner.

Couples answer once for both of you. Your answers are private: only the Dinnerz team can see them, and we use them to plan who sits together.

It lets you organise your own dinner. Choose a Social Dinnerz (good company, or a themed night like Mums Night Out, Empty Nesters or New to the Gold Coast) or an Interest Dinnerz (pick a category, then name your topic, like German Shepherd owners, growing up in the 80s or AI at work). You set the restaurant, the date, the table size, who it's for and how the table eats, and write a short invite. Members it suits can then take a seat.

Open Make Plans (in the menu, or the + button on your phone) and choose Social Dinnerz or Interest Dinnerz. Pick the restaurant, date and time, then fill in the rest. Tap 💡 Give me some ideas for help with your invite. The preview shows exactly how your table will look on What's On, including the discount for that night. It goes straight onto What's On for members it suits.

You can post your table now, for any date from Monday 11 January 2027. Dates before then are greyed out on the calendar. The earlier you post it, the more members will see it and grab a seat. Before then, Dinnerz, our founders Jase and Ady, and a few of our very first members are putting on early dinners in November and December, so come along, meet us and see what it's all about.

Yes. When you post, you choose who it's for, and that decides who can join:

• Couples only: couples fill the seats, and you go together.
• Solo only: solo diners only. Even if you're in a couple, you can post a Solo night under your own login, like a Dads Night Out.
• Anyone welcome: solo diners and couples both.

You don't have to be single to go to a Solo night.

The restaurant, date and time, table size (3 to 8), who it's for (Solo only, Couples only or Anyone welcome), an age range and a short invite. For a Social Dinnerz, a life stage (or Just a Social Dinner); for an Interest Dinnerz, a category and your topic. And how the table eats: Order your own, Order your own, or share, or a Sharing night. Your choices work as a filter, so your table only shows to members it suits. If Jess hasn't ticked Italian, she won't see your Italian night.

Cancel any time for free until your dinner's booked and it's under 48 hours away. After that, or if you don't turn up, it's a strike. Two strikes in a year and we'll have a chat. Emergencies happen, just tell us.

• You cancel from My Dinnerz. Cancelling a couple's booking cancels both seats.
• When you take a seat, the table and the restaurant are counting on you, so please treat it like any booking in your diary.

Only two things: cancelling inside 48 hours after the restaurant has confirmed your table, or not turning up. Cancelling before then is always free. If you organise a dinner and don't turn up, or you cancel late and the dinner can't go ahead, it can count as two.

• One strike: we'll let you know by email.
• Two in 12 months: we'll have a chat about your membership, and we may pause or end it.
• Strikes drop off after 12 months.

If you have to cancel late because of a real emergency, email hello@dinnerz.com.au and tell us what happened. We won't ask for a doctor's certificate. We'll take your word for it and remove the strike. A simple change of plans doesn't count.

If too many people cancel and the table gets too small, we may have to call the dinner off. We'll let you know straight away, and it never counts against you. If someone can't make it but your table's still going ahead, we'll let you know.

Yes, any time. Your dining preferences, interests, dietary needs, suburb and contact details update straight away.

• New photos are checked automatically, and most go live within moments. A few get a quick look from us.
• Name changes are checked by us, usually within 24 hours.
• Changing your email needs a quick confirm from your new inbox.

Go to My Account and tap Change password. We'll email you a secure link to set a new one. If you don't see it within a few minutes, check your junk folder.

Tap Forgot password on the login page and we'll email you a link. Still stuck? Email hello@dinnerz.com.au and we'll sort it out personally.

Cancelling your membership closes your account (see "What happens to my account when I cancel?"). If you'd also like your personal details deleted, email hello@dinnerz.com.au from the email on your account, and we'll remove your profile, photos and preferences within 30 days. We keep a small amount of information for safety and legal reasons (like records of reports, strikes, payments and the emails we've sent you) for as long as our Privacy Policy says. Any subscription stops at the same time.

Only if you tick the box to say yes, and you can unsubscribe from any of them. Emails about your bookings and your membership aren't marketing, so they'll always come.

If you're in danger, call 000 first. Otherwise email hello@dinnerz.com.au, or use Something happened that wasn't OK after your dinner. We'll reply within 24 hours on weekdays. We take every report seriously, and we never tell the other person who reported them.

Email hello@dinnerz.com.au, and Jase, Ady or the team will get back to you personally, usually within 24 hours on weekdays.

We don't have a phone line for members. We're a small team, and email lets us give every question a proper answer. Email hello@dinnerz.com.au (or message us on Instagram) and we'll get back to you personally, usually within 24 hours on weekdays.

On the night of your dinner, if something's not right at the table, tell the restaurant staff. They have our number and will get hold of us straight away. If anyone is in danger, call 000 first.