Frequently Asked Questions

DealsBanana is a coupon marketplace in the United States for biryani, mithai, chai, and more — restaurants, sweet shops, cafés, bakeries, and beyond. Businesses publish coupons and special offers; diners browse, claim a coupon, and redeem it in person. Every business is verified.

Find a coupon you like, claim it, and you get a QR code. Show the QR when you visit and staff scan it to apply your discount. Most coupons are free to claim; some carry a small claim price — either way you redeem in person.

Percentage off, fixed-dollar off, free item, BOGO (buy one get one), slow-day and happy-hour specials, punch cards, prepaid packs and end-of-day Last Call boxes. Use the filters on the coupon browse page to narrow by type, discount, expiry, category, or business.

Each business declares whether it is halal-certified, and coupons can be tagged accordingly. Look for the green "Halal" badge on a business's card. We rely on the business's self-declaration — when in doubt, ask directly.

Every coupon shows its validity window and expiry. Restaurants can also add conditions — specific days or times, dine-in vs. takeout, a minimum spend, or blackout dates — those are shown on the coupon and checked automatically the moment you redeem.

It depends on what you are claiming. Most coupons are free to claim, and you pay the restaurant in person when you redeem. Some coupons carry a small claim price, and prepaid vouchers, meetup tickets, catering and event-space deposits, and LunchBox office lunch are paid up front on DealsBanana — the price is always shown before you commit. When you redeem a coupon, the meal itself is settled with the restaurant.

Businesses confirm their listing from public business data when they sign up, and paying for a plan is what activates an account. Our agents review for fraud in the background and a human steps in only to block illegitimate accounts — legitimate businesses are never held up by a manual queue.

Visit /register, confirm your business and pick your category — restaurant, sweets & mithai, café, bakery, and more — (we auto-fill the details), and subscribe to a plan — about two clicks. Then describe a deal in plain words and our agents draft the coupon image and copy for you to tweak and publish.

Businesses pay a flat monthly subscription to publish coupons. Your plan sets how many active coupons you can run and which offer types you can use. There is no per-order commission, ever — the in-store sale stays yours. See /pricing for current plans.

Yes. DealsBanana publishes structured data so your live coupons can surface in web search and inside AI assistants — diners asking an AI for "biryani coupons near me" or "mithai deals near me" can discover your offers and link back to claim them.

Deals, meetups and catering are live across the United States, city by city as businesses join; LunchBox office lunch is in Dallas–Fort Worth. If your city has nothing yet, check back — new businesses join every week.

A ticketed evening at a local restaurant — a biryani tasting, a chai pe charcha, a singles or ladies night. Some are free, some paid, some pay-at-venue; the ticket page says which. Your QR pass is scanned at the door.

Post what you need (guests, date, cuisine, city) and matching caterers send quotes. You can ask them questions on the platform without sharing your number. Accept one, pay the deposit, and the introduction is made. The balance is paid later.

Only once your booking is confirmed. Until then every message goes through DealsBanana with phone numbers and emails removed automatically — for both of you.

Restaurants that deliver to your building post three options each morning. Order before their cutoff, pay online or with prepaid lunches, and you get a message when the driver has left it at reception. Tap "I collected it" when you have it.

Buy a pack of lunches from a restaurant — 5, 10, 20 or more — and each pre-order uses one. Twenty or more earns an extra discount the restaurant sets. Unused lunches stay on your pack until it expires; a standing order can use them every weekday automatically.

A restaurant's end-of-day surplus, offered as a discounted box. You claim it like any coupon and collect it before they close. Quantities are small and it is first come, first served.

If a prepaid voucher goes unredeemed, its value is returned to your DealsBanana wallet after 60 days, to spend on anything else.

Redeem a coupon in person, or refer a friend from your account page — when they claim their first coupon you both earn. Points are spent on more deals.

DealsBanana's assistant. Ask in plain words — "cheap biryani near Frisco tonight", "a caterer for 40 people on the 12th" — and she searches deals, meetups and posters, and can post a catering request for you. You can talk instead of type.

No. One booking per space per date is enforced by the database itself, not by a check that could race. A date held for an enquiry releases itself if the conversation goes nowhere.

Nothing. If you ask for a deposit, they pay it by card and it is shown with its refund window before they pay; the event itself is between you and them.

You do, in your enquiry inbox, as soon as they send it. The lead is not sold, shared with another venue, or held back behind a fee.