With a free membership you can register for dinners and communicate afterward with those you've dined with.

With an upgraded membership you can do what free members do, plus view the profiles of those registered for upcoming dinners, and purchase packages of discounted dinner-for-six credits, which can bring registration fees as low as $11 per dinner instead of the usual $16.

Upgraded membership is $12 for 1 month, $27 for 3 months, or $36 for 6 months. Upgraded memberships revert to free memberships upon expiration. They do not auto-renew, and your credit card information is not saved, so there is no need to worry about recurring charges.

In addition, you will be responsible for the cost of your own food and drink at the restaurant. To help facilitate this we arrange in advance for the restaurants to provide separate checks to everyone in attendance. You will be ordering off the menu and your cost will reflect your actual purchases. Estimated costs as shown on the restaurant details pages are just that, estimates from Zagat.com, and represent their estimate of the cost for one person's dinner with one drink, tax, and gratuity.      

In addition, the system ensures that you do not dine with more than one repeat diner of the opposite sex at any dinner for six. A repeat or two of the same sex, or one of the opposite sex, can actually make the dinner more comfortable and fun, but we want to ensure that there are always new people for you to meet as well since that's a big part of why you're here!

Cancellations are done via the website, in the same manner that you register for a dinner. Visit the specific event details page, either via the link on the main schedule, or via "My Account - Current Registrations", and click "Cancel Registration" at the bottom of the page. You will be immediately removed from the dinner and issued a cancellation receipt email. If you do not receive the email or would otherwise like to ensure that the cancellation completed successfully, visit "My Account" and click "Current Registrations". Only dinners that you are still registered for will be listed.

If you cancel more than 48 hours before a dinner you will receive a dinner-for-six registration fee credited back to your account, which can be used to register for a future dinner of your choice.

The 1st time you cancel less than 48 hours before a dinner you will forfeit the dinner credit used or registration fee paid.

The 2nd time you cancel less than 48 hours before a dinner you will forfeit the dinner credit used or registration fee paid AND forfeit one additional dinner credit AND your account will be suspended for two weeks.

The 3rd time you cancel less than 48 hours before a dinner you will forfeit the dinner credit used or registration fee paid AND forfeit two additional dinner credits AND your account will be suspended for one month.

The 4th time you cancel less than 48 hours before a dinner your account will be permanently deactivated and you will forfeit any remaining membership or dinner credits on your account.

If you cancel less than 24 hours before a dinner, the resulting penalty and/or suspension will be doubled.

No-Shows - If you do not show up at a dinner that you are registered for, or arrive at the restaurant and then leave without joining our group, or arrive at the dinner more than an hour late, and do not at least call us in advance to notify us of your status, then your account will be permanently deactivated and you will forfeit any remaining membership or dinner credits on your account. Things happen, we understand this, but please at least call so we can attempt to mitigate the damage to the dinner for the other participants. Doing so also means the difference for you between a cancellation and a no-show on your record.

Exceptions - The only exception to the cancellation and no-show policy will be for emergencies supported by written documentation. In these cases, you will still forfeit the one dinner credit used or registration fee paid, but you will not be subject to the additional penalties, and the cancellation or no-show will not count on your cancellation record.

Forfeited dinner credits will be deducted from your dinner credit balance. If you do not have sufficient dinner credits in your account, you will be required to purchase credits to pay the penalty before your account will be removed from suspension.

Suspended accounts will forfeit any paid membership for the period of suspension. Upon suspension, any future dinner registrations will be cancelled, and the resulting dinner credits will be returned to your account for future use.

You may remove one cancellation from your history by registering for and attending three dinners in a row without cancelling. You will not be refunded for any penalties or forfeited membership, but you will move up one level, reducing future penalties if you should need to cancel under the deadline again. This may be repeated as necessary to remove additional cancellations.

The goal of the cancellation and no-show policy is to ensure the success of our dinners for the participants who do attend. Please show your fellow members the common courtesy of following through and help make this a fun experience for all involved.

It’s very common for the women’s spots to fill weeks in advance, while many men don’t register until much closer to the dinner. In addition, there's always a lot of member registration and cancellation activity each week as people firm up their plans for the weekend, so don't be alarmed if you see open spaces for a dinner that you are registered for. Dinners that do not have at least two women and two men registered by 48-hours before are canceled, and a dinner credit is returned to your account, which can be used to register for another dinner of your choice. In addition, we start reviewing dinner registrations at one week before, and will consider canceling dinners that are not at least half full by this time, with subjective consideration given to various factors such as the amount of interest received for the particular dinner, restaurant, age group, etc.

If a participant cancels after the 48-hour deadline, we make considerable effort to find a replacement, and usually succeed. It is extremely rare that we would cancel a dinner after the 48-hour confirmation emails have been sent and would only do so if total attendance dropped to less than two women and two men.

Please never assume that a dinner is canceled, as we rely on those registered to keep their commitment while we work on securing replacements or filling any remaining open seats. When a dinner is canceled, it is removed from the website and you are sent an email telling you that it has been canceled, and asking you to reply. If a dinner is canceled on the day it was supposed to take place we will also call you.

If we cancel three or more dinner-for-six events that you are registered for, within a three month period, then you may eligible for a refund. Please see our terms and conditions, linked from the bottom of any webpage, for details.