Eat Out To Help Out: ‘It is a really good idea - we need to get people through the door’

The Eat Out To Help Out Scheme offers diners the opportunity to get a 50% discount (up to £10) on food or non-alcoholic drinks Monday to Wednesday throughout August.

Dozens of places from cafes and pubs to fine dining restaurants and hotels across Peterborough have registered to take part - look out for the Eat Out To Help Out sticker in the window.

Damian Wawrzyniak has welcomed the initiative and has registered his House of Feasts restaurant at Eye Green.

The chef, recently named as a regional finalist in the Food and Drink category of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, says the scheme has already made a difference on bookings.

“ I cannot complain one bit,” he said. “It will give people a bit of a push, an incentive, to go out and help us in the food and drink industry. It is a really good idea We need to get people through the door and when they get here they will get a better deal for good food.”

Ever flexible, during lockdown Damian never stopped and turned his restaurant into a deli, did takeaways and deliveries, and even now is planning longer hours to cope with the demand created by Eat Out To Help Out.

He will even be featuring Spanish tapas on his menus over the summer for those who might be missing their annual summer visit to Spain.

“It had made a difference, absolutely, “ he said. “We are flat out, Monday to Wednesday (when the scheme runs) for the first three weeks in August. And we will be staying open a couple of hours later in the evenings to get more people in.

“The three months of no restaurant customers in the place was tough, although we opened as a deli and that has led to a lot of new customers since we reopened - local people coming now for breakfast, to use the deli and visit for dinner.

“It is like a new beginning.”

At all participating venues, at the end of your visit the discount will be deducted from each customer’s bill - and the venue can claim it back from the Government.

The discount is up to a maximum of £10 per diner every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between August 3 and 31, and you can eat out as many times as you like . You cannot claim discount on alcoholic drinks or service charges, however.

The discount will be automatically available to you at participating establishments. Establishments will then claim a reimbursement from the government for the discount they’ve given you.

All diners in a group of any size can use the discount.

Participating establishments may include: restaurants, cafés, bars or pubs,etc .

Those currently registered to be taking part in and across the Peterborough area include:

Gurkha Durbaar, Broadway Peterborough city centre.

Inari Sushi and Grill, Broadway, Peterborough city centre.

2020 World Buffet, New Road, Peterborough city centre.

Banyan Tree, Westgate, Peterborough city centre.

XOXO, King Street, Peterborough city centre.

Gurkha Lounge, Stewartby Avenue, Hampton Vale.

Chubby Castor, Castor.

Embe, Cowgate, Peterborough city centre.

Tavan, Lincoln Road, Peterborough city centre.

Bombay Brasserie, Broadway, Peterborough city centre.

Pizza Parlour, Cowgate, Peterborough city centre.

Cherry House, Werrington village.

The Ladz, Cowgate, Peterborough city centre.

Flame, Broadway, Peterborough city centre.

House of Feasts, Eye Green.

Blue Bell, Werrington Village.

Bluebell, Glinton village.

Dog in a Doublet, Northside, near Whittlesey.

Turtle Bay, St John’s Square, Peterborough city centre.

The Chalkboard, Peterborough Embankment.

Mattoni, Eye village.

Mattoni, Stewartby Avenue, Hampton Vale.

Pack Horse, Northborough.

The Square, Market Deeping.

Iron Horse Ranchhouse, Market Deeping.

Deeping Stage, Market Deeping.

Drapers Arms, Cowgate, Peterborough city centre.

Middleton’s Steak House and Grill, Bridge Street, Peterborough city centre.

Salamis, Broadway, Peterborough city centre.

Golden Pheasant, Etton.

Paper Mills, Wansford.

Cote Brasserie, Church Street, Peterborough city centre.

Forty Two, Broadway, Peterborough city centre.

The Solstice, Northminster, Peterborough city centre.

 Farooj Restaurant, Park Road, Peterborough city centre.

Taj Mahal, Lincoln Road, Peterborough city centre.

Berneliu Uzeiga, Park Road, Peterborough city centre.

MD Coffee, City Road, Peterborough city centre.

Parrotts Fish Parlour, Hereward Cross, Peterborough city centre.

Bull Hotel, Westgate, Peterborough city centre.

Wimpy, Westgate, Peterborough city centre.

Chopstix, Long Causeway, Peterborough city centre.

The Brewery Tap, Westgate, Peterborough city centre.

Bean Around BE.AR. Cathedral Square, Peterborough city centre.

Queens Head, Queen Street, Peterborough city centre.

Tap and Tandoor, Peterborough City Centre.

Heavenly Desserts, Cowgate, Peterborough city centre.

Bewiched Coffee, Bridge Street, Peterborough city centre.

Kaspas Desserts, Bridge Street, Peterborough city centre.

The Great Northern Hotel, Station Approach, Peterborough city centre.

Double Bubble Tea, Rivergate Arcade, Peterborough city centre.

Rico’s Coffee Shop, Rivergate Arcade, Peterborough city centre.

Fratelli Tavola Calda, Rivergate Arcade, Peterborough city centre.

Charters, Town Bridge, Peterborough city centre.

East, Town Bridge, Peterborough city centre.

Ferraris cafe, Mayors Walk.

Baan Thai, Oundle Road.

Roti food bar, Lincoln Road.

Ibrahimi, Sycamore Avenue.

The Dragonfly Hotel, Thorpe Meadows.

Honey Bees, Paston Lane.

The Fayre Spot, The Cresset, Bretton.

Dobbies, Hampton.

Crown Inn, Elton.

White Hart, Ufford.

Black Horse, Elton.

Queen’s Head, Nassington.

 Moorhen, Hampton Vale.

Apple Cart, Cardea.

l Branches of McDonald’s, Subway, KFC, Burger King and Starbucks are also participating.