Booking a meal through a stranger's kitchen table sounds like a leap of faith, but Eatwith has spent over a decade turning that idea into a proper marketplace, and its refer-a-friend scheme is one of the more generous food-and-drink referral offers around. The Eatwith referral programme gives new members money off their first booking, and rewards the person who invited them once that first experience has actually taken place.
This article walks through exactly how the current Eatwith referral code works, what it's worth, who qualifies, and what else you should know before you commit to sharing a table with people you've never met before.
Current verified offer: New Eatwith members get €10 off their first experience booked for €90 or more, using a personal referral code shared by an existing member. The referrer receives €10 credit once the invited friend has attended their first experience. On this page, the code in circulation is
27C70675, and the amount is commonly shown to UK customers as roughly £10 depending on the currency set in your Eatwith profile. To activate it, create an Eatwith account, enter the code at checkout when booking an eligible experience priced at €90 or above, and confirm the discount appears on the order summary before paying. The qualifying action for the referrer's own reward is the invited friend completing (attending) a paid experience, not simply signing up. Offer is aimed at first-time Eatwith customers only, and reward values are set in euros by Eatwith, converting automatically to the currency shown in your account. Visit Eatwith to check the exact terms and current reward value for your account.
Eatwith referral at a glance
| Detail | What applies |
|---|---|
| New customer reward | €10 off first experience (shown as approx. £10 to UK customers) |
| Minimum spend to use the code | Experience priced at €90 or more |
| Referrer reward | €10 credit once the referred friend attends a paid experience |
| Referral code used here | 27C70675 |
| Where to enter it | Promo/referral code field at checkout |
| Who qualifies | First-time Eatwith customers, one redemption per new account |
| Currency | Rewards are denominated in euros; sterling value shown depends on account currency |
How the Eatwith referral works
- Create a free Eatwith account at eatwith.com if you don't already have one.
- Browse experiences by destination, date, cuisine or format (dinners, cooking classes, food tours).
- Choose an experience priced at €90 or more per booking, since the referral discount has a minimum spend attached.
- Proceed to checkout and look for the promo or referral code field.
- Enter 27C70675 and confirm the €10 (roughly £10) discount is reflected in your total before paying.
- Attend the experience as booked — this is what triggers your referrer's own €10 credit on their account.
- If you later want to refer friends yourself, find your personal referral code in the "Refer a Friend" section of your Eatwith profile and share it directly.
Eatwith's referral credit is generated per member profile, so once you've made an account you'll have your own unique code to pass on, separate from the one you used to sign up.
What Eatwith actually is
Eatwith is a global marketplace connecting travellers and locals with home cooks, chefs and food hosts for shared meals, cooking classes and food tours. Rather than booking a table at a conventional restaurant, you're booking a seat at someone's home dinner table, a spot in their kitchen for a hands-on class, or a place on a small-group culinary walking tour led by a local host. The platform operates across a large number of countries and cities worldwide, sitting somewhere between Airbnb Experiences and a supper-club network.
Hosts set their own menus, prices and group sizes, and Eatwith reviews hosts before allowing them to list experiences. That vetting, plus visible guest reviews on every listing, is meant to give some reassurance that you're not walking into a total unknown when you turn up at someone's home.
Pricing and the range of experiences
Prices vary hugely by destination, host and format. A shared home-cooked dinner might run to a moderate price per person, while multi-course tasting menus or classes led by a professional chef can cost considerably more. Eatwith adds its own booking fee on top of what the host charges, which is separate from the experience price itself and won't necessarily be discounted by the referral credit. Because the referral reward only applies to bookings of €90 or more, it's most useful for pricier dinners, group bookings, or cooking classes rather than the cheapest listings on the platform.
Tip: Check the total booking price, including any service fee, before you enter your referral code — the €90 minimum is generally based on the experience price, and it's worth confirming the discount has actually reduced your total on the payment summary screen before you confirm payment.
Eligibility and the small print
- The referral discount is for first-time Eatwith customers only; it won't apply to repeat bookings on an existing account.
- The experience you book with the code needs to be priced at €90 or more for the discount to apply, based on Eatwith's own referral terms.
- Referral credit is personal to the account it's issued to and cannot be transferred to someone else.
- You cannot combine referral credit with other ongoing offers or discounts at the same time.
- The referrer only receives their €10 credit once the invited friend has actually attended the experience, not simply after signing up or booking.
- Reward values are set in euros; UK customers should check the exact value converted to their account currency before booking, since this can vary.
- Cancellation policies are set by individual hosts and vary by listing, so check these before booking — Eatwith won't refund a referral discount separately if you cancel outside a host's terms.
Honest pros and cons
- Pro: A genuinely different way to experience food and culture while travelling, rather than another restaurant booking.
- Pro: The referral reward gives a real discount off a first booking with minimal effort.
- Pro: Hosts are vetted before being allowed to list experiences, and public reviews are visible.
- Pro: Wide coverage across many countries and cities, so the scheme works for most trips.
- Con: The €90 minimum spend rules out the referral discount on smaller, cheaper bookings.
- Con: Quality can vary between hosts since experiences aren't standardised like a restaurant menu.
- Con: Booking fees on top of the host's price mean the overall cost can add up.
- Con: Referrers have to wait until their friend has attended, not just booked, to receive credit.
Tips to make the reward land
Enter the referral code before you pay, not after — like most booking platforms, Eatwith doesn't retroactively apply promo codes to a completed transaction. Make sure the experience you've chosen meets the €90 minimum before assuming the code will work, and double-check the discount has actually reduced your total on the payment summary before confirming. If you're referring friends yourself, remind them to use your specific code at signup rather than a generic one found online, since credit is tied to the code used.
Warning: Because Eatwith experiences take place in a host's own home or venue rather than a licensed restaurant, read a handful of recent reviews before booking rather than relying on the star rating alone, and message the host in advance if you have allergies or dietary requirements that need planning for.
Alternatives worth comparing
| Platform | What it offers |
|---|---|
| Airbnb Experiences | Broader range of activities beyond food, including some cooking and dining experiences |
| Withlocals | Similar concept connecting travellers with local hosts for food tours and home dining |
| Traveling Spoon | Home-cooked meals and cooking classes with local hosts, particularly strong in Asia |
| ToursByLocals | Broader local-guide marketplace that includes food-focused tours in many cities |
Verdict
The Eatwith referral scheme is a straightforward way to shave a real amount off a first booking on a platform that offers something genuinely different from standard restaurant dining, provided the experience you want costs at least €90. If you're travelling somewhere Eatwith operates and were already planning a shared dinner or cooking class, it's worth entering a referral code before you book rather than paying full price for the same experience — and once you've attended, sharing your own code is a simple way to earn credit back for future trips.
Why shared dining appeals to travellers
Eatwith's whole pitch rests on a simple idea: a restaurant meal rarely tells you much about how people in a place actually eat, cook and entertain at home, but a shared dinner in someone's kitchen does. Guests consistently say the food is only half the appeal — conversation with the host, local tips you won't find in a guidebook, and meeting fellow travellers around the same table add up to something a standard restaurant booking can't replicate. That's the real value behind the referral discount: it's a nudge to try a format of travel dining you might not otherwise have booked, at a lower net cost the first time round.
The format also suits a wide range of travel styles. Solo travellers often use Eatwith specifically because a shared table gives them company without the awkwardness of dining alone, while couples and small groups sometimes prefer smaller, more intimate dinners with just one host and a handful of other guests. Families travelling with children can usually filter listings to find hosts who welcome younger guests, though it's worth checking with the host directly if that matters to your booking.
Booking with confidence
Because you're trusting a host's own home or private venue rather than a regulated, inspected restaurant, it's worth spending a few minutes reading recent reviews properly rather than just glancing at the star rating. Look for comments on portion sizes, how the host handled dietary requests, and whether the experience matched the listing description. Eatwith's built-in messaging function lets you contact a host before booking, and it's there for a reason — use it if anything about a listing isn't clear, particularly around allergens, seating arrangements or what's actually included in the price.
It's also sensible to check exactly what's included before you commit. Some listings include all drinks and a full multi-course meal in the headline price, while others charge separately for wine or additional courses. Because the €90 minimum spend for the referral discount is based on the experience price, understanding what that figure actually buys you helps you judge whether a booking is genuinely good value once the discount is applied.
How the two-sided reward compares to other referral schemes
Eatwith's give-and-get structure is fairly typical of consumer marketplace referral programmes: the new customer gets a discount to try the service, and the existing customer is rewarded only once that trial has genuinely converted into a completed booking, rather than merely a sign-up. This protects Eatwith from paying out rewards for accounts that never actually transact, but it also means referrers need a bit of patience — the credit doesn't land until after the friend's experience has taken place, which could be weeks or months after they first used the code.
For UK users specifically, the fact that rewards are set in euros rather than sterling is worth bearing in mind. The value converts automatically based on the currency set in your Eatwith profile, so the exact number you see at checkout may fluctuate slightly with exchange rates rather than being a fixed £10 figure at all times.
