123 Restaurants That Give You Free Food on Your Birthday

Signing up for Pretzel Perks gets you a buy-one-get-one-free (BOGO) pretzel deal on your birthday, so bring a friend! Just kidding. Go alone and get two pretzels.

B.come a B.GOOD Rewards member and you’ll land a free meal on your birthday. No questions asked. Except, you know, they might ask if it’s your birthday.

Birthdays are super filling at Club Baja, where you get a free burrito if you’re a rewards member.

Enjoy a free scoop of ice cream from the chain’s creatively named Birthday Club. You’ll get a coupon on your birthday for a 2.5-ounce scoop.

Bd’s promises a free meal on your birthday when you join its eclub.

Membership to the Chef’s Table grants you a $30 gift certificate to be used anytime in your entire birthday month. If there’s any time to get filet mignon hibachi, that time is now.

You’ll get one free dessert when you sign up for the brick-oven pizza chain’s email club.

A free Pizzookie is coming your way on your birthday if you sign up for Premier Rewards Plus. It’s a confusing portmanteau, but, you know, it’s like a pizza… wookie? No, wait. It’s just a huge cookie.

If you join their Prime Club, you’ll get a free steak dinner on your birthday. The catch is, you can only use the deal once in your lifetime. But you also get a free dessert just for joining the club anyway, so it kind of balances out.

You have to join the E-Club and make a purchase to get a “free” Bo-Berry biscuit, but c’mon… have you tried those biscuits?

You’re in for free dessert on your birthday as a Bonefish Grill Insider.

You can get vague “special birthday perks” as a member of the rotisserie chain’s Rotisserie Rewards program.

Your day of birth will grant you one free bagel and your choice of cream cheese when you sign up for its email club.

Snag a spot in the Buffalo Circle to enjoy a free snack-size order of traditional or boneless wings with your choice of sauce during a two-week window around your birthday. That’s up to an $11.49 value… wild!  

Save your birthday dough as a member of the CPK rewards program and enjoy a free treat during your birthday month.

Finally, a birthday gift that doesn’t require your email address! Show up at the Capital Grille on your birthday for a complimentary dessert to cap off your meal. Free, free of spam emails, and fancy.

Score a free appetizer or dessert any time during the month of your birthday when you join the Amici Club. It sounds like a secret society out of a Dan Brown novel, but it’s actually just a rewards program.

Enjoy a free small cone if you’re a Fudgie Fanatic. Look, we don’t name these things.

The ever-benevolent Checkers will grant you one free small milkshake on your birthday if you’re a rewards member.

Tell your server it’s your birthday (you gotta prove it, too), and you’ll get a free treat (and a song!). You’re welcome (and sorry).

It offers a free meal on your birthday, plus a free appetizer right away when you sign up for the email list.

If you’re a My Chili’s Reward member like Michael Scott, you’ll get a free dessert on your birthday. It’s so great it almost makes you want to sing parody versions of popular songs.

Chipotle Rewards promises it “won’t forget you on your birthday.” Rewards members get a free order of chips and guac when they spend at least $5 on their birthday.

Club Cinnabon gives revelers a coupon for a free treat. Word on the street is that the treat varies throughout the year.

What’s better than ice cream with a friend on your birthday? A deal for your ice cream and your friend’s ice cream on your birthday — because you joined the My Cold Stone Club and collected your BOGO offer.

If you’re a Club member, you’ll snag a free dessert on the day of your birth.

Join the Corner eCafe and treat yo’self to a free birthday pastry.

This probably isn’t your top choice for a meal on your birthday, but what if we told you it’d give you both a free dessert and a song? It’s your birthday. You do you.

This beloved Midwestern butter burger joint will give you one free sundae on your birthday if, and only if, you join its “club.”

Fans of the dessert served upside down, rejoice. Drop your birthday into the DQ mobile app to get a BOGO Blizzard offer for your big day.

Snag a free premium milkshake on your birthday if you join its Del Yeah! Rewards club. If you’re not pairing tacos with milkshakes on your birthday, you’re doing it wrong.

Score a free Grand Slam — just for being born. You don’t have to hand over your email address.

There’s a promise of a free reward on your birthday and the anniversary of the date you sign up for the rewards program at Dickey’s.

The “ice cream of the future” is weirdly nostalgic, just like birthdays. Head down memory lane as a member of the Dot Crazy! Email Club with free Dippin’ Dots on your special day.

Use the Duck Donuts Rewards program app to get a free donut on your birthday.

On other occasions, you’re probably the one giving the fancy chocolate. But on your birthday, you should be receiving the chocolate. Sign up for the GODIVA rewards program and get a free birthday offer that varies month to month. Surprises are fun!

The gyro maestro’s will offering you a “special treat” on your birthday when you’re part of The Halal Guys Rewards.

Join Halo Rewards to snag an unspecific perk when your birthday rolls around. It’s like you’ve been blessed by a ground beef angel.

Hit up the birthday party dream destination of many a 13-year-old boy for 10 free wings as a member of the Hooters e-club.

The International Bank of Pancakes rewards program is a weird play on Bitcoin, kind of. It’s confusing. Not confusing? That’s the part where you get free pancakes on your birthday.

Flash this coupon like the birthday boss you are for two free tacos.

Break down and become an insider so you can sip a free juice or smoothie on your birthday.

You’ll get a free sub and a drink when you sign up for the sub chain’s email club.

You’ll have to trust them on this one because it’s a bit vague. If you join Freaky Fast Rewards, Jimmy John’s says “we may even surprise you on your birthday (wink, wink).”

The Hot Rewards program promises to dish up a free dessert for you on your birthday.

You’ll catch one free appetizer on your birthday if you sign up for the delightfully named “Joe’s Catch” newsletter.

Stop into Johnny Rockets the week of your birthday and grab a free burger with the purchase of an entree and drink as a member of the Rocket eClub.

Join the simply-named Birthday Club to get a free slice of cheesecake with the purchase of a lunch or dinner entrée. You have seven days before and after your birthday to claim your prize.

As a friend of Krispy Kreme, you get a free donut on your birthday. If you’re lucky, the donut shop will have its birthday cake donut on hand.

Not only will you get a free appetizer when you sign up for a Longhorn Account, you’ll also get a free dessert on your birthday.

At Jimmy Buffett’s Jimmy Buffett-themed restaurant, you’ll get a free scoop of ice cream (plus toppings) just for showing up. It’s every Parrot Head’s dream, aside from living in Margaritaville.

You can pick up a free Happy Meal on your birthday if you sign up for McDonald’s email newsletter. Oh, and also, you have to be a kid to qualify. So, maybe save this one for your kid’s birthday.

Melting Pot offers free chocolate-covered strawberries when you sign up for its online club. Just make sure you fondue it (sorry) before your birthday so the free treat arrives in time.

After you’ve stuffed yourself with free food everywhere else, Mimi’s offers a free Mixed Berry Muffin Sundae for dessert if you’re an EClub member.

Download the Moe’s mobile app to get a free burrito. Oh, and you get a free order of nachos just for joining the loyalty program.

Sign up for Landry’s Select Club to score a free dessert and $25 reward card on your birthday. We’re not sure who Landry is, but they seem awfully nice.

If you become part of the Noodles Family, you get a free bowl of noodles on your cake day.

Join the email list to get a free Bundtlet as a birthday deal. It’s an individually packaged miniature Bundt Cake.

The birthday freebie here is delightfully vague, but you’ll get something on your big day from the O’Club.

Unlimited breadsticks and a free dessert on your birthday? That is surely worth tolerating annoying promotional emails.

Reward members who stop by on their birthday get “a special surprise, on the house.” A representative tells Thrillist you can grab that perk within a few days of your birthday. Though, the details on what you’re getting are on the border of being specific.

“Let’s go Outback tonight,” is what you should say if it’s your birthday. Not really, but you might want to since it’ll give you a free kids-sized vanilla sundae. You’ll have Of Montreal stuck in your head all day, too.

The Orange Leaf Rewards program serves up $3 off frozen yogurt for your birthday.

On your birthday, you can choose any entree for free with the purchase of another entree, which is great for birthday dates. Or when you want to celebrate by eating twice. The choice is yours as a member of P.F. Chang’s Preferred.

As if you need another treat at this point, the double bread bowl maker will throw you a free pastry if you’re a MyPanera member.

When you sign up for the pizza shop’s rewards program, you’re signing up for a free pizza on your birthday. It’s hard to argue with that.

Sign up for Peetnik rewards (get it? eh?) and get a free coffee on your birthday.

Sign up for a Pinkcard to get free frozenyogurt on your big day.

All you have to do is have an online ordering account with Pizza Hut to get delivered free hot and fresh cinnamon sticks on your birthday.

Slurp a free smoothie as a Birthday Club member, and with a name like that, who wouldn’t want to be a Birthday Club member.

Prepare to be so full on your birthday. Qdoba Rewards members get a BOGO birthday burrito deal.

Q-Club members can stick a candle in a free cookie. Or just eat it. Yeah, don’t bother with the candle.

Fresh Catch Clubbers get a birthday freebie chosen at random. Honestly, we’d be happy if it’s just an order of Cheddar Bay Biscuits.

Join Club Mango for $5 off your birthday purchase.

Head over to Rita’s on your day of birth, and it’ll reward you with a free scoop of ice cream, Italian ice, or custard.

My Sonic rewards get you a free birthday treat, which — beware — is typically chosen at random.

As a member of the Turbo Team, err, I mean Q’ Crew, you’ll get a free Big Deal Combo on your birthday. Bring your own birthday bib.

Join the chain’s club, get a free Malibu chicken. It’s so simple, you’ll have plenty of time to hit a bunch of other places for free birthday food.

Use the Cheddar Fries Rewards app to — drumroll — get a free order of Cheddar Fries for your birthday.

Every cupcake shop should plop a free cupcake in your hand on your birthday. Thankfully, that’s exactly what happens at Sprinkles. Huzzah!

Starbucks Rewards members get a free food item or beverage of their choice on their birthday.

You should certainly sign up for Steak ‘n Shake’s email list before your birthday because you’ll be gifted a double-steak burger with cheese fries.

There’s a promise of a “birthday surprise” when you join My TC.

Join myTCBY for free frozen yogurt on your birthday.

Even a lame Wednesday birthday will feel like a Friday, thanks to the free dessert you’ll get with the purchase of an entree during your birthday month.

The burrito shop’s loyalty program doesn’t say what you’re getting. It does, however, promise “a birthday surprise” when your big day rolls around.

Join Uno’s Insider Club to get uno free dessert on your birthday.

The Waffle House Regulars Club rewards members a free birthday waffle.

Use the app to get a free pretzel for your birthday.

On your birthday, get one free Justaburger just by signing up for the loyalty program.

Join Vibe Club Rewards to get a free seven-inch sandwich on your birthday.

The house of hot dogs doesn’t give away the game. It’s not clear what you’re getting on your birthday if you sign up for the suggestively titled Wiener Lovers’ Club, but it does promise a free meal on your birthday.

Sign up for the creatively named The Club to get a free order of fries.

When you join Yogurtland’s Real Rewards program, you’ll get a three-ounce frozen yogurt right away, and another on your birthday. It’s a real double-whammy, but the good kind.

By joining Zaxby’s email club, you’ll not only secure a free sandwich meal deal, you also get a free Nibbler (a chicken slider sandwich) on your birthday.