Est Italian United Kingdom gift cards

The Est Italian card gives recipients in the United Kingdom their choice of more than 180 restaurants, grouped under brands such as Bella Italia, Chiquito, Las Iguanas, The Banana Tree and Frankie & Benny’s. It is a flexible dining-out reward, rather than a card tied to one chain, so it suits teams, customer thank-yous and research incentives where people have different tastes. The card is valid for 24 months calculated from the last date of use, and is denominated in pounds sterling with any value from £1 to £250 chosen at the time of purchase.

Recipients use the card at participating restaurants across the UK. It is a physical dining product, so it fits people who can visit one of the locations in person. This is worth checking before you choose it for a fully remote group: if your earners, employees or study participants are spread across the country, many will be near a participating restaurant, but the card is not redeemable for online ordering or grocery shopping.

When sending through GIFQ you can order the Est Italian card in bulk from the dashboard or individually via the API. Common uses include paying out earnings to people in the UK, rewarding a team with a meal out, thanking customers, or compensating research participants with something more personal than cash. The amount is set per card, with the same £1 to £250 range regardless of order size.

The card is for the UK market only and cannot be used in other countries. If you need to reward people outside the UK, you will need a different card for that market. The Est Italian card values are always in GBP, and there is no option to load a different currency.

Before sending a large batch, it is sensible to read the full terms on the Big Table Group website. The key practical point is the 24-month expiry from the last use, which gives recipients a generous window but still requires them to visit a restaurant before it lapses.

For a UK-based audience, Est Italian is a solid middle ground between a single-brand card and a generic prepaid card. It offers real choice within casual dining, which works well for a thank-you or a one-off reward, while keeping the logistics simple for the sender.