This BIG list of restaurant birthday freebies makes it easy to celebrate and enjoy your birthday without spending a dime! Hurray for you!
My son and I recently celebrated our birthdays which are two days apart. One of the things that we have fun doing each is year is enjoying our free birthday food together. Believe it or not, lots of restaurants offer free food- sometimes an entire meal!- for your birthday. All you have to do is sign up for the offer.
Here’s a list of birthday freebies- two of which actually aren’t food. Sign up and enjoy some free yumminess on your next birthday. Just don’t blame me if you gain some weight in doing so!
TOTALLY FREE FOOD
- A&W– Join the Mug Club and get a free root beer float for your birthday. (Link to join is at the bottom of the home page.)
- Baja Fresh– Join Club Baja and get a free burrito on your birthday.
- Barnes and Noble– Sign your kids up for the Barnes and Noble Kid’s Club and they’ll get a free cupcake on their birthday.
- Caribou Coffee– Join Caribou Perks and among other fun things, you’ll get a free beverage on your birthday.
- Dunkin’ Donuts– If you have a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card, you can register it for the DD Perks Rewards and among other things, you’ll get a free beverage of your choice for your birthday.
- Firehouse Subs– Get a free medium sub on your birthday when you show your I.D (as stated on the Firehouse Subs website.)
- Friendly’s– Join the Best Friends of Friendly’s email club and get a free sundae on your birthday. Be sure to add your kids too, so they can get one as well!
- IHOP– Join the My Hop and get a free stack of pancakes on your birthday.
- Jamba Juice– Become a Jamba Insider and get a free birthday smoothie or juice.
- Marble Slab– Join the Rewards Program and you’ll get a coupon for a free Kid’s sized ice cream creation for your birthday.
- Noodles & Co.- Sign up for their Email List and get a free menu item on your birthday.
- Panera Bread- Join My Panera and you’ll get a birthday coupon for a free sweet or pastry.
- Red Robin– Sign up for Red Robin Royalty and you’ll get a free burger on your birthday.
- Rita’s– Join the birthday club and get a Italian Ice to celebrate your birthday.
- Ruby Tuesday– Get a free burger on your birthday when you join the So Connected email club.
- Spaghetti Warehouse– Join the Warehouse Club and get a free meal on your birthday.
- Starbucks– Have a Starbucks gift card? Register it here and one of the perks you’ll get is a coupon for a free Starbucks’ birthday drink. It might be worth getting a $5 gift card and registering it just for this!
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe– Get a free 24 oz. smoothie on your birthday when you join Tropical Rewards.
FREE WITH PURCHASE
- Auntie Anne’s– Sign up for Auntie Anne’s Pretzel Perks and you’ll receive a birthday coupon for Buy One Pretzel, Get One Free.
- Chili’s– Join My Chili Rewards and for your birthday you’ll receive a coupon for a free appetizer or dessert.
- Cold Stone Creamery– Join their birthday club and receive a coupon for a free creation with the purchase of another one.
- Dairy Queen– Join the Blizzard Fan Club and receive a coupon for a Buy 1 Get 1 free blizzard on your birthday.
- Orange Julius– Sign up to join the Julius League and get a coupon for buy one, get one free drink.
- TGIFridays– Access the Fridays Rewards app and you’ll get a birthday offer for a free dessert with the purchase of an entree.
What birthday freebies do you know of that I missed? I’d love to add more to my list!
Melinda
I did not know about Panera Bread! Thanks for doing all that work for us!!
You could eat free all day, till ya pop!
Here from Inspire Me Monday.
ThriftyFrugalMom
Panera is a favorite. Love their Cinnamon Chip Scones! I get one every year for my birthday- yes, I’m a creature of habit! 🙂 And I’m just grateful that so many of them aren’t just for the day of your birthday only. Sure helps spread out the fun and calories!
Shannon @ Of The Hearth
Awesome list! I just had a birthday and wish I had known about all of these beforehand. 🙂
ThriftyFrugalMom
Aw, I wish you would have too! Sign up now for next year at least….or make give yourself a reminder to sign up next year before your birthday.
Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom
I knew a few of these, but a lot are new to me! Ooooh, so exciting! I might restaurant-hop on my next birthday! lol
Thanks for sharing.
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
ThriftyFrugalMom
Nothing wrong with restaurant hopping, Jennifer! 😉 I’m always glad that not all of these offers need to be used the day of my birthday! Actually, some of them are good for a whole month around the time of your birthday, which is really nice.
Karin
IHOP, Bob Evans and Applebees also do birthday promotions. I like getting my discount to Anthropologie clothing store too, so that I have an excuse to shop the clearance racks.
ThriftyFrugalMom
Thanks for those, Karin! I’m going to check into those and try to add them to the list. I hope to keep this list growing and up to date so that it can be a fun resource for everyone!
Kristen @ Joyfully Thriving
I’m not normally a Starbucks person (because I don’t drink coffee) but I signed up for their rewards program years back with a gift card because the free drink is any size – any drink – any add-ins! I had one lady tell me that on my birthday and it amazed me. I’ve enjoyed some nice non-coffee free drinks there around my birthday!
ThriftyFrugalMom
Well, first of all, I feel sorry for you that you don’t drink coffee! Just kidding. 🙂 Actually, I didn’t either for a long time, but then discovered I like the not-so-healthy versions such as iced coffee, frappes etc. Secondly, I love that you pointed out that you can get non-coffee drinks at Starbucks! I think a lot of people don’t realize that they have options other than coffee. And yes, I totally bought a $5 Starbucks gift card too just so that I could enjoy the birthday freebie. They did change it a year or two ago and now you have to use that card at least once in the 6 mo. before your birthday to receive the offer. But that’s not been a problem so far, because I often end up meeting a friend there once in a while and so I just use the card for that and then reload it.