25 Wilmington, NC restaurants where the American Express Gold Card unlocks more

The American Express Gold Card's dining credits or reservation access apply at these restaurants. Figures are what the card earns here; a credit is listed beside them, never added. Top neighborhoods: Wilmington (13), Downtown (2), and Monkey Junction (2).

25 restaurants

Restaurants
25
Neighborhoods
10
Cuisines
11
Dining programs
12
With a card perk
25

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Wilmington

Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. AAdvantage Dining (1 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (1) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 25 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

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12 dining programs that pay in Wilmington

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

11 cuisines in Wilmington

12 neighborhoods in Wilmington

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Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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