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26 Durham, NC restaurants where The Platinum Card from American Express unlocks more

The Platinum Card from American Express'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: Raleigh (4), Downtown (3), and Durham (3).

26 restaurants

  • Cheeni - Corcoran St

    1.5%

    Indian · $$ · Durham

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  • Ajja

    1.5%

    Mediterranean · $$ · Raleigh

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  • Alley Twenty Six

    1.5%

    American · $$ · Center City

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  • Coquette Brasserie

    1.5%

    French · $$ · North Hills

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  • CRU RDU

    1.5%

    American · $$ · Durham

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  • Dos Taquitos

    1.5%

    Mexican · $ · Raleigh

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  • Glasshalfull

    1.5%

    Mediterranean · $$ · Carrboro

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  • Gocciolina

    1.5%

    Italian · $$ · North Durham

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  • Goorsha

    1.5%

    Ethiopian · $ · Brightleaf District

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  • Hawthorne & Wood

    1.5%

    American · $$ · East 54

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  • Lugano Ristorante

    1.5%

    Italian · $ · Preston

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  • Madre

    1.5%

    Mediterranean · $$ · Smoky Hollow

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  • Rue Cler

    1.5%

    French · $ · Downtown

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  • Sono Sushi

    1.5%

    Japanese · $ · Raleigh

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  • TANG

    1.5%

    Asian · $ · Durham

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  • The Oak Raleigh

    1.5%

    American · $ · West Raleigh

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  • Uwa Sushi & Grill

    1.5%

    Sushi · $ · GeerHouse

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  • Viceroy

    1.5%

    Indian · $$ · Five Points

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  • Vivace

    1.5%

    Italian · $$ · North Hills

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Restaurants
26
Neighborhoods
18
Cuisines
14
Dining programs
1
With a card perk
26

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Durham

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. Of the 26 restaurants here, inKind pays at 1 — the widest local coverage of any dining program. 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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1 dining programs that pay in Durham

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

14 cuisines in Durham

19 neighborhoods in Durham

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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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