Firehouse Subs - Forest
up to12%American · Forest Acres
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
18 American restaurants in Columbia, SC that earn more on your cards
Columbia, SC has 18 American restaurants in our listings: 8 take a dining program and 10 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Columbia (5), Downtown (4), and Forest Acres (4).
18 restaurants
Firehouse Subs - Garners Ferry
up to12%American · Hampton-Wildcat
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreRoom Service Bistro
up to12%American · $$ · Columbia
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreVicious Biscuit
up to12%Brunch · $$ · Forest Acres
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreFirehouse Subs - Harbison
up to12%American · $ · Columbia
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreAmerican · Springwood
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreFirehouse Subs - USC
up to12%American · Downtown
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreThe Red Zone Sports Diner
up to12%American · $$ · Columbia
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 moreTazza Kitchen Trenholm Plaza
up to6%American · $$ · Forest Acres
American Express Gold Card
Resy creditAmerican · $ · BullSt District in Columbia
American Express Gold Card
Resy credit
- Restaurants
- 18
- Neighborhoods
- 8
- Cuisines
- 4
- Dining programs
- 13
- With a card perk
- 10
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Columbia
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 (8 restaurants) and TrueBlue Dining (8) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 18 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 10 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
13 dining programs that pay in Columbia
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- AAdvantage Dining8 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining8 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town8 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining8 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining8 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining8 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining8 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining8 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn8 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham8 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining8 restaurants5% back
- Upside4 restaurantsUp to 6% back
- Bilt Dining1 restaurant1 point per $1
3 cuisines in Columbia
American in 8 Columbia neighborhoods
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