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42 restaurants in Detroit, MI that pay Rakuten Dining

Rakuten Dining pays Rakuten Cash Back at these restaurants on top of whatever your card earns. Join once, link a card, and pay with it — values below are what each card earns here. Top neighborhoods: Downtown Detroit (8), Detroit (6), and Corktown (2).

42 restaurants

  • Avalon Cafe & Bakery

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Downtown Detroit

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Soraya

    up to20%

    Japanese-American · $$ · Downtown Detroit

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more

  • Yum Village

    up to20%

    Caribbean · $$ · Milwaukee Junction

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Enomah

    up to12%

    Asian American · $$ · Downtown Detroit

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Resy creditHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • barú detroit | kitchen + cocktails

    up to12%

    Caribbean · $$$$ · Downtown Detroit

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Breadless - Detroit

    up to12%

    American · $$ · Elmwood Park

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #102

    up to12%

    Wings · $$ · Ravendale

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #104

    up to12%

    Chicken · $ · Warrendale

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #105

    up to12%

    Chicken · $ · Fox Creek

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #107

    up to12%

    Chicken · $ · Franklin

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #108

    up to12%

    Chicken · $ · Outer Drive

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #112

    up to12%

    Chicken · $ · Fitzgerald

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #119

    up to12%

    Chicken · $ · Seven Mile Lodge

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken #120

    up to12%

    Chicken · $ · Medical Center

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Good Times On The Ave

    up to12%

    American · $$$$ · Sherwood Forest

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Haus of Brunch

    up to12%

    American · $$ · Downtown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more

  • Jacoby's

    up to12%

    German · $$ · Greektown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more

  • Northern Lights Lounge

    up to12%

    American · $ · New Center

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Poke Poke - Sushi Unrolled

    up to12%

    Asian · $$ · Midtown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
Restaurants
42
Neighborhoods
28
Cuisines
26
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
1

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Detroit

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. Rakuten Dining (42 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (36) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 42 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

All the best cards for dining

14 dining programs that pay in Detroit

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

26 cuisines in Detroit

67 neighborhoods in Detroit

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