Sandwiches · Santa Cruz
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%
14 restaurants in Santa Cruz, CA that earn more on your cards
14 dining programs and card perks like Resy credits apply across Santa Cruz, CA. Pick your cards to see what each restaurant earns you.
14 restaurants
Fosters Freeze - Santa Cruz
up to12%American · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreKianti's Pizza & Pasta Bar
up to12%Pizza · $$ · Downtown Santa Cruz
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreLas Palmas Taco Bar
up to12%Mexican · $$ · Beach and Boardwalk District
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreM.G. Sushi
up to12%Japanese · $$$ · Branciforte Drive
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 morePono Hawaiian Grill Downtown
up to12%Hawaiian · $$ · Downtown Santa Cruz
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 morePono Hawaiian Kitchen & Tap
up to12%Hawaiian · $$ · Arana Gulch
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreSuda
up to12%American · $$ · Arana Gulch
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreUlterior
up to12%Cocktail · $$ · Downtown Santa Cruz
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreCrow's Nest Restaurant
up to8.8%American · $$$ · Seabright
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 moreGilda's
up to8.8%American · $$$ · Beach and Boardwalk District
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 moreSanta Cruz Diner
up to8.8%American · $$$ · Santa Cruz
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 moreCruz Kitchen & Taps
up to8%American · $$ · Downtown Santa Cruz
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Bilt Dining1x
- Restaurants
- 14
- Neighborhoods
- 8
- Cuisines
- 10
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 1
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Santa Cruz
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. Bilt Dining (12 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (11) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 14 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
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Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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14 dining programs that pay in Santa Cruz
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- Bilt Dining12 restaurants1 point per $1
- AAdvantage Dining11 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining11 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town11 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining11 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining11 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining11 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining11 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn11 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham11 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Upside8 restaurantsUp to 6% back
- Rakuten Dining8 restaurants5% back
- Atmos Rewards Dining7 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- inKind1 restaurant20% back
10 cuisines in Santa Cruz
8 neighborhoods in Santa Cruz
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