Victorian Dining and Entertainment Program – Guidelines – Dining

You can claim 25 per cent on the total cost of your dining experience when you spend $40 or more.

This means if you spend $80 on dining you can get $20 cash back. You can make multiple claims for dining and entertainment until you reach a total of $125 cash back.

Alternatively, if you spend $500 (or more) in a single purchase on dining or entertainment, you can claim the total $125 cash back by uploading the one receipt.

You can claim if you dine at any of the following:

• cafes and restaurants

• bars and pubs (food must be purchased)

• registered clubs – excluding private clubs not open to the public

• breweries, distilleries and wineries (food must be purchased)

• fast food and take away outlets, juice bars and kiosks

• restaurants and cafes open to the public within accommodation such as hotels

• hospitality venues within sporting, arts and theatre precincts

• food courts

• cinemas

• temporary food premises including mobile food trucks, vans, canteens and trailers.

The program is available on a first come, first served basis until all funds are exhausted or by 11:59pm 16 December 2022.

You can make multiple claims for dining and entertainment until you reach a total of $125 cash back.

The following are not covered by the Victorian Dining and Entertainment Program:

• gift cards and vouchers

• food ordered through a home delivery company (such as UberEats, EASI, Providoor, DoorDash, Menulog and Deliveroo). A receipt that contains a charge for delivery will not be eligible.

• food purchased at convenience stores, milk bars, supermarkets, greengrocers, grocery stores, service stations, confectionary shops and packaged food stores

You must get a tax invoice at the point of sale that includes the business ABN and name, purchase date, items purchased and transaction total.