Tock is holding my money hostage Tock doesn’t bother to inform buyers that their gift cards can’t be used to, you know, actually purchase food like you’d think they could. My employer purchased a $200 Tock gift card on my behalf as a gift, and I decided to use the balance to take my parents, husband, and mother in law to a restaurant for lunch… intending to use my gift card to cover the bill. Lo and behold, I found out AFTER we’d ordered that exactly $0 of my Tock gift card balance could be applied to my current balance. I was mortified. My family had driven more than an hour from their respective locations to meet me and my husband at the restaurant, only for my method of payment to not work as expected. This was a $120 lunch between the four of us, so not exactly small fries, but I had expected my $200 gift card balance to be more than enough to cover the bill. Tock’s customer service was worse than useless in resolving the issue — the entire burden fell on the staff of the restaurant to deduct our $120 bill from my gift card balance. I literally have no idea how they did it, but I was so grateful that they stepped up to fix Tock’s mistake. Now Tock customer service is giving me the runaround about refunding the remaining $80 on my gift card balance. I DO NOT WANT TO WASTE MY TIME ON TOCK AFTER MY AWFUL EXPERIENCE WITH THE PLATFORM. I literally just want a refund so I can move on with my life, but Tock insists that I can use the gift card balance “to reserve experiences” at restaurants, when that’s the last thing I want to use my gift balance for. Tock marketed these gift cards in a misleading manner. I was fully under the impression that I would be able to use my balance to pay the tab of any restaurant under the Tock banner, but Tock is a woefully tech-deficient company, so they can’t even manage that. Now they are holding my money hostage — USE TOCK OR EXPLORETOCK AT YOUR OWN RISK!

What value does Tock provide diners? I made a reservation for two at Daisies, a relatively new Chicago restaurant. We had a lovely time, but I will not go back if every time I make a Tock reservation I am charged $21 for two for nothing. As a frequent restaurant diner (3-4 times a week) I prefer Open Table and Resy. My partner prefers to call directly to restaurants. Now, I understand why.

First of all I agree with all the previous reviews First of all I agree with all the reviewer comments, this service has all the appearance of a scam and if at all possible Tock should figure out a way to better market their offering so people know before hand what they ae purchasing. I had an example of a restaurant in the Monterrey CA area using Tock to make a reservations but they will not accept a Tock gift card. All Tock support would offer is the have no control over they business and therefore no responsibility. Pretty shady. I would also question this review board giving Tock 2.2 stars when every single review is a one star.

It's a scam. Don't use unless you like giving donations to them. This is a company that accepts $$ for "gift certificates" and then you discover they have no restaurants that accept the credit. Haha. Jokes on you! I tried to use the credits twice with a restaurant they list. There's no phone number to discuss with them, and they refuse to answer emails asking the people who gifted you to be refunded. It's a scam.

Complete mess Complete mess. Total sh** show. Definitely avoid for gift cards. Had a special occasion ruined and lost a $200 reservation deposit because their process for using their gift card is so completely convoluted. Weeks later, and I still can't get an answer from Tock or the restaurant on whether I can even use this gift card for the restaurant I made reservations for on their site, let alone how to use it. Every response from Tock is "ask the restaurant" and every resonance from the restaurant is them being utterly confused as to what a Tock gift card even is. So, at this point, between the reservation deposit and the cost of the gift card, $500 has been wasted with absolutely nothing to show for it.