• Introducing DNNR

  Monetize your audience with a branded dinner club.Featured

• How to launch your dinner club

  Your audience wants to meet. Send them to dinner and earnFeatured

• How Much Should You Charge for Your Dinner Club?

  When setting your Dinner Club price, you’re deciding how to value the experience you’re creating — the people, the vibe, and the ease of showing up for something special. 🌟 Most Communities Choose $15.99 We recommend $15.99 per guest as a great starting point. This is the most common price across DNNR communities, offering a good balance between affordability and perceived value. This fee covers: Smart matching with 5 compatible members Restaurant sourcing and reservationsFew readers

• Setting the Location, Date & Time for Your Dinner Club

  📍 Location Choose a downtown district with at least 7–10 moderately priced restaurants and a large bar for the after party. We’ll send groups of six to different restaurants — usually 1–3 tables per restaurant, depending on your group size and restaurant availability. After dinner, all tables from the same district will converge at the after-party bar. Typically, around 50% of guests continue on from dinner to the bar. We’ll give the bar a heads-up, butFew readers

• Minimum Attendee Requirement

  To create the best possible experience, dinner clubs require a minimum of 30 attendees per location before they can move forward. Larger groups lead to: Better personality matches Stronger table dynamics Better restaurant experiences More successful afterparties Higher attendee satisfaction overall Running a dinner involves significant coordination behind the scenes — including restaurant sourcing, reservations, seating optimization, customer support, and logistics managemenFew readers

• Ambassadors

  Ambassadors are trusted community members who help create a warm, welcoming atmosphere at dinner. They receive a complimentary ticket in exchange for supporting the experience. Enable ambassador applications Members can apply to become ambassadors directly from your dinner club page. To enable applications: Go to Ambassadors. Turn on Ambassador applications. Click Customize to personalize the application. Before making applications live, you can customize:Few readers

• Sponsorships

  The Sponsorships feature allows you to integrate a sponsor throughout the DNNR experience, from the moment members hear about your dinner club to the post-event feedback request. Sponsors appear as a combination of: Sponsor branding on the landing page and personality quiz Sponsor messages in attendee emails “Presented by” sponsorship attribution in SMS communications How sponsorships appear When Sponsorships are enabled, your sponsor will be featured across the following touchSome readers

• How to add VIP guests

  VIPs are guests you can invite to your dinner without having them purchase a ticket. When you add a VIP, they'll automatically be added to the dinner queue, and we'll include them in the matching process. How to add a VIP Go to Members in your dashboard. Click Add VIP. Enter the guest's information and select the dinner you'd like them to attend. Confirm to add them to the queue. That's it! Your VIP will receive the usual dinner communications, including their reseFew readers

• Promotional Codes

  You can create promotional codes to offer discounts to your audience. Codes can be: A fixed amount off (example: $10 off) A percentage discount (example: 60% off) DNNR keeps a minimum take rate of $4.80 per ticket. If you create a 100% off ticket, DNNR's standard platform fee still applies to complimentary bookings and is deducted from your earnings. You can also choose whether the code: Works for unlimited uses Or expires after a specific number of redemptions aFew readers

• How to customize attendee communications

  DNNR automatically sends important messages to your attendees throughout their dinner experience, from booking confirmations to restaurant reveals and reminders. You can customize the content of supported messages so they reflect your community's voice. Customize your messages Open the message customization settings in your dashboard and select the communication you'd like to edit. Depending on the message, you can customize content at different levels: Global: Apply your changes acroFew readers

• How to send and schedule messages

  You can send emails and text messages directly from your DNNR dashboard, choosing exactly who receives them. Step 1: Create your message Go to Communication → Send Message. Start by selecting the dinner you're messaging about under Quick pick a dinner. This also helps narrow down the locations and guests you can choose from. Step 2: Choose yoFew readers

• Questionnaire Scoring Methods

  Each questionnaire question can use a different scoring method depending on the type of groups you want to create. These are optimization preferences for the algorithm — not strict guarantees. If it’s possible to satisfy them while balancing the rest of the dinner, the algorithm usually will. Same Group people who answered similarly. Use this when you want people seated with others who selected the same answer. Example: “Looking to make friends” → seated with others who seSome readers

• Restaurant Selection

  One of the best parts of running a dinner club is that you don't have to spend time researching restaurants or making reservations—we take care of that for you. Our team curates restaurants based on your selected dinner area, budget tiers, dietary accommodations, ratings, and reservation availability. Suggest your favorite restaurants If you have restaurants you'd love to include, you can suggest them in two places: Inside a campaign when creating or editing a dinner **RestauFew readers

• How to manage photos and videos

  Your dinner guests help bring your community to life, and now it's easier to keep track of the moments they capture. The Media section of your dashboard helps you manage photos and videos shared from your dinner events. Find your media Go to Media in your dashboard. Browse the content uploaded from your dinner events. Use the available filters to find content from specific dinners. Download your content You can download available photos and videos to use in your communFew readers

• Full sample launch timeline

  Full sample launch timeline See how Seacoast Stories announced their dinner club 12 hours before announcement: Story teaser (7-14 days before dinner) [](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/qmtue2mw/1940559656/3a05dc4c46ca5d7085b6c3031a80/image-2B2025-08-04-2Bat-2B11_55_23-E2-80-AFAM.png?expires=1788424200&signature=6fb5cc391f1e071451cde9ba1c60eeda6Few readers

• How to connect DNNR with Kit

  What is DNNR? DNNR (pronounced "dinner") helps creators and media brands launch branded dinner clubs that turn audience attention into real-world connection and recurring revenue. With the DNNR + Kit integration, you can promote your dinner club directly inside your Kit content, sync dinner club guests into your Kit audience, and use booking data to segment and follow up with attendees. What is Kit? Kit is an email-first operating system forFew readers

• Earn by referring a branded dinner club

  Know a creator who should run a branded dinner club? Join the Dinner Affiliate Program and earn 5% commission for 12 months on every dinner club or meetup you refer. Sign up to become an affiliate Introducing Dinners by River DNNR is a white labeled dinner club platform for creators, communities, and brands to monetize while bringing their audience together for in-person connection. We handle the group matching, restaurant bookiFew readers