Chili's Gift Card

Use the Check Gift Card Balance link on the official Chili's gift cards page. Enter the 19-digit number, the PIN from the scratch panel, and complete the CAPTCHA. You can also call 1-888-532-6092, which is printed on the back of the card, and follow the prompts.

Hand the plastic card to your server with the bill, or present a printed eGift voucher. The card is accepted at Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy across the US, Puerto Rico, Guam and US military bases overseas. If the bill runs over the card balance, you settle the rest with another payment method in the same transaction. Because the card keeps a running balance, anything left stays on it for next time.

You can see the live rates on our giftcardcoach rates page.

The specific risk on restaurant cards is speed of drain. A Chili's code can be spent at any of hundreds of locations within minutes, with no verification beyond the number and PIN.

So the order of operations matters more than usual. What you should do is agree the rate and payment timeline in writing first, check the balance immediately before you send anything rather than the day before, and never send a PIN to someone who hasn't yet named a figure.

None. This card pays a restaurant bill in person. There is no online Chili's checkout where it could be spent from abroad, and no Chili's locations in Nigeria. Converting it to naira through a trade is the only route.

No. Restaurant cards sit at the lower end because the redemption requires physically being in a US restaurant. The top rates belong to the highest-liquidity brands. Where Chili's does slightly better than most restaurant cards is the Maggiano's acceptance and the military base coverage, which broaden the pool of people who can actually use one.

No. Redemption is limited to Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy locations in the US, Puerto Rico, Guam and US military bases overseas. There is no Nigerian presence and no online redemption.

You choose the delivery date at checkout, and the eGift emails to the recipient on that date. If you're buying for yourself, select the "This is for me" option and it comes to you. If it hasn't arrived, check spam first. Physical cards ship by post to US addresses.

No cash back at the table, and the card is not redeemable for cash except where a state law requires a small-balance cash-out. There is no refund route on a purchased card.

Yes. Hand your server each card in turn and they'll run them in sequence, then settle any remainder with another payment method. This matters on this brand because the $100 ceiling means a group meal often needs two or three cards.

No. No activation fee, no transaction fee, no monthly dormancy charge, and the funds do not expire. The full purchase amount goes onto the card.

Chili's published gift card material doesn't offer a reload route, and cards are sold at fixed values between $10 and $100. Some third-party sellers run "bonus load" promotions where buying a card at a certain value adds extra, but that's the seller's promotion rather than a reload feature.

Go to chilis.com/gift-cards, choose Purchase E-Gift Card, pick a design from the fourteen available, select a value between $10 and $100, tick "This is a gift", enter the recipient's name and email, add a message, choose the delivery date, and check out. You get a confirmation once it's sent. For a physical card, the same page handles it, and there's a separate bulk programme for corporate orders.

Yes, but bring it printed or have the email open and ready. The server needs the 19-digit number and the PIN to key in, so a screenshot with the digits clearly visible works. Don't delete the email after a partial spend, because the remaining balance stays attached to that number.

Yes, and this is the most useful fact about the card. Chili's gift cards and eGift cards redeem at both Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy, because both sit under the same parent group. Worth knowing before you assume a card is only good for a burger.