SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 28, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- As couples across the country begin to plan for Valentine's Day, OpenTable, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPEN) (www.opentable.com), a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, today announced the 50 winners of its 2010 Diners' Choice Awards for Most Romantic restaurants in America. The list of winners is derived from nearly four million reviews submitted by OpenTable diners for over 10,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

"OpenTable diners have an appetite for romance, especially as Valentine's Day approaches," said Caroline Potter, Chief Dining Officer, OpenTable. "The scope of this list illustrates that that there isn't a single definition of what makes a restaurant a romantic one. Romance can be enjoying inspiring views, sharing food, or flirting with your date over a juicy ribeye."

Based on feedback collected from OpenTable diners between January 2009 and December 2009, the following 50 restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, received the highest scores from OpenTable diners, indicating that they were considered among the most romantic. For more information about this list, please visit http://www.opentable.com/romantic.

  Alizé at the Top of the Palms
   Casino Resort - Las Vegas, NV
  Ambrosia Restaurant -- Santa Ana, CA
  Andrea: The Resort at Pelican Hill --
   Newport Beach, CA
  Auberge du Soleil -- Napa, CA
  Bistro Romano -- Philadelphia, PA
  Café Renaissance -- Vienna, VA
  Canlis -- Seattle, WA
  The Cellar -- Fullerton, CA
  Chez Shea -- Seattle, WA
  Different Pointe of View --
   Scottsdale, AZ
  Eagle's Nest: Hyatt Regency
   Indianapolis -- Indianapolis, IN
  Eiffel Tower -- Las Vegas, NV
  Erminia Ristorante- New York, NY
  The French Room -- Dallas, TX
  Geja's Café -- Chicago, IL
  Gibraltar -- Miami, FL
  Il Bistro -- Seattle, WA
  Il Cielo -- Beverly Hills, CA
  La Caille Restaurant -- Salt Lake
   City, UT
  La Fondue -- Saratoga, CA
  LA Prime at The Westin Bonaventure
   Hotel -- Los Angeles, CA
  Latitudes Beach Café -- Key
   West, FL
  The Little Door -- Los Angeles, CA
  Log Haven -- Salt Lake City, UT
  Madrona Manor -- Healdsburg, CA
  Michel's at the Colony Surf --
   Honolulu, HI
  The Melting Pot -- Albuquerque, NM
  The Melting Pot: Castleton --
   Indianapolis, IN
  The Melting Pot -- Dayton, OH
  The Melting Pot: Greenwood --
   Indianapolis, IN
  The Melting Pot -- Memphis, TN
  The Melting Pot: Midtown Atlanta --
   Atlanta, GA
  The Melting Pot -- Myrtle Beach, SC
  The Melting Pot -- Omaha, NE
  The Melting Pot -- Richmond, VA
  The Melting Pot -- Temecula, CA
  The Melting Pot -- Virginia Beach, VA
  Mona Lisa Fondue Restaurant --
   Colorado Springs, CO
  One if by Land, Two if by Sea -- New
   York, NY
  Ortolan -- West Hollywood, CA
  Pamplemousse -- Las Vegas, NV
  Peter Shields Inn -- Cape May, NJ
  Rey's -- Raleigh, NC
  Shadowbrook Restaurant Capitola --
   Capitola, CA
  Simply Fondue -- Glendale, CA
  The Sky Room -- Long Beach, CA
  Stonehouse at San Ysidro Ranch --
   Santa Barbara, CA
  Tredici Steak -- New York, NY
  Yamashiro -- Los Angeles, CA
  Zenkichi -- Brooklyn, NY

Over 3,000 restaurants nationally have listed Valentine's Day specials and menu details on OpenTable. For more information please visit www.opentable.com/valentines. Diners can also find additional information on the Diners' Choice award-winning restaurants for Most Romantic restaurants, please visit Potter's "Dining Check" blog on OpenTable at http://blog.opentable.com.

About OpenTable, Inc.

OpenTable is a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants. The OpenTable network delivers the convenience of online restaurant reservations to diners and the operational benefits of a computerized reservation book to restaurants. OpenTable has more than 11,000 restaurant customers, and, since its inception in 1998, has seated more than 120 million diners around the world. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and the OpenTable service is available throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

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