What to know | Cathay United Bank Partners with inline for Dining Reservation Service Covering 80+ Top Restaurants

Cathay United Bank launched the "Cathay United Dining | Exclusive Reservations by inline" service on October 1, 2026, extending credit card benefits to restaurant reserved seating. The key feature of this collaboration is integrating restaurant listings, cardholder eligibility verification, and the booking portal, allowing qualified users to view corresponding time slots through a single service.

This collaboration brings together over 80 top-tier restaurants nationwide, offering exclusive reserved seats for Cathay United cardholders. The list includes several Michelin-starred restaurants, such as Shan Hai Lou, Hoê, Ad Astra, and Genichi Tempura, as well as highly sought-after establishments like POLUX BY PAUL PAIRET TAIPEI, Bouillon, Golden Pig Dining, Chengjia Private Kitchen, and Nancun. Cardholders wishing to use this service must first complete identity verification in the dedicated section to unlock eligibility for their card tier before they can view and book reserved seats.

How do reservation timing windows differ by card tier?

The service opens in phases according to cardholder status. Cathay United Wealth Management VIP and World Card cardholders enjoy priority access, able to book next month's seats at designated star-rated restaurants and specialty private kitchens starting at 3 PM on the 11th of each month. Two days later, at 3 PM on the 13th of each month, the service opens to all credit cardholders to book the same batch of seats. This phased design means that cardholders with higher-tier cards can lock in popular restaurant slots two days earlier, with remaining seats then opened to general cardholders.

Reserved seating consists of limited slots arranged through cooperation between the bank, the platform, and the restaurants. When browsing the dedicated section, it is necessary to distinguish between membership eligibility, whether a given restaurant is participating, whether seats remain available for that time slot, and whether confirmation is received after submitting a booking request; these are four separate steps, and completing identity verification alone should not be mistaken for a successful reservation.

Which restaurants and bars are included in the dining and cocktail pairing events?

Beyond the everyday reservation integration, Cathay United and inline have also jointly launched 8 limited-time "Perfect Pair" dining and cocktail experience events, bringing together Michelin Guide-listed restaurants and renowned cocktail bars for cross-industry collaborations. Participating restaurants include Logy and Fumée, paired with bars Moonrock and BAR MOOD. The design logic behind these events is to combine restaurants' culinary pairings with bars' mixology techniques to present a cross-category experience, though the exact dates of these events were not specified in this information.

Liang Ming-chiao, Chief Data Officer of Cathay United Bank, stated that credit card dining benefits have expanded from simple discounts and points rewards in the past to the relatively scarce resource of reservation access itself. This reflects the bank's positioning of this service: by partnering with the platform and restaurants, it provides a channel to obtain certain time-slot seats, rather than merely handling discounts or points.

For actual users, a more helpful verification sequence is: first confirm the restaurants and dates listed in the dedicated section, then check the opening times and booking rules for one's own card tier, and finally rely on the confirmation information issued by the restaurant or platform. Reserved seating does not equate to a dining discount; if a booking involves prepayment, cancellation, or no-show rules, it is still necessary to read the conditions displayed by that restaurant at the time. These arrangements may vary by restaurant and session, and experience with one participating establishment should not be assumed to apply to all others.