These terms are a working draft and will be reviewed before the app launches.
1. About us
The Octet Club is operated by Paahun Global Limited (trading as The Octet Club), registered in England and Wales, company number 16884211. Contact: hello@theoctetclub.com. By using our website or app, or booking a seat, you agree to these terms.
2. Membership by invitation
Membership is by invitation or approval only. A request for an invitation does not guarantee membership. You must be at least 18, provide accurate information, and keep your account secure. Accounts are personal and may not be shared or transferred.
3. Seat bookings and payment
There is no membership fee. You pay per seat for each dinner you book. The price shown at booking includes what is stated on the table listing; anything else ordered on the night is your responsibility unless stated otherwise. Payments are taken by our third-party payment processor at the time of booking. A booking is confirmed once payment succeeds.
Tables seat between six and eight guests, as set by the organiser, and never more than eight.
4. Cancellation and refunds
You may cancel a booking and receive a full refund up to 48 hours before the dinner's start time. Cancellations within 48 hours are not refundable, though you may ask us to offer your seat to another member. If we cancel or materially change a dinner, you will receive a full refund. [Placeholder clause, subject to final review.]
5. Conduct at the table and in messages
- Treat fellow members, restaurant staff and the club with courtesy and respect.
- Keep phones away during dinner.
- Do not use the club or its messages for unsolicited selling, mass outreach or recruitment without consent.
- Do not harass, discriminate against or abuse anyone, in person or in messages.
- Do not attempt to obtain other members' contact details through the app without their agreement.
6. Confidentiality
What is said at the table stays at the table. You agree not to record conversations, and not to share, publish or attribute what another member says at dinner or in messages without their permission. This does not restrict you from using your own general knowledge, or from reporting unlawful conduct.
7. Our right to decline or remove members
We may decline any request for membership or booking, and may suspend or end a membership, at our discretion, including for breach of these terms. Where we remove a member, we will refund any future bookings unless removal follows a serious breach.
8. The app and content
You keep ownership of the content you add to your profile and grant us a licence to display it to members as the service requires. We own the club's name, marks and app.
9. Limitation of liability
Restaurants are independent businesses and are responsible for the food, drink and venue. We are not liable for the conduct of members, or for business decisions you make based on conversations at the table. Our total liability to you in connection with a booking is limited to the amount you paid for it. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything that cannot be limited by law, and nothing affects your statutory rights as a consumer.
10. Changes
We may update these terms. We will tell members about significant changes, and continued use after that means you accept them.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction.