• Entries can be submitted by any restaurant, bar, cafe, agency, consultancy, hospitality, cafe/restaurants/bar under hotel property or individual depending on the eligibility for a group of categories or individual category for the Times Food and Nightlife Awards (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Event’).
• No refunds on the registrant fee will be made once the payment is submitted.
• The organiser of the Event may refuse the entries of registrants that may offend national or religious sentiments or public taste.
• The Event Organiser is the IP owner of the Event. At no stage of the jury meetings will anyone from the Organiser or Event team be a part of the decision-making process.
• The nominees will be chosen from amongst the registrations reviewed by the Critic Panel, and the same will be divided into the two main award segments termed Food and Nightlife for Restaurants and Bars respectively. 
• The selection for nominations is subject to the discretion of the jury and binding on all the registrants entering the Event.
• Restaurants and bars falling above the predefined price point compete in the Premium Dining and Luxurious Nightout category and ones falling below in the Casual Dining and Casual Nightout category.
• The registrants need to be rated 3.5 or above to be considered for the nominations.
• Each nominated outlet will be assigned the ratings by the critics based on a scale of 1-5 with a 0.25 gradient. The ratings will be given for food, décor and service for restaurants and buzz, décor, and service for bars.
• The decision taken by the Jury Panel based on its observation & recommendations with respect to the evaluation/disqualification/qualification/recategorization is final and binding on all nominees. No claims/queries raised with respect to the same will be entertained in this regard.
• Winners shall be chosen based on whichever outlet has the higher overall weighted average rating, derived from a combination of critic panel ratings and public voting.
• A nominee receiving an award across any award category should have applied for the awards as an independent entity.
• A registration will be deemed accepted only when the nominal participation /registration fee as prescribed has been received by the Event organizer through the prescribed mode of payment.
• Registrants are expected to ascertain that their respective entries that are put up on the web can be viewed on multiple browsers and platforms (including the Mac). The Event organiser will not contact the registrants in case an entry cannot be viewed.
• All nominees may not become final winners.
• If no registrants in a category is found to be worthy of inclusion by the Jury, the Award category may be cancelled by the Jury. The Jury may decide to add nominees in the category to maintain high standards of participation. The decision of the Jury in this regard will be final, non-contestable and binding on all registrants. The Event management will not entertain any queries in this regard.
• All mandatory fields of the application form need to be complete in all respects; else it may be disqualified from participation.
• The decision of Event management in relation to the interpretation of any of these Terms shall be final and binding on the registrants.