Couples look forward to date nights. These special evenings mark a rare time to catch up, relax, enjoy each other’s company. If you’re married, they can also be a welcome break from the kids and responsibilities of parenting. Romantic date nights between couples are celebrations of love, no matter what stage of the relationship.

For new daters, date nights are opportunities to learn more about each other. They’re a great time to figure out someones interests, goals, and values. Who knows? These simple meals could eventually blossom into something deeper.

Express your love, passion, and appreciation to your partner with these cute and romantic date night captions. You can write these messages in a note, a date card, an SMS message, or status update on social media. If you manage a restaurant where couples come for a romantic date, these can also be used to market and promote your business around Valentines Day or anniversaries. Let’s dive in.

Date night at home.

Couple Date Night Captions

Here are some cute yet simple date night captions to start with.

  • The restaurant doesn’t matter. I’ll always pick you.
  • Love begins with you. Love begins tonight.
  • I miss the old days when going to dark movie theaters constitutes a lovely date night.
  • You look so fabulous and sexy in that evening dress.
  • Cheers to a beautiful and romantic date night.
  • I take date night very seriously, you know.
  • Tonight is the night.
  • Date night: the most anticipated night of my week.
  • My parents are out. It’s time for a date.
  • When you look at him across the table, he’s looking at you too. That’s the best feeling in the world.
  • I’m ticking off all my date night goals.
  • If this date night is a dream, I don’t want to wake up.
  • So this is what a dinner date feels like: butterflies in my tummy.
  • When you can talk to each other for hours over coffee, it’s a sign that you should go on a second date.
  • Don’t worry if you’re nervous on a first date. Your date is as nervous as you.
  • With you, date night isn’t a waste of time.
  • It’s impossible to have a bad date night with you.
  • The best part of a great date night is the feeling that the whole evening is made especially for the two of you.
  • I can’t wait for date night.
  • Swaying to sweet music under the moonlight—now that’s a lovely night.
  • Nothing beats the romance of cruising in the Mediterranean during a moonlit night.
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Couples of all ages need time to connect.

Romantic Date Night Captions

You can turn the romance up to 11 with these captions.

  • Dinner is totally better when we eat together.
  • Every night is date night with you.
  • It doesn’t matter if we don’t go to expensive restaurants. Even the simplest dinner is romantic with you.
  • My favorite time with you? Date night!
  • I love you. I have always loved you. And I will always love you.
  • You can come in the simplest outfit; I’ll still date you.
  • Wherever and whenever, I’m ready for date nights as long as I’m with you.
  • The most romantic nights are often the most spontaneous ones.
  • Can we just spread a blanket, lie down, and watch the stars tonight? No expensive dinners.
  • You know why I’m always smiling? It’s because you look absolutely beautiful.
  • Tonight, I feel like the queen of the world. Everyone’s looking at us.
  • He looked me straight in the eye and said, “I love the view.”

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  • You are who I need in my life.
  • No beating around the bush. I want to have a date with you.
  • If you’re asking what constitutes a perfect date, then this is it.
  • A candlelit table for two, please.
  • Tonight is the epitome of happiness.
  • Each night you’re with me is my favorite night.
  • Considering you’re a babe and I’m a geek, it’s really a pleasant surprise you agreed to a date night with me.
  • Being with you tonight spells R-O-M-A-N-C-E.
  • “There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.” – Marilyn Monroe

Couples that laugh together, stay together.

Funny Date Night Captions

Who says that date nights should be on the serious side of things? Laughter is absolutely romantic too!

  • Well, there goes my wallet again.
  • You’re the love of my life, but you’re the pest of my wallet.
  • If only romantic dinner dates are so cheap…
  • Before going out to dinner with me, let me ask: do you know the Heimlich Maneuver?
  • “Roses are red, violets are blue, vodka costs less than dinner for two.” – unknown
  • When you hear your date say, “It’s not about the money. It’s about romance,” it’s about the money.
  • This evening scores a 10 out of 10.
  • I’d like to do what nobody does anymore. Let’s have a cheap date for a change.
  • “I’ll pay for dinner,” said no girl ever on a first date.
  • We had a first-date dinner. She ordered something for $30. I had pasta.
  • I’m taking your Prada bag hostage. Have a date night with me, and the Prada will live.
  • You know what’s hot? When you tip your server 30%.
  • I will do anything for you—unless sharing my steak.
  • Wait a second. I have to fix my hair.
  • Will you still have a date with me even if I forgot to wear deodorant?
  • I’m falling for you. That’s why I should watch my steps.
  • I love you as much as I love cookies.
  • Fight, forgive, make love, repeat. Okay, let’s leave out the “fight” part.
  • Our relationship started with Netflix.
  • Unbelievable! She’s nuts about me. She’s just plain nuts.
  • You can’t have my heart unless I’m ready to be autopsied.

Captions your girlfriend will appreciate.

Captions for Date with Girlfriend

Capture your girlfriend’s heart with these fancy captions.

  • You’re the strawberry jam to my bagel.
  • A smile doesn’t change the world. But your smile changes my life.
  • The queen of beauty deserves the best man in the world—me.
  • I’m saving you for rainy days—and sunny ones.
  • Whoever I am, whatever I am, whatever I become, I’m yours.
  • The fact that you’re dating me means I’m a way better lover than your ex.
  • To me… The best sound in the world is your laugh.
  • Indeed, life is beautiful. You’re concrete proof of it.
  • You’re so beautiful. You stand out amongst the crowd.
  • You’re the wealth of my heart.

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  • I don’t mind spending a fortune to have a date with you.
  • I’m definitely the luckiest guy in the world to have a date with you.
  • Each date night with hubby proves that I’m a very lucky girl.
  • It has been quite a few years since we’ve been together, but you still look incredibly hot.
  • Tonight, you’re my princess.
  • Babe, you’re not just a dream.
  • No need to impress me. Just you, a good bottle of wine, and brie cheese drizzled in honey will do just fine.
  • With you, it doesn’t matter if it’s a day date or a date night.
  • Every time we date, the stars align, and the evening suddenly becomes meant for you.
  • You’re so hot. You’re so sexy. But best of all, you’re my girl.
  • The most beautiful girl in the world is right across the table with me.

Show the man in your life how special they are.

Captions for Date with Husband

Guys can also be hopeless romantics too. Here are some captions about date night with your husband.

  • Tonight, I’m all yours.
  • Hey ladies. This one’s taken.
  • The man of the house deserves the best woman in the world—me.
  • There’s no night more romantic than having you beside me at home.
  • Dressing up for you for a date feels incredibly sexy and amazing.
  • I prayed for the perfect guy. My prayers weren’t answered. You came. You’re more than perfect.
  • After all these years, you’re still the romantic boy I fell in love with.
  • I’ll be wearing that sexy dress you gave me on my birthday tonight.
  • You still make my heart flutter.
  • I’m so happy that you’re my hot date for life.
  • A queen deserves a king who understands when the crown gets a little heavy. You are that king.
  • You make me feel like a queen.
  • You’ve been an exceptional man. Here’s your reward.
  • Hot coffee, freshly baked muffin, and perfect scrambled eggs—a breakfast date with my hubby is the best date of all.
  • You know what I love? Chocolates, beach, and this hunk right here.
  • I think about my hubby every day. That’s why I couldn’t wait for date night each week.
  • I fall in love with you even more during date nights.
  • I never felt as safe as when I’m in your arms.
  • It isn’t rocket science that you’re the best date of all.
  • Do you remember our first date, my love? That’s how I feel today.
  • My answer is readily “yes” each time you ask for a date.
  • Our marriage is still strong and romantic thanks to regular date nights.
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Dinner date quotes you can use.

Dinner Date Quotes

Famous people from actors to influencers describe what dinner dates mean to them as well. Use these quotes to articulate your feelings about this moment.

  • “In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be.” – Haruki Murashami
  • “For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in. I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person across from me, to share it with. There’s a beautiful intimacy in a meal like that”- Anthony Burdain
  • “‘A dinner date with him’ One of the cutest page in my diary” – Rizvana Zaine
  • “It’s like that dinner date that you make for 6 months in advance. You think it will never happen. And then, it’s here” – Marshall Brickman
  • “A first date should be intimate. So I’d choose a nice dinner somewhere cozy, not too crowded, with good wine” – Kit Harington
  • “Cooks romantic dinner for two, Eats alone, twice.” – Mchacon
  • “There’s nothing more romantic than Italian food” – Elisha Cuthbert
  • “Don’t believe that stuff about girls not wanting to eat on a first date. Sharing a romantic meal is so sexy.” – Carmen Electra.
  • “Great food is like great sex. The more you have, the more you want.” – Gael Greene
  • “I’m into all that sappy stuff a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling I’m kind of an Old romantic”- Will Estes
  • “I do think it’s very romantic to cook dinner and sit around the piano at night and sing together” – John Stamos

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  • “Let me be your 6 pm dinner date” – unknown
  • “There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.” – Tom Wolfe
  • “Spending time with someone you love is best done by candlelight” – unknown
  • “Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate” – Alan Wolfelt
  • “I think a nice romantic dinner should be saved for when you and the girl you’re dating or seeing have something special and it’s a more special occasion” – Ben Savage
  • “A nice romantic dinner should be saved for when you and the girl you’re dating have something special, and it’s a more special occasion” – unknown
  • “Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing” – Henny Youngman
  • “When every night is a candlelight dinner, how could Feb. 14 only be our Valentines Day?” – Nikitha JR
  • “I like doing something romantic with a girl on Valentine’s Day like making her dinner and keeping it simple the more quality time the better” – Spencer Boldman
  • “When you hear romantic music, it makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out In the moonlight or take her on a walk.” – Robert Sylvester Kelly

Gather round.

Romantic Date Night Quotes

Here are some more date night quotes that will surely light the fire in your heart.

  • “Yes, a real date” – Phoebe Cates
  • “Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me” – Sarah Bernhardt
  • “I think I’d miss you, even if we never met” – The Wedding Date
  • “Date night—the best night of the week” – unknown
  • “Date night is always my favorite night” – unknown
  • “Date night come rain, sleet, or snow” – unknown
  • “Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other” – Karen Kain
  • “We have stay-in date nights where we plan to watch TV shows together. And I make a healthy dinner and we sit down and it’s our date” – Alison Sweeney
  • “He says he likes the view” – unknown
  • “This thing we’re doing here—you, me—I’m all in” – Luke Danes
  • “Be the kind they marry, not the kind they date” – Kris Mcgara
  • “I want to date you near the beach. Look you into the eye. Drink red wine slowly” – Azhar King
  • “When was the last time you had a date night?” – unknown
  • “I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or a date night” – Olivia Wilde
  • “To the man who knows what makes the perfect date night” – Kim Harrison
  • “Stay-at-home date night. Take time to turn off the news and de-stress with your partner” – unknown
  • “If you want to stay married, keep dating your spouse” – Andy Traub
  • “Date night is important, even if it’s going to Schlotsky’s” – Brad Paisley
  • “Sometimes, I just want to sit outside with someone and talk all night” – unknown
  • “My perfect date night will be: in the middle of the night, I wanna hug you tight. We count stars and our 2AM talks, some jokes, and fights, for the whole night” – Her Story
  • “Let’s go wine tasting on the couch” – unknown

A date night is not just a customary event in a relationship. It’s a special affair that allows you to keep the fire of love burning. For others, it’s a chance to rekindle your passion for each other. The captions and quotes above should give you plenty of ways to eloquently express your feelings about your relationship with that special someone.

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