How to Find Food on the Run

By Group Goldie on January 9th, 2009 - Cell Phone Tips 105 comments so far

When in a new city or simply in a rush to find a great restaurant recommendation, there are a variety of mobile applications that help you make the decision on where to grab food next. Particularly popular with those who have iPhones, Foodie apps are beginning to see more and more popularity. Depending on your food related needs, there is an application to fit your appetite.

Find Restaurant Reviews

Yelp.com is one of the leading online review sites, so it would only make sense that they offer a mobile application as well. Powered by their community, Yelp is full of detailed consumer reviews and ratings from people who have actually eaten at these restaurants.

Get a Random Restaurant Recommendation

When you can’t make up your mind on where you want to eat, why not let your phone choose for you. Using UrbanSpoon.com’s mobile application, you can customize the general category of food you are interested in eating and then shake your iPhone to get a result. They describe it as part magic 8 ball, part slot machine – Urban Spoon seems to be a fun way to settle the oh-so-typical food indecisiveness.

Order Food on Your Mobile Device

For those of you who do know what they want, but simply don’t want to waste the time of going to the restaurant to order and prefer a web interface for placing their order, check out CityMint.com. City Mint has hundreds of menus that you can scroll through to find and order the food you want. The only downside is that City Mint is currently limited to San Francisco, but they are planning to expand, so keep checking in.

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