Some of us eat to live, others live to eat. However, deciding where to get a quick bite to eat, can lead to an unnecessary 20 minute discussion. Help is at hand with Zomato.
Zomato isn’t a distant exotic cousin of the humble tomato. No, it is in fact, an app which will make your life much, much easier. Over the past weekend we tried and tested Zomato and here’s what we found.
Zomato originates from India and was launched in 2008. The web and mobile device based application can best be described as a “global restaurant search and discovery app”, but also, as Gearburn so aptly put it, as the “Facebook of food”. Because Zomato isn’t merely a search engine, it’s also a social network for food lovers.
It has, to date, 1.4 million restaurants listed in 22 countries, with 90 million visits per month.
The app uses your phones GPS to establish your location and suggests restaurants nearest to you. But, you can also search according to any other criteria, such as type of food (Indian, Chinese, Moroccan, etc.), type of meal (lunch, dinner, quick bite, take-away, etc.)
Included in results you will find the restaurant’s menu, photos of food and the venue, reviews and ratings. Most importantly it shows you the location on Google maps, as well as contact details. The phone app additionally has a call function built in, so you can just tap the button to make your booking.
The average price for a meal is also included – a handy criteria to ensure you don’t get a surprise when you arrive at the restaurant. Keep in mind that establishments on Zomato include anything from Steers to Overture – from take-away shops to seriously upmarket restaurants. There’s something for everyone, which makes it all the more fun.
Zomato is working on even more functionality, which will include online bookings and payment, as well as collaborating with Uber.
If you have a competitive streak, you can even become an expert in your own neighbourhood by reviewing at least 10 restaurants and posting 50 photos. There are various levels ruled by a point system, such as foodie, big foodie, super foodie and connoisseur.
THE VERDICT
We used Zomato over the weekend to plan our eat-out expeditions and it worked quite well. All the information was accurate, maps were quite handy as we tried out a new restaurant in Bellville. Even ratings and reviews are easy to do and existing reviews give you a good idea of what to expect. I’m not an app-junkie, but Zomato is simple, yet effective, so I can recommend it.
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Eet jy net om aan die lewe te bly of is eet jou lewe? Wat ookal die geval, net om te besluit waar om te eet, kan vinnig ontaard in `n onnodige 20-minute gesprek. Gelukkig is daar Zomato.
Zomato is nie die veraf, eksotiese nefie van die eenvoudige tamatie nie. Dis ʼn toepassing wat jou besluite sommer baie makliker gaan maak. Oor die afgelope naweek het ons Zomato gebruik en beproef en hier is ons opinie.
Zomato kom oorspronklik van Indië en is in 2008 gestig. Die web en mobiele toestel toepassing kan beskryf word as ʼn globale restaurant soek-en-ontdek hulpmiddel, of soos Gearburn dit so beskrywend stel, “Facebook vir kos”. Zomato is inderdaad meer as net ʼn soekenjin, dis ʼn sosiale netwerk vir kosliefhebbers.
Tot op datum is daar reeds 1.4 miljoen restaurante in 22 lande gelys op die databasis en word dit 90 miljoen keer per maand besoek.
Die toepassing gebruik jou foon se GPS om jou ligging te bepaal en restaurante in jou nabye omgewing voor te stel. Maar, jy kan ook volgens verskeie ander kriteria soek, byvoorbeeld die tipe kos (Indies, Chinees of Marokkaans, ens.) of tipe maaltyd (middagete, aandete, wegneemetes, ens.)
Jy sal ook spyskaarte, fotos, resensies en graderings vir restaurante te siene kan kry. Die belangrikste is egter dat die toepassing die ligging aandui op Google maps, sowel as kontakinligting. Die foontoepassing het ʼn addisionele funksie ingebou waarmee jy direk uit die toepassing die restaurant kan skakel om te bespreek.
Die gemiddelde prys per ete word ook ingesluit – baie handig as jy nie hou van onwelkome verrassings nie. Hou in gedagte dat Zomato enigiets van Steers tot Overture insluit – van wegneemete-plekke tot eksklusiewe restaurante. Daar is iets vir almal, watookal jou begroting of smaak.
Zomato ontwikkel ook meer funksionaliteit en sal binnekort aanlyn besprekings en betalings by hul toepassing insluit. ʼn Projek saam met Uber was ook al ter sprake.
As jy ʼn kompeterende streep het, kan jy probeer om ʼn ekspert in jou buurt te word deur ten minste 10 restaurante te resenseer en 50 fotos op te laai. Daar is verskeie vlakke wat bepaal word deur die hoeveelheid punte wat jy insamel. Jy kan ʼn foodie, big foodie, super foodie en connoisseur word as jy ʼn toegewyde Zomato-gebruiker is.
DIE GEVOLGTREKKING
Ons het Zomato oor ʼn naweek beproef om ons uiteet-ekskursies te beplan en dit het baie goed gewerk. Inligting was deurlopend akkuraat en die kaarte het handig te pas gekom toe ons ʼn nuwe restaurant in Bellville wou uitprobeer.
Selfs gradering en resensies is maklik om te doen en die reeds bestaande resensies gee vir jou ʼn goeie idee van wat om te verwag. Ek is nie ʼn toepassing-fanatikus nie, maar Zomato is eenvoudig, tog effektief, dus beveel ek dit aan.
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