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by ttcbj 2524 days ago
I was prepared to dismiss this, but I actually think this is a great idea as a consumer. When I eat out, or get takeout, I want something delicious. We can go to a well-reviewed yelp restaurant, but I still don't know what's good there (I often look in the 'frequent mentions' area, but its hit-or-miss).

It might also help me with my tendency to always order the same thing once I find something I like. And, it might motivate me to try new restaurants, if I had a specific compelling thing I was going to order.

Unfortunately, I am not in your initial markets, and we never use delivery services (we go out or pick it up ourselves), but I do like the concept.

If there was a way to a review a meal at an arbitrary restaurant, I would have done so tonight.

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Totally understand. What market are you from? Unfortunately, we are only in SF, NY and Chicago so far.

By the way, you can review a dish from any arbitrary restaurant. You can search your restaurant and press the "Review a Dish" button. When we get enough of those in any city, we consider launching there next :)

I was able to find that with your instructions. However, I would not have discovered that on my own. I went to "Nearby", it said "Looks like there are no dishes near you, we have launched..."

If you think having new users organically add dishes is useful, I might just put a big "Review a dish anywhere" button in place of that message. I didn't realize that you had restaurants in there outside launch cities, so I just gave up. If the button had been there, and I could have discovered that I could review a dish at the restaurant I went to, I would have.

Maybe it isn't realistic to expect organic growth outside of launch cities. Still, right now the search functionality seems very prominent, but the add a review functionality does not.