Eating Around
Consumer and social
restaurant discovery
SHOW HN2014
17points
51comments
#1,346of 2,272 in 2014
Top 60%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
10 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 5 for, 5 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clean design
From 2 comments
Congrats on shipping. I wanted to do something simple like this. I bought a domain for it, Radiyum.com (Radius + Food), but ended up shelving the idea for some of the reasons…
jaredstenquist on HNGig 'Em! Awesome looking site!
TheBiv on HN
Dropping reviews avoids groupthink
From 2 comments
I'm pretty sure the whole point of this is to avoid the groupthink of reviews (and all the drama associated with Yelp supposedly suppressing some reviews) and just show you the…
nilkn on HNI find Yelp reviews to be worse than useless [1] so I appreciate your decision anyway. [1] If I wanted to hear the opinions of self-entitled whiners, I'd talk to my ex (heyo)
acheron on HN
Useful for finding nearby places
From 1 comment
Nice app for iOS. On my Nexus 5(Android), I use it like this: "Ok Google, show me [type] restaurants near me".
piyush_soni on HN
Objections
Not clearly different from Yelp
From 3 comments
Isn't finding a good restaurant the most important user experience here? And by that metric, Yelp seems better suited to my needs. Making a 'less Yelp, Yelp' doesn't…
oldstrangers on HNIt's an iPhone app. I need an iPhone to use it. Your whole differentiation section is drivel. > We give you choices visually. Oh because Yelp doesn't have photos. > Our format is…
fourstar on HNThat's a pretty weak selling point. You probably have less data, and it's yet another application to sign up for and use.
fourstar on HN
No reviews shown
From 1 comment
> We have as much data as Yelp. Except reviews. For me, a star rating and menu suggestions are much more valuable choosing criteria than "pretty pictures". I'm having a hard time…
steakjern on HN
iPhone only, no Android
From 2 comments
Is there some good reason why this is an iPhone app instead of using the seemingly widely supported Geolocation API in the browser? http://caniuse.com/#feat=geolocation I would…
mdaniel on HNI cringed when I read that phrase. What about smell? are you going to eat food that looks great but smells bad? The visual aspect of food is highly overrated, it mostly stems…
computerjunkie on HN
Text-message download prompt feels like collecting phone numbers
From 2 comments
"Text me a download link", to me, to see that displayed prominently instead of a link to the App Store (on mobile) strikes me as a creepy way to collect phone numbers. That…
jedanbik on HNYeah, I wouldn't bother trying it for this reason.
Mandatum on HN
Requests
Android version
From 2 comments
Is there some good reason why this is an iPhone app instead of using the seemingly widely supported Geolocation API in the browser? http://caniuse.com/#feat=geolocation I would…
mdaniel on HNOf course. Love the concept - here's hoping for Android soon!
etjossem on HN
Vegan category
From 3 comments
Is there a vegan category?
shaunxcode on HNseconding support for a vegan category
saiko-chriskun on HNNeed this as well - it's the main reason I use Yelp.
SyncTheory13 on HN
Show reviews or star ratings
From 1 comment
> We have as much data as Yelp. Except reviews. For me, a star rating and menu suggestions are much more valuable choosing criteria than "pretty pictures". I'm having a hard time…
steakjern on HN
Questions
What does it do that Yelp doesn't
From 1 comment
What does this do that Yelp doesn't currently. (On mobile so lazy to click through is the site explains it). I ask because I use Yelp for this a lot
hashtag on HN
Why an iPhone app instead of the mobile web
From 1 comment
Is there some good reason why this is an iPhone app instead of using the seemingly widely supported Geolocation API in the browser? http://caniuse.com/#feat=geolocation I would…
mdaniel on HN
Alternatives named
Yelp
From 2 comments
What does this do that Yelp doesn't currently. (On mobile so lazy to click through is the site explains it). I ask because I use Yelp for this a lot
hashtag on HNIsn't finding a good restaurant the most important user experience here? And by that metric, Yelp seems better suited to my needs. Making a 'less Yelp, Yelp' doesn't…
oldstrangers on HN
HappyCow
From 1 comment
If you can do it as well as your other categories and market it as such you will definitely become a "must have". There is an app for happycow but it requires a lot of sorting to…
shaunxcode on HN