Eat Out app goes live

Eat Out, South Africa’s dining authority is now in your App store.

The app, which will be officially launched in Joburg tonight, will allow South African foodies to discover, experience and review more than 6 000 restaurants across the country.

The new app has been developed to find restaurants near users using geo-location technology. Users can also make area specific searches, enter cuisine preferences and bookmark favourite foodie spots.

Some of the extra features included in the app allow users view restaurant menus read through specials in their vicinity area, and share reservation details with co-diners.

Users can also check availability and make bookings directly on the app. This enables users to receive reminder emails and notifications. After their meal, users can rate and review their experiences with the tap of a button.

Alongside the app is a booking system for restaurants – enabling dining establishments to take bookings in real time or on request. It also empowers restaurants to streamline reservations, set up sittings, configure tables and send notifications to staff.

The app and bookings system are a collaboration between Naspers and New Media. It was developed by a team of senior software developers from Naspers, led by Product Specialist Evan Person.

Aileen Lamb, Managing Director of New Media, publisher of Eat Out, says the app is a game-changer for the brand.

“This was an opportunity to guide our audience along every step of the eating out process – finding the perfect restaurant, making a booking and reviewing it. We are incredibly proud of the app,” she said.

“It is a tool that South Africa needed and, as a defining brand in the restaurant industry, Eat Out had to fill this gap. By putting the ability to make bookings straight into our users’ hands and by working with the restaurant trade to do so, we hope to make this process smoother and less stressful than ever before.”

The Eat Out app is free and available for iPhone and Android. Download it now from the  Apple App Store  and the  Google Play Store .

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