If You Love Dining Out, You Need These Free Restaurant Apps

What’s the point of dining out if you can’t enjoy yourself? Long waits, pricey menu items, unlisted nutrition facts, and other issues can keep diners home. Luckily, there’s an app for that. Actually, there’s a lot of them. Check out our roundup of the best apps for restaurants that can make your life easier and will actually make you want to go out to eat.

1. Tasteful – Ever been at a restaurant and can’t find any dishes that fit into your diet? Tasteful eliminates that issue. With this handy app, users can search for restaurants based on dietary needs. The dietary preferences include vegetarian, vegan, paleo, gluten-free, and low carb. You can search for restaurants that meet your dietary criteria based on price, cuisine, and quality. You are also given the opportunity to rate the restaurant using the ‘shout out’ function. Tasteful rates the quality of the restaurant from fair to 100%, based on food quality. Available on iOS and Android
2. Happy Hours – It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. Make sure you are getting the best deals on your happy hour. This app locates the closest happy hours going on near you. You can also search for later dates and times. Available on iOS and Android
3. Restaurant Nutrition – Another great app for foodies that are counting carbs and calories. Check out all the nutrition facts for meals at over 200 restaurants, like Arby’s, Boston Pizza, P.F. Changs, and much more. When you eat a meal, you can add the nutrition facts to a food journal that will keep track of your calories for you. Available on Android
4. Where to Eat? – This is the perfect app for the indecisive diner or someone that is adventurous with their cuisine. Shake your device and you’ll receive a dining suggestion from the app. You can also look at user reviews of restaurants, as well as leave your own. Available on iOS
5. GrubHub – This app is filled with dining options brought straight to your front door. What are you craving? Let the GrubHub app know and it will find restaurants in the area that will deliver to your home. With the apps ‘Express Reorder’ option, you can purchase previously ordered items with a quick click of a button. The app also features restaurant reviews from other GrubHub users, too. Available on iOS and Android
6. Restaurants.com – Dining out doesn’t have to be expensive. This app locates restaurant deals in your area. You can purchase deals like $10 for $4, $15 for $6, $25 for $10, $50 for $20, and $100 for $40. You also have the option to Dine@Home with options such as desserts, food prep kits, and much more. There is typically a purchase minimum at the restaurant, and for some of the dine-in options, you can only purchase a gift certificate if you are a first-time customer. Restaurants.com will give you the whole lowdown on the restaurant, from hours of operation to directions to the restaurant. Available on iOS and Android
7. Starbucks Secret Menu – Most have heard of this secret menu but does anyone really know what’s on it? Check out this app to get your complete lists of Starbucks secret menu items. Each item lists the ingredients and how to order when you get to Starbucks. Users have their choice of secret item Frappuccino’s, hot drinks, cold drinks, and teas. You can save your favorite items for quick reference later, too. Looking for other secret menu items on the go? Check out ‘Fast Food Secret Menus’ app for a list of secret menu items at quick service and fast casual restaurants like Arby’s and Panera   Bread. Available on iOS and Android
8.  Roaming Hunger- Looking for the closest food trucks near you? You need Roaming Hunger. With Roaming Hunger, you have the ability to search for all food trucks currently open. Want to know what food trucks will be available at dinner time? You can search for the food trucks that will be open late, or by cuisine and mark all your favorite food trucks. Need to book a food truck for an event? You can do that through the app too! Available on iOS and Android
9. Hapibelly – The Internet has endless review sources that no one has time to read through. With Hapibelly, you get reviews from Google, Yelp, Facebook, TripAdvisor, Foursquare, and Zomato all in one spot. Available on iOS

So, there you have it – you now have all the best apps for restaurants to make dining out a breeze. Give these apps a go and you’ll see how much more enjoyable a night on the town can be. Subscribe to the blog for more interesting restaurant content!

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About the Author

Emily Wimpsett was a Content & Social Media Specialist at QSR Automations. Emily was born and raised in Louisville but considers herself a die-hard University of Kentucky fan. For college, Emily attended Indiana University Southeast and obtained a degree in Communications with a track in Advertising. In her free time, Emily enjoys just about every water related activity but she is partial to kayaking and whitewater rafting.