5 Best iPhone Apps for the election of a restaurant

Long ago, before the iPhone, if you and your friends wanted to eat was a complex ritual involved. They call each other on your "dumb" phones have a whole conversation about who is hungry, what, then call again with restaurant suggestions. Then they would all call each other a bit 'longer in competition with proposals about the price, neighborhood, etc. Finally, would all converge on the town, clear flip phones still in his hand, and you werethere.

Now, "is all an app." Looking for locations, price ranges, kitchens and even good food choices with your iPhone and food down in record time.

So what is the best application is to find a place? It depends on what features you want. Here's a quick menu:

Restaurant-Finder (Free) - Ideal for travelers, locating restaurants and cooking desired city or postal code or city and to the nearest restaurants,what you hunger for, receive the address, phone number, URL, and, if available. It also gives you an atmosphere at your fingertips, so you know, where is the nearest best. "

Find a restaurant (99) - This application must practice Restaurant Finder is better, tells you your current location using GPS. to go in search of food, and you're close to restaurants, complete with phone, GPS location map, directions and One-Touch Web site (but not time). This includesTip Calculator (yes, whether the shares. Cheapskate wants.)

Urban Spoon (Free) - This is the application from the Apple commercials with the "Slot Machine" random search function to add a bit 'of fun to your. Of course, you can filter the choices of cuisine, price or location. Urban Spoon friends also have access to ratings and reviews, and "to add a touch of social networking ... but it is Yelp.

Yelp (Free) - Yelp is not about jumpingThe train jumped social networking, is a bargain. This is because Yelp is a website first and a second app (which is good and bad - but more on that in a moment). With Yelp looking for a restaurant, bar, club, or any company found in a manner similar to other Apps restaurants, or simply enter the name of a food (such as "Peking Duck") and Yelp is a place for you. You can search the notes and reviews (though you must go to publish on the Web site Yelp - hence the comment "above good and bad). The"Check-in can" work for you and your friends track each other's whereabouts. Fear not: Check-in is voluntary, so if the stalker ex is back, everything is safe. Check in the same place often enough, and decided to Yelp, you're a regular. Some complaints by users of outdated / incorrect information, not to be bad, eat, keep the big rolling party.

Where to eat (2.99) - Another GPS-enabled food finder. WTE but has some features that only make sense. The research isKitchen or special type of cuisine, and there are several categories for bars, takeaways and delivery. emphasizes the intuitive experience; entry is optional. Shuffle Shake-to-Suggest uses the same principle as Urban Spoon "Slot Machine".

And if your interest runs deep rather than wide? Check Sushipedia (free) for scads of sushi and a knowledge base of course places to buy. And if only the weight, click on Nutrition or lose it once MenuYou can get a place for the number of calories, and more. Fortunately, neither your friends told you to diet.