Imagine you were watching TV all comfortable at home and you got really hungry, so you decided to go out to dinner. All you kept thinking about on your drive to the restaurant was what you were going to eat so that once you sat down you could order right away. You finally arrive at the restaurant, all excited to finally eat, and you find out that there is an hour wait. You're extremely bummed because, had you known there was a wait, you could have stayed home on the couch for awhile longer and watched TV while you waited, but there was no way for you to know until you got to the restaurant.
Well, now there is! The new mobile app, "Nowait," provides individuals with the most current wait times of local restaurants and allows them to join the wait list through their mobile phone, in the comfort of their own home (or wherever else they may be)! The Nowait mobile app was founded by Robb Myer and created by a technology company called Nowait Inc.
The Nowait app began as a text message waitlist system and has developed to bring solutions to restaurant management and has saved the valuable time of millions of users. This app is available for iOS and Android mobile phones and recently partnered with Yelp to connect consumers to Nowait's restaurant partners.
Restaurants who partner with the Nowait app are offered: waitlist and reservation management, seating availability on the Nowait Guest app and Yelp, smart quoting, custom floor map and server sections, private verified guest feedback, and an online analytics suite. Individuals who download and use the Nowait app are able to discover new restaurants and decide where they want to eat from a selection of thousands of restaurants, join the waitlist from their phone, get notified when their table is ready, and rate their experience after dining. This is truly an amazing use of technology and helps both restaurant guests and restaurant management through the use of a mobile phone web application.
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Karli,
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty cool usage of technology! An app like this can make all of the difference in a bad/ good review of the chosen restaurant. Especially since many people equate that long wait time to "slow service" or just an overall bad experience. Great job!