Getting food delivered to your door is easier than ever. You don’t even need to dial a restaurant’s phone number to order food with all the on-demand delivery apps available nowadays.
Check out these top apps that you can use to browse menus from local restaurants, place your order, and make your payment (including the tip!) directly through your smartphone.
Food, Groceries, and More: Postmates
Got a hankering for some Starbucks or Chipotle? A Postmates shopper will go to your favorite popular restaurant chain to grab your order and bring it to you. And the app doesn’t stop there. You can also have groceries or other merchandise delivered from popular stores like Apple. Postmates is available in hundreds of cities across the U.S.
Food, drinks (alcohol included), and groceries.
Wider delivery areas than competitors.
You can track delivery.
Service fee plus delivery fee.
Slow customer service response time.
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Choose From 30K+ Restaurants: GrubHub
If you’re serious about variety, ordering from GrubHub’s extensive list of more than 30,000 restaurants in more than 800 U.S. cities will be sure to satisfy you. Browse by city, address, cuisine, menu item, or specific restaurant and use the filters to drill down your results. For example, you can filter by hours open, customer reviews, coupon deals, and more. Plus, you’re able to save ordering details for future orders.
Large selection of restaurants and cuisines.
Recommendations based on order history.
Discover nearby restaurants.
Occasional slow delivery times.
The delivery fee and the tip are high if you order one meal.
No Minimum Purchase: DoorDash
Strapped for time? DoorDash will deliver your food from hundreds of great local restaurants in your area in 45 minutes or less. The homepage lets you browse newly added menu items and what’s currently popular. Then, when you decide on a dish, the app has built-in options that allow you to customize your order just how you like.
Easy ordering from lots of restaurants.
Real-time delivery tracking.
No minimum order.
Contains sponsored food images (ads).
App can be glitchy.
DoorDash serves all 50 States, including cities such as San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Jose, Los Angeles, Orange County, Dallas, Houston, Brooklyn, Boston, and Chicago.
Pre-Order Meals: Seamless
If you live in a major U.S. city, Seamless is the food delivery app you want to have on hand. The app claims to have “oodles” of restaurants and menus that are updated regularly—complete with photos, reviews, pricing, and the time it takes for it to arrive. Seamless is available in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Miami, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Easy to make a selection, pay, and add a tip.
Discounts and coupons are available.
Exclusive delivery options.
Pre-order meals up to four days in advance.
Service isn’t available in most small cities and towns.
Drivers don’t have to get out of their cars.
Order Food and Laundry: Delivery.com
Similar to Postmates, Delivery.com is a popular app that delivers more than food. The app features over 10,000 local businesses where you can get food, alcohol, groceries, laundry, and dry cleaning delivered to you. Enter your address to see what’s around you, and use the sorting feature to filter by cuisine choice, reviews, or the shortest time it will take to arrive.
Delivers more than food and drinks.
Delivery points.
Can track deliveries.
Not user-friendly for new users.
Sends ads through push notifications.
High-End Food, Fast Delivery: Caviar
Caviar positioned itself as a food delivery service for the undeliverable. Browse high-quality photos from the menu, customize your meal, complete your payment, and then Caviar delivers everything to you at lightning-fast speed.
High-end restaurant meal delivery service.
Accurate delivery time estimates.
Issues periodic promo codes.
Order is canceled after the driver waits 10 minutes.
You can use this app if you’re located in Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, or Washington, D.C.
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