Site Review: Grab My Table
GrabMyTable is a new website that aims to provide visitors with access to customer reviews for restaurants across Dublin. It is elegantly designed and very simplistic in terms of what it displays to the visitor. Finding restaurants can be quite tedious however, unless you know the name of the restaurant you are looking for. You [...]
Joe is a 25-year-old web applications developer and technical writer from Cork, Ireland. For his day job, Joe builds web applications in PL/SQL and JavaScript for Core International, a leading provider of enterprise HR software in Ireland and the UK. Joe is also a published author, having his debut book, "Beginning CouchDB" published in 2009 by Apress. In addition, Joe is a regular contributing author to IBM's developerWorks technical library website. Joe is also contributing to a forthcoming IBM Press book, "Getting Started with .NET and DB2". Aside from software, Joe enjoys gaming, TV, eating out, motoring and frequent holidays in Spain. He lives in Cork with his girlfriend, Jill and their dog, Toby.
GrabMyTable is a new website that aims to provide visitors with access to customer reviews for restaurants across Dublin. It is elegantly designed and very simplistic in terms of what it displays to the visitor. Finding restaurants can be quite tedious however, unless you know the name of the restaurant you are looking for. You cannot browse by cuisine, for example, or find restaurants in a certain price range. Worst of all, you can’t see restaurants by area or location. Although I understand the minimalist approach the site owners are trying to take, it’s almost a bit too minimalist to be all that useful. There is no way of booking a table and there is no rewards scheme, like the one offered at rival site Menupages.ie. The nail in the coffin for me is that the site only lists Dublin restaurants.
Pros:
- Elegant Design
- Quick Sign Up
- Lots of Restaurants
- No ads
Cons:
- Dublin only
- Lack of Information (Opening Hours, Website, Facilities)
- Poor Navigation
- No bookings or rewards scheme
Score: 6/10
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