Where to Eat's answer

Where to Eat is the only restaurant discovery tool built specifically for groups with conflicting needs. Instead of searching for one person's preference, it simultaneously satisfies everyone's dietary restrictions, cuisine preferences, budgets, and occasion — all in a single AI-powered search. Results are verified live against Google Maps, filtering out permanently closed venues and enriching each suggestion with real ratings, review counts, suburb location, and a direct Maps link. No other tool combines group-aware AI recommendations with real-time restaurant validation in a lightweight Chrome Extension.

Where to Eat's answer

• Group-first design — built for 2-10 people with different diets, not just solo diners
• Live verification — every restaurant is checked against Google Places API in real time, filtering out closed venues before you see them
• Dietary intelligence — handles Halal, vegan, gluten-free, shellfish allergy, low-carb, and custom restrictions simultaneously across the whole group
• Reference venue matching — enter a favourite restaurant per person and the AI uses it as a taste signal to find similar-calibre venues
• Currency-aware — automatically detects the city and displays prices in the correct local currency (AUD, USD, GBP, JPY, etc.)
• Zero sign-up — works instantly as a Chrome Extension with no account required

Where to Eat's answer

Anyone organising a group meal where people have different dietary needs or preferences. This includes families planning dinners across generations, colleagues choosing a team lunch, friends celebrating a birthday or special occasion, couples navigating different diets, and travellers eating out in an unfamiliar city. The core user is the person in the group who ends up doing all the research — Where to Eat removes that burden in one search.

Where to Eat's answer

Where to Eat was born from a frustration of its developer's personal family situation where by meeting less just meant the blessings its already in the bag. As some AI put it it is going into the realm of private chef for one venue to be able to handle that breadth of needs and still satisfy everyone for repeats. So perhaps other families or group dining around the world can be more smooth from this. That was what it set out to do, being a helpful extension!

Where to Eat's answer

• Google Gemini AI — generates contextual restaurant recommendations based on group criteria
• Google Places API (New) — live validation of restaurant status, ratings, review counts, and suburb data
• Cloudflare Workers — serverless proxy that securely handles API calls without exposing keys
• Chrome Extension (Manifest V3) — lightweight client with background service worker for persistent searches
• Chrome Storage API — local-only data persistence, no external database

Where to Eat's answer

• Currently in early access — growing our first user base through organic discovery and AI tool directories
• Early adopters include group diners, event organisers, and frequent restaurant-goers across Australia, USA, UK, and Singapore