Is there a good app for find nearby restaurants?
Fully Served: 7 apps already serve this, and 2 data points mined from real user reviews show where they fall short. Good apps already cover what people want. You'd need a strong wedge.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to find nearby restaurants, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| no full list of available restaurants in area | missing-feature | 1 | doesn't give you a list of every restaurant that is available in your area |
| limited restaurant selection | missing-feature | 1 | they need more restaurants |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | 4.7 | 7,280,203 | Free |
| Yelp: Food, Services & Reviews | 4.5 | 2,000,304 | Free |
| OpenTable | 4.9 | 5,504,182 | Free |
| HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You | 4.9 | 32,316 | $4.99 |
| Paris Saved: Restaurant Guide | 0.0 | 0 | $4.99 |
| deatour | 5.0 | 3 | $3.99 |
| Voraa | 4.9 | 17 | Free |
Should you build it?
Good apps already cover what people want. You'd need a strong wedge. Opportunity here scores 7 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
7 attempts, 5 stale, top only 27 stars; recurring interest that never sticks—no traction and tough data needs.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| teja156/thefoodiescript | stale | 27 | HTML |
| zyferlink/bite-map-android-app | active | 23 | Kotlin |
| frederic11/Zoomapto | stale | 20 | JavaScript |
| elharony/Nearby-Restaurants | stale | 12 | JavaScript |
| kevinniechen/fivethree-spa | stale | 10 | Vue |
| jstmn/ChowSauce | active | 9 | CSS |
| PansuriaShrey/NirmaEats | stale | 7 | PHP |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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