{"id":547249,"date":"2010-04-29T16:35:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=19947"},"modified":"2010-04-29T16:35:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T20:35:53","slug":"opentable-reservations-in-the-palm-of-your-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/547249","title":{"rendered":"OpenTable: Reservations in the palm of your hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to go out for a romantic dinner date with a special someone? Family in town, and you want to take them to a popular bistro downtown? OpenTable has just what you&#8217;re looking for. With access to hundreds of local eateries, OpenTable allows you to conveniently make, change, or cancel reservations from the convenience of your Android device.<\/p>\n<p>So how well does OpenTable work? Pretty darn well actually. Just this past week, I made reservations at a popular restaurant in downtown Minneapolis at 5pm to surprise my wife before going to see a play. Realizing I was running slightly late at work, I was able to change the reservation from 5 to 5:30 all while stopped at a stoplight on the drive home. I was also able to click on the address in the app to get directions via Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>The interface for OpenTable is simple and pleasant. It first prompts you to either grant it access to your location via GPS or to select a metro area. Once it&#8217;s found your location, simply enter a date and time, the number of people in your party, and the maximum number of restaurants you&#8217;d like to see. OpenTable will do the rest. Once you pick a restaurant, the app shows the location, a brief description and available reservation times. What&#8217;s great about OpenTable is that reservations are confirmed almost instantaneously via an email to your email address on file (registration is required). A main drawback is the lack of ability\/intuitiveness of the search function. You can only search for a restaurant you&#8217;re looking for after you&#8217;ve drilled into the restaurant list..<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very easy to use. Two clicks to make or change a reservation allowing for a convenient mobile experience.<\/li>\n<li>Has a wide selection of restaurants in its database. All of the major (and some of the minor) restaurants in my suburban town were covered.<\/li>\n<li>No phone call to the restaurant is necessary, which is a huge plus to folks like me who hate using the phone.<\/li>\n<li>Clean and simple user interface.<\/li>\n<li>Clicking on the address takes you to the map for easy access to directions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;d like to see in a future release<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One-click access to be able to call the restaurant from the app itself if need be.<\/li>\n<li>Easier ability to search for restaurants by name should you already have a restaurant in mind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final Verdict:<\/strong><br \/>This is a nice-to-have app for the avid or casual restaurant-goer. My wife and I go to restaurants once per month or so, and have found this app extremely useful for making reservations and even finding new restaurants that we might not have tried otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>OpenTable is currently in version 1.1 and can be downloaded for free on the Android Market. More information on the app and OpenTable can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opentable.com\/page.aspx?pageid=11&#038;ref=5920\">http:\/\/www.opentable.com\/page.aspx?pageid=11&#038;ref=5920<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong> This review was submitted by Anthony Domanico as part of our <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/news\/android-app-review-contest-week-1-recap\/\">app review contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/opentable-reservations-in-the-palm-of-your-hand\/attachment\/opentable5\/' title='opentable5'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/opentable5-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"opentable5\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/opentable-reservations-in-the-palm-of-your-hand\/attachment\/opentable4\/' title='opentable4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/opentable4-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"opentable4\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/opentable-reservations-in-the-palm-of-your-hand\/attachment\/opentable3\/' title='opentable3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/opentable3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"opentable3\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/opentable-reservations-in-the-palm-of-your-hand\/attachment\/opentable2\/' title='opentable2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/opentable2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"opentable2\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/opentable-reservations-in-the-palm-of-your-hand\/attachment\/opentable1\/' title='opentable1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/opentable1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"opentable1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Related Posts<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/shapewriter-contender-soft-keyboard\/\" title=\"ShapeWriter: Contender for fastest soft-keyboard\">ShapeWriter: Contender for fastest soft-keyboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/worldtour-take-a-free-ride-around-the-world-right-from-your-phone\/\" title=\"WorldTour: Take a free ride around the world right from your phone.\">WorldTour: Take a free ride around the world right from your phone.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/quick-settings-manage-system-settings-from-anywhere\/\" title=\"Quick Settings: Manage system settings from anywhere\">Quick Settings: Manage system settings from anywhere<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/ethereal-dialpad-a-music-app-where-you-make-the-music\/\" title=\"Ethereal Dialpad: A music app where you make the music\">Ethereal Dialpad: A music app where you make the music<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/gmote-turn-your-phone-into-a-remote\/\" title=\"Gmote: Turn your phone into a remote for your computer.\">Gmote: Turn your phone into a remote for your computer.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to go out for a romantic dinner date with a special someone? Family in town, and you want to take them to a popular bistro downtown? OpenTable has just what you&#8217;re looking for. With access to hundreds of local eateries, OpenTable allows you to conveniently make, change, or cancel reservations from the convenience of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}