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> order free pickup It may be free for you, but not for the restaurant. They still have to pay a double digit commission for pickups. Consider just calling the

• paxys 5y ago
  Most apps charge <5% for pickup orders and that includes stuff like credit card commissions. Unless the restaurant has a team of software engineers on staff full time they aren't getting anything for cheaper than that. I don't know of any restaurant in my area that even takes orders over the phone or through their own site. They will simply say "order on Doordash".
  • ramphastidae 5y ago
    100% of restaurants will take pick up orders over the phone without requiring Doordash. Delivery is another story.
    • paxys 5y ago
      When was the last time you picked up the phone and checked? Serious question, because I try it all the time, by default. They will either not answer the phone, refuse entirely, have a problem with payments, or mess up/deprioritize your order. In fact a lot of restaurants that do take phone orders still use Doordash and the like on their end, and you'll end up getting an email/text from them regardless.
      • heavyset_go 5y ago
        > When was the last time you picked up the phone and checked? 100% of my takeout orders are made via phone call, and I've never had a problem.
    • acchow 5y ago
      It's 50-50 for me. Half the restaurants tell me to just order through Doordash/UberEats/etc. Clearly they are busy in the restaurant and don't have time to translate my verbal commands into some terminal. I'm sure there are other aspects of unifying all remote orders under one system that they like