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In NYC, even if you walk in to a restaurant with open tables, they'll often insist on taking your number before you can be seated. It goes through a platform c
by bsimpson 2y ago
In NYC, even if you walk in to a restaurant with open tables, they'll often insist on taking your number before you can be seated. It goes through a platform called Resy.
- soylentcola 2y agoAnd then (at least around here) they often make you scan a QR code in order to see the menu. It's often not a direct link to the menu, but rather a third party site or a link shortener that tracks traffic for marketing data.
- bsimpson 2y agoOh shit - I never thought about the privacy ramifications about the death of paper menus. I get that it's more eco friendly, and that it allows each dish to have more space for a photo and detailed description; but I hate the experience of staring at my phone to try to pick a meal.
- tomwheeler 2y agoIt happened to me last week at a small Thai restaurant in Las Vegas.
- michaelcampbell 2y agoUnless they're going to text me when my table is ready, I give them my first phone # that I grew up with.