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CNET Editors' review
Curious diners have a new friend in Urbanspoon, a practical dining discovery app that shows a playful side when you let it. Otherwise, it gets to the serious business of finding you food. GPS or various forms of manual input shine a light on the restaurants nearby. While there's also browsing by popularity or neighborhood or searching by name, the most interesting and invigorating feature is the slot machine on the main screen. Enthusiastically shake the iPhone (or press "shake") to set individual wheels in motion. They'll randomly land on a nearby neighborhood, cuisine, and price range. Padlocks just below each column let you secure a requirement--shaking again honors your assigned constants and spins the other variables.
Maps, click-to-call, critic reviews, and Urbanspoon-user ratings are available for each selection. We can't stress how nice the internal browser is for reading reviews and directions without needing to restart the app, though on some occasions they were extremely slow to load. We'd also like to see links to restaurant Web sites, while Urbanspoon is at it.
Urbanspoon for iPhone iPod Touch:Publisher's Description
From Urbanspoon:
Can't decide where to eat? Urbanspoon can help. SHAKE your iPhone and the Urbanspoon slot machine will pick a good restaurant for you to try. See what's NEARBY to explore your 'hood in list or map mode. See what your FRIENDS like. BROWSE a comprehensive list of restaurants. Features:- Use GPS to find a restaurant near you - Filter by neighborhood, cuisine, or price - Search and browse local restaurants - See a list of all nearby eateries - Compare restaurant picks with your friends - Ratings and reviews from newspapers, bloggers, and fellow eaters Covers all of the United States and Canada, and large metro areas in the UK and Australia.
What's new in this version: New Photo Features Put the Focus on Food Browse photos of great dishes from nearby restaurants, right from the home screen. Share snapshots of your favorite dishes with our new home screen photo uploading feature. Can't decide what to order? See photos and user reviews of individual dishes under Popular Menu Items.
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"Does what it needs to"
Version: Urbanspoon 1.17
Pros
Finds a good amount of restaurants
Cons
Could use more functionality






















