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For a short break, order a bowl if you need to eat at a desk, a sandwich or wrap if you are moving, or a lunch special if you can sit down. Then choose the flavor that sounds good. The picker below turns your time, setting and taste into one lunch order and a backup.
Use the lunch picker or scan the practical choices below.
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Start with the break you actually have.
Choose how much time you have, where you will eat and what kind of flavor sounds good. The result is an editorial idea, not a search of nearby restaurants or a personal match score.
Choose one answer in each row to see a lunch order and a backup.
If you need a decision now, match the meal to how you will eat it. These are starting points; availability, ingredients and portion sizes vary by restaurant.
Try: Rice or grain bowl
A complete meal in one container. Choose a filling you like, and ask for dressing on the side if you will eat later.
Try: Sandwich or wrap
Easy to hold and carry. Check how sauces and wet fillings are packed so the meal survives the trip.
Try: Lunch set or noodle plate
Use the time to choose the texture and flavor you want. Ask about the wait if your break still has a hard end.
First rule out dishes that do not fit an allergy, dietary requirement, budget or your available time. For allergies, ask the restaurant about ingredients and cross-contact rather than inferring safety from a dish name.
Next choose a format that fits the setting: handheld for walking, a bowl for a desk, or anything you enjoy when you have a table. If two dishes remain, pick the one with a texture or ingredient you are more excited to eat today.
At a restaurant with enough dish information, Palytt's iPhone and iPad Order Guide can add dish details, your own verdicts and friends' ratings when available. The web picker on this page does not read that information or know live menus, prices or hours.
If the hard part is choosing a place, try the restaurant picker. If the hard part is a craving, try the mood picker.
Start with one constraint instead of another long list. Do you need food you can carry, something warm, or a meal that will still taste good at a desk? Choose one, then scan only that part of the menu. If nothing fits, a familiar order is a valid choice.
Choose a format that fits how you will eat it: a bowl at a desk, a sandwich or wrap while moving, or a lunch special when you have a table. Then choose a comforting, fresh or bold version. Check the restaurant’s actual preparation and wait time before ordering.
No. It uses only the time, eating setting and flavor you select. It does not know nearby restaurants, live menus, prices, hours or your personal Palytt match score.
Ask the restaurant directly about ingredients and cross-contact. A general lunch idea cannot verify that a particular dish or kitchen meets your needs.
Palytt’s iPhone and iPad app has restaurant Order Guides where enough dish information is available. Dish details, your own verdicts and friends’ ratings may add context when present. The web lunch picker is separate from those guides.
Palytt is available for iPhone and iPad. Android is coming; get Android updates on the app page.
Free on iPhone and iPad; Android is coming
Android is coming. Get Android updates.