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The right Yelp alternative depends on the job. Use Google Maps for navigation and local details, The Infatuation for editor-written guides, Tripadvisor for travel, OpenTable for reservations, Beli for restaurant tracking, Swarm for check-ins, or Palytt for personalized dish picks once you are choosing what to order.
We make Palytt, so it appears first. Claims about every other product come from its own site, linked below.
Choose the tool for the decision: place, table, history or dish.
Gives restaurant dishes a 0–100 match score from your taste, shows friends' verdicts and organizes an Order Guide into get this, add on, popular here and maybe skip. Free on iPhone and iPad; it does not provide reservations or live prices.
Combines place discovery, community information, saved lists and navigation. Shared lists can help a group collect and react to restaurant options.
Keeps lists and maps of places you have tried and want to try, shows friends' restaurant activity and offers personalized restaurant discovery.
Publishes restaurant reviews and guides written by its own writers and editors, who say they visit anonymously and pay for their meals.
Lists restaurants alongside hotels and things to do, with traveler reviews, photos, cuisines and location-based browsing.
Helps diners discover restaurants, check availability, book a table and manage reservations, with diner reviews as another decision signal.
Records check-ins with photos, comments and friends, and puts past visits on a personal map. Foursquare's former City Guide product has been retired, so Swarm is the current consumer app.
Start with the decision you need to make. Maps and business details call for Google Maps. A curated editorial opinion points to The Infatuation. Travel research fits Tripadvisor. A table you can actually reserve points to OpenTable.
For your own history, Beli tracks restaurants and Swarm records places you visited. For the plate itself, Palytt focuses on which dish fits your taste. Read the direct Palytt vs Yelp comparison for the narrower distinction.
Beli and Swarm work primarily at the place level. Palytt keeps a dish-level restaurant journal, including whether you would order each item again. Compare more options in our roundup of Beli alternatives.
If the real problem is menu indecision, see the best apps for knowing what to order.
It depends on the job. Google Maps is useful for maps and local details, The Infatuation for editor-written restaurant guides, Tripadvisor for travel, OpenTable for reservations, Beli for restaurant tracking, Swarm for check-ins and Palytt for deciding which dish to order.
Yes. Palytt ranks a restaurant's dishes for your taste, shows friends' verdicts and separates its Order Guide into get this, add on, popular here and maybe skip.
OpenTable is built around finding restaurants and booking available tables. Palytt does not make reservations.
We make Palytt, and we include it for its specific dish-level use case. Descriptions of the other products come from their own sites, which are linked on the page.