Dinelist vs Tenderloin

The restaurant app that actually helps groups decide. Swipe solo to build your perfect restaurant lists. When it's time to eat, invite friends to swipe—Dinelist's AI shows you what everyone loves. No more endless scrolling, group chat chaos, or settling for the same old spots. HOW IT WORKS Start Solo – Build Your Lists Swipe through restaurants and save favorites to custom lists: Date night spots Quick lunch options Places to try for delivery Your go-to weekend brunch spots Every swipe is beautiful. Every card shows what actually matters—vibe, noise level, what people loved, what they didn't. The AI learns your taste as you go. Decide Together – Invite Your Group When it's time to pick a place: Create a session: dine-in, delivery, or pickup Invite friends to swipe Everyone sees their matches instantly AI shows consensus: "4 of 5 people loved this. Sarah's been here before." Reach a decision in 2 minutes. Not 30. WHY DINELIST ACTUALLY WORKS AI That Gets It We synthesize thousands of reviews into insights that matter: "Cozy Italian spot. Amazing carbonara. Gets loud after 8 PM." No more reading 50 Yelp reviews to figure out if you'll like a place. Built for Groups, Not Just You Every other restaurant app is built for solo browsing. Dinelist is built for the reality of how people actually eat—together. The group mode isn't an afterthought; it's the whole point. Your Lists, Your Way Organize restaurants however makes sense to you. By occasion, by neighborhood, by cuisine, by mood. Build your personal database of spots you actually want to remember. Real Consensus See exactly what your friends think. No more "I don't care" or "whatever you want." Everyone swipes, everyone has a voice, and the AI surfaces options that actually work for the group. Personalization That Learns The more you swipe, the smarter Dinelist gets. It learns what you love, what you avoid, and the patterns in your preferences. Your recommendations get better every time you use it. THE RESULTS Our users reach group dining decisions 34% of the time. Industry standard? Less than 10%. Why? Because we built for the hardest problem—getting everyone to actually agree. WHO THIS IS FOR Friend groups tired of the "where should we eat?" spiral Couples who spend more time deciding than eating Coworkers planning team lunches without the chaos Anyone building a personal database of great restaurants People who want dining recommendations that aren't generic WHAT YOU CAN DO Swipe restaurants and build custom lists Get AI-powered insights on every spot Create group dining sessions (dine-in, delivery, pickup) See what your group actually agrees on Make reservations through our partners Order delivery and pickup Discover new spots based on your taste SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Free: Basic swipes, unlimited lists, group decisions Premium Monthly ($4.99): Unlimited swipes Priority AI insights Advanced filters (cuisine, price, vibe, noise level) Early access to new features Premium Annual ($49): Everything in monthly Save over 15% Support indie restaurant tech OUR STORY We're the team behind Dinesurf, which served 300+ restaurants and helped coordinate 20,000+ diners monthly. We spent years watching groups struggle with the same problem: deciding where to eat shouldn't take longer than the meal itself. So we built Dinelist. Solo discovery that actually remembers your taste. Group decisions that actually reach consensus. All the dining options—dine-in, delivery, pickup—in one place. Start swiping. Build your lists. Decide with friends. Turn "where should we eat?" from a 30-minute group chat nightmare into a 2-minute decision your whole group feels good about. Download Dinelist. Your future self (and your hungry friends) will thank you.

NOBODY CAN DECIDE WHERE TO EAT. Tenderloin fixes that. Open the app. Tap "Start a Session." A 4-letter code appears. Your friends type it in. Everyone swipes through nearby restaurants — YES or NOPE. The instant everyone agrees on the same place, BOOM: match. You're going there. Total time: under two minutes. THE SECRET SAUCE — SILENT REAL-TIME PUSH When one person swipes right, that restaurant silently jumps to the front of everyone else's deck. No notification. No hint. It just appears next. If they swipe right too, instant match. People say it feels like telepathy. We agree. This is the thing every other "let's pick a restaurant" app forgot to build. WHO IT'S FOR - Couples on date night who can't pick - Friend groups stuck in the "I dunno, where do YOU want to eat?" loop - Office lunch teams - Family outings, birthday dinners, post-game food runs, late-night cravings GROUP MATCHING THAT SCALES Two people or twenty — a match fires the instant every single person in the session swipes right on the same spot. And if the group truly can't agree, nobody starves: Tenderloin shows the host the group's top-voted picks so someone can make the call. No dead ends. Ever. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Use Tenderloin anonymously. Pick a fun random name we generate, or type your own. Your location is read only while a session is active — never tracked in the background. Sign in with Google or Apple if you want match history saved across sessions; otherwise just keep swiping. POWERED BY GOOGLE PLACES Real restaurants, real ratings, real photos. We filter out gas stations, convenience stores, and other not-actually-restaurants so the deck stays clean. ONE-TAP POST-MATCH ACTIONS Match locked in? Tap to open Maps for navigation, DoorDash for delivery, or OpenTable for a reservation. One tap each. Done. GO GOLD — $2.99/MONTH - Zero sponsored cards in your deck - Dietary filters: vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, kosher, nut-free, dairy-free - Full match history TENDERLOIN IS FREE TO USE. The full core experience — creating sessions, swiping, matching, navigating to the winner — costs nothing and never will. Gold is optional. WHO WE ARE Tenderloin is built by VivianOps, a small startup based in Liberty, Missouri. We made this because we got tired of the "where do YOU want to eat?" loop. Now we don't have it anymore. You shouldn't either. Questions? Feedback? Email contact@vivianops.com — we read every message. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vivianops.com/tenderloin/privacy.html