Previously I wrote about an online ordering food service called Just Eat, and how it has literally expanded my dining options since I have moved to the UK. It also helped me with getting food when I traveled outside of my place of residence. The fact that you can choose restaurants that are available to deliver straight to your door, especially for someone who doesn’t have a car, is priceless.

As awesome as Just Eat is, it does have some limitations and that’s just basically on what restaurants uses its’ services. I am not going to complain but after a while, as humans, we get into a pattern, even when it comes to where we get our food. Also, some of the restaurants unfortunately in my neighborhood or close to it (in delivery distance), had awful reviews and that narrowed down my options significantly. I was basically forced to choose amongst; pizza, chinese food or burgers. As lovely as all three of those options are, it can become very tedious. Also, yet again, when the ratings for alternative restaurants within those categories are pretty low, you’re basically getting your pizza, chinese food or burgers from only specific restaurants. I have had the unfortunate experience of verging off my comfort zone and purchasing from a different restaurant than I am accustomed to, and got some horrendous food, even when customers gave them excellent ratings. So at the end of the day, it all depended on what restaurants provided me with the best meals, and forgetting about ratings all together (except for the ones that obviously have very low ratings, I choose to trust those customers ?).

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