Where should we eat?
How to turn a few dinner suggestions into a place and a time everyone can agree on.
“Anywhere is fine” sounds promising until someone has to pick a place. Try a smaller question in the group chat. “Where would you be happy eating at seven?”
Make a shortlist
Give everyone a chance to name a place and to rule one out. Maybe the noodle shop closes before Maya gets off work, or the pizza place is a longer walk than anyone feels like making. Two places everyone likes are plenty.
If the shortlist comes up empty, browse nearby restaurants together. Start with somewhere you can all get to. Eating in another city? Browse the city guides for places to eat there.
Put dinner on the reel
- Open Play on one phone and choose Options.
- Enter each restaurant once and tap Let’s settle it.
- Lock a number for each place. With the default rules, the highest number picks dinner.
Give everyone a time
If the corner diner wins, send the one message people need before they put their phones away. “Corner diner at seven. Meet by the red awning?”