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Our Founder, Steven Dziedzic, chats with Alan Meckler on the latest TV segment of “Elevator Pitch” about Hoppit! Courtesy of MediaBistro.
Why It’s Taking Off: Hoppit lets users search for restaurants based on their current moods and the people they are with at the moment. Read more…
Among the assortment of dining apps out there, there is a new one quickly rising to take on the best competitors, while taking tech-savvy restaurant patrons down a different road in finding just the right place to eat.
Hoppit is a restaurant and bar search engine powered by the mysterious sounding Ambience Genome, helping give diners tailored recommendations by the kind of ambient atmosphere sought after.
“Love Where You Eat.” That is Hoppit’s slogan… (Read More)
People and Big Data: Separately Good, Together Great
Check us out over at the Huffington Post Business where Bryce Maddock wrote an article recently about the growth of Big Data!
What: Download the free app to search restaurants by vibe (cozy, watering hole, classy), diner type (toddlers, book-readers, lovers), and so on.
Why: Belly up to spots inAustin, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Manhattan, Dallas, and Los Angeles now. Additional cities are coming soon.
Where: Available at hoppit.com.
HOPPIT’S AMBIENCE SEARCH ENGINE FOR RESTAURANTS COMES TO THE IPHONE
Even in our age of Yelp and Google Places, finding the right restaurant can often be hard. In April, Hoppit launched its “ambiance search engine for restaurants” to make it easier to find a nice spot that fits not just your culinary preferences but also your mood. Today, after a bit of a delay, the company is launching its redesigned website and its iPhone app. Just like its website, the mobile app allows users to filter restaurants by mood, so you can easily find thathipster-friendly, romantic restaurant for yourdate. Another feature that makes the app stand out is that it also offers access to over 40,000 high-quality photos of restaurant interiors.
Sadly, the iPhone app currently only works in nine U.S. cities – New York, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Seattle, Austin, Dallas and Boston. The web version also offers recommendations in Portland and Chicago.
So far, Hoppit has used its “state-of-the-art natural language processing technology and related algorithms [that] take into account a consumer’s unique situation regarding atmosphere and accompanying guests” to analyze over 500,000 restaurants.
You simply tell the app what kind of restaurant you are looking for (classy, hipster, romantic etc.), who you are with (your colleagues, a date, friends or your 2-year-old toddler), what cuisine you are interested in and how much you want to spend. Hoppit then finds the restaurants that best match these descriptions. You can also filter restaurants by other factors, including noise level, neighborhood and whether local deals services like Groupon and Gilt City current offer a deal there.
We know what settling looks like. Overcome by hunger and exhaustion, we, too, have picked a place to eat simply to save sanity… and we, too, have tasted disappointment. Enter the Hoppit app. With over40,000 interior shots, Hoppit is in your hand wherever you go, letting you poke your head into restaurants before you commit. Plus, after half a million suggestions, Hoppit’s foodie IQ is through the roof. So quit playing the guessing game—love where you eat each and every time.
MakeUseOf.com reviews Hoppit - and it’s glowing :-) Thanks guys!
Choose Restaurants By Vibe & How Cool They Look With Hoppit
If you love going out for meals, you know how important the feel of the place is. I mean, you might know a place that sells the tastiest Chinese food you’ve ever eaten, but if it’s a dive you’re going to head there for takeaway rather than a long meal. The same goes the other way around. Some places are just so classy that you don’t mind either paying larger amounts of money for your food or putting up with something slightly less than perfect.
The fact is, what the place looks like matters… (Read On)
Hoppit gets coverage on FOX News!
Ever go to a restaurant you think isn’t a good fit because of its atmosphere? Hoppit.com can help… (VIEW MORE)
Why, look at our trendy Founder & CEO on FOX News! Great interview, Steve! Surely this is a sign of good things to come.
