When comparing Foursquare vs OpenTable, the Slant community recommends Foursquare for most people. In the question“What are the best Android apps for finding a place to eat?” Foursquare is ranked 2nd while OpenTable is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Foursquare is:
Foursquare learns about what you like from the places you go and the searches you make. The app will give you recommendations based on what you like not what other people search for.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Custom search results
Foursquare learns about what you like from the places you go and the searches you make. The app will give you recommendations based on what you like not what other people search for.
Pro Connects with Facebook and Twitter
Use Foursquare with Facebook and Twitter to see what restaurants and other places your friends recommend. Also get tips from those you follow about places you might not yet know about.
Pro Follow friends and trusted voices
Foursquare lets you follow your friends and other people that you trust to have great taste in food and places. You can view tips left by the people you follow at the places you go.
Pro Reservation system authenticates every reviewer
In order to write a review, you must have had gone the restaurant, and your review is marked with the exact date you went.
Pro Separates rating into food, service, and ambience
Allowing users to easily distinguish between fancy, but not so tasty restaurants, and vice versa.
Pro Easy to find affiliated restaurants
Pro Collections of customer photos
Thanks to integration with Foodspotting, there are a lot more photos than before.
Cons
Con Ratings tend to run high
The same restaurants will typically get between .51 points higher on open table, the audience usually gives between 45 stars as long as there weren't major flaws. This is partially do to the fact that service/ambiance plays a larger role in the ratings than other platforms. Since most restaurants that take reservations value service/ambiance, the ratings are skewed upwards.
Con Photos are not in chronological order
They appear to be random.
Con Low price cutoff
$50 and over is the highest price rank, which doesn't help much when comparing prices at sit-down restaurants.
Con Limited to sit-down restaurants that take reservations
Leaving at most casual places, cafes, bakeries, etc.