Restaurant Replaces Menus with iPads [Video]
A restaurant in Sydney, Australia, has replaced its printed menus with Apple iPads. At Global Mundo Tapas in Rydges Hotel, diners can view the menu and send their orders wirelessly to the kitchen using Apple’s new touch screen device. How neat is that?
Through a special custom-made iPad application, customers can peruse photos of the dishes, view suggested food and wine pairings, and read tasting notes. They can also indicate preferences such as how well they want their steak and whether to have fries to go along. Cool!
Letting diners order food wirelessly is hardly a new thing. Local sushi chain Sakae Sushi has already done it using touch screen terminals. But the iPad offers additional functionality with its ready pool of great applications. For a start, we recommend these free dining apps. Plus, the iPad is just undeniably cool ;)
Would iPads become a new trend in restaurants? Are you more keen to patronise a restaurant that uses iPads? Also…
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Jun 6, 2010
1
@VeronSG any idea how many of these are in a restaurant like this? Is it like 10 in rotation? I have a friend who dreamed of starting something like this in the high-tech parks of India.
Jun 7, 2010
3472
I read that the Sydney restaurant bought 15 iPads ;) Would be cool to see more restaurants and businesses pick up the trend.
Jun 7, 2010
72
It’s a cool use of a new technological platform, but the question that I would ask is whether the food is delicious and the cocktails are well-mixed in the first place. While Sakae Sushi is famous for using technology to pioneer the process of ordering, I wouldn’t exactly call dining there a gastronomically great experience. ;)
Jun 7, 2010
3472
That’s a valid point. I may visit a particular restaurant for the first time just to check out how they use the iPad (or other innovative use of technology). But the main things that would make me a returning customer are its good food and good service. That said, this is a nice perk that I would love to see more establishments offer (as long as they don’t jack up their prices accordingly!).