There are always those when you don’t just have the energy to get up and head over to a restaurant, the best option at times like these is to order your meals. let’s know ‘What Is Uber Eats?’.
When ordering, you want to order from a reputable or rather a familiar source, you want to order from Uber eats. What is Uber Eats? How does it work? These are the questions I’ll be answering in this article.
What is Uber Eats?
It is an online food ordering, and delivery platform that lets users order instantly, schedule their meals, or purchase food and drinks from a large variety of local restaurants, cafes, and bars. Launched in 2014 by Uber and operating in over 6,000 cities across 45 countries with a specialty in delivery by cars, scooters, bikes, and even on foot, Uber Eats is considered one of the biggest players in food delivery sector.
Since Uber Eats is an extension of the Uber ride-hailing service, it acts as a middle man between the customer and the restaurant, delivering food from local restaurants and chain establishments directly to the door of the customer at just a small delivery charge.
Similar to food delivery services like GrubHub, DoorDash, Shipt, and Instacart, Uber Eats allows Its users to read the menus and ratings, make orders and payments for food from partnering restaurants through an app on mobile devices–iOS and Android, or web browser.
Built off the current Uber technologies, the Uber Eats has a similar interface to the former allowing all payments to be made on their platform; no exchange of cash whatsoever.
Ordering on Uber Eats
You can order food from Uber Eats with just a couple of taps, here and there, in two ways, which are:
- Application on mobile device or desktop
- Official Uber Eats website
Before diving into how you can order food through Uber Eats, note that your login details in Uber Eats are the same as that in Uber. So if you’re an existing Uber customer, you can just log in your normal way and your contact details and payment information would be loaded within Uber Eats.
Application on mobile device or desktop
Ordering food on mobile devices or desktops goes thus:
- Download the app: You can download the Uber Eats app for both iOS and Android devices from both the Apple store and Google Play respectively
- Log in or sign up depending on if you’re a new or existing customer.
- Enter your location: Due to variation in Uber Eats services depending on location, you are required to fill in your delivery address so that you can see available restaurants close to your area.
- Add your method of payment: Include your payment method for your order, this could be a credit or debit card, Uber cash, a gift card, or even your PayPal (residents of the US)
- Choose your preferred restaurant based on cuisine: According to the location you entered, you’ll be given a list of restaurants. So all you have to do is to search for your preferred restaurant depending on the type of food such as Chinese, Barbeque, or even Vegan. You can also make your decision based on price, that is, cheap or fine cuisines.
- Go through your preferred restaurant’s menu to make a choice. Select items to add to your cart. After that, you select ‘add order ‘.You’ll be given the option, sometimes, to customize your food choice or include ingredients.
- Place an order: After you’ve chosen all your food items, tap on your cart and choose ‘checkout ‘ and you’ll be redirected to a screen where your order, delivery and service fee, and a total of your payment. If you’re satisfied with everything, you can proceed to place your order.
- Track your order: You’ll be notified when the restaurant begins to prepare the food and be able to monitor your delivery from start to finish in case of any issue or delay. You’ll also be given an estimated arrival time for your order.
- Receive the order: You’ll also be notified when the delivery driver is pulling up at your location. You can either decide to go and receive the order yourself, outside, or to wait for them to knock and hand it over to you.
- Start eating: You can decide to leave a tip, physically or through the app, as a way of appreciation. If you want your order to be delivered immediately, simply click on ‘ASAP ‘ located at the top of the screen, if not, choose ‘Schedule an order ‘.
- Official Uber Eats website Ordering food through that from their official website is relatively the same as using their app on a mobile device or desktop.
While using the website to place orders?
- If you want your order to be delivered immediately, select ‘Deliver now ‘ located at the top of the page, if not, click on ‘Schedule for later ‘.
- You can make a group order by clicking on ‘Start group order ‘, and sharing the link with other people. Everyone can now include their food items into the same order which would be delivered to a particular location.
Conclusion
So next time you’re just not in the mood to head over to a restaurant or you’re occupied, now you know a fast and convenient way to do so.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Is it compulsory to tip an Uber Eats delivery person?
No, it isn’t but it’s recommended to do this to aid delivery people to cover their expenses and appreciate them for their time.
- Does Uber Eats accept cash payments?
Yes, but only in some regions like India. Uber Eats doesn’t accept any cryptocurrency as payment.
