For Guests
How to find dishes near you, reserve and pay, track your order, and leave a review.
For Guests
Finding a dish
Browsing happens on the Browse dishes page, which is where you land after signing in.
You can narrow things down by:
- Search — matches dish names, cuisines, and ingredients
- Cuisine — filtered to whatever hosts near you are actually cooking
- City — useful if you're ordering somewhere other than home
- Available day — hosts choose which days of the week they cook a given dish
- Sort — top rated, price low to high, or newest
Each dish card shows the price, rating and number of reviews, preparation time, how many people it serves, the city, any allergens, and who's cooking it.
Sold out dishes
Hosts set how many portions they have. Once those are gone the dish shows as Sold out and can't be reserved until the host restocks it.
Reserving and paying
Select Reserve & pay on a dish and you'll be asked for:
- Quantity — capped at the portions the host has left
- Pickup or delivery — delivery asks for an address
- A date and time (optional) — leave it blank to order for as soon as possible
You'll see the total before you confirm. Selecting Place order takes you to a secure Stripe checkout page to pay by card. Table Host never sees or stores your card details.
After paying you'll be returned to the app and your reservation will appear under Bookings.
If checkout doesn't complete
If you close the payment page or your card is declined, the reservation is still created but stays unpaid. Open it under Bookings and choose Pay now to try again.
Tracking your order
Bookings shows every reservation and its current stage:
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Pending | Sent to the host, waiting for them to accept |
| Confirmed | The host accepted and will cook it |
| In preparation | The host has started cooking |
| Ready | Ready for pickup, or on the way if it's delivery |
| Completed | Finished — you can now leave a review |
| Cancelled | Cancelled by you or declined by the host |
The same page has a Payments tab with your receipts, including the card used and any refunds.
Cancelling
You can cancel while an order is still Pending or Confirmed, from the booking itself. If you already paid, a refund is requested automatically.
Once a host has started cooking, cancellation is no longer available in the app — contact the host or support.
Leaving a review
Once an order is Completed, a Leave a review action appears on it. You'll rate:
- Overall rating
- Taste
- Presentation
- Portion size
- Value for money
plus an optional comment. Reviews are public on the dish and on the host's profile, and can only be left by someone who actually completed that order.
Becoming a host
If you'd like to cook as well as eat, you don't need a second account — see For hosts.