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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So just for Friday nights? Ordering direct  from restaurant and picking up does help.

We have tried several options but always resort to just delivery on our nights off from cooking. It's actually easier and more pleasant to find cost savings elsewhere. [/quote]

Most restaurants don't have a direct way to order and divert to other sites. Where possible we do pick ups thanks [/quote]

lol this is the most millennial thing ever. “I need to order the food without actually speaking to anyone and it’s impossible without the app.” 
The answer is to call whatever place you want, order the food, and then go get it yourself. Saves a ton of money and they will always take your order.
Restaurant owners strongly prefer you do this. They hate handing over food knowing it will be sitting in some dank uber eats car assuming room temperature before it gets to its destination. [/quote]

This. I've never understood the appeal of going through a third party and having someone else pick up your food unless you are sick or disabled.

It adds a huge amount of cost to the order and lots of potential mistakes. Consider calling the restaurant directly and / or using their online ordering system (many have this now) and having one parent go pick up the food on the way home from work. You get the same food, the restaurant makes more money directly from you, and you save money. [/quote]

The appeal is time, Karen.[/quote]

And convenience. [/quote]

And some of us live in the city? It's a major pain in the ass to take out the car from the garage and spend god knows how long fighting Friday evening traffic across the city and scouring for parking or spending 30 bucks in Ubers each way from Dupont to Capital Hill during rush hour. I mean, you can, but not exactly a time or money saver if you value your time at all. You can pay 5 bucks in fees and a tip and not make procuring dinner your entire evening's activity . [/quote]

If you live in the city, doesn't your neighborhood have local restaurants that would be easier to grab food from?  I agree, I don't drive across the city unless I have to at that time of the day.  I would just think having Uber bring your food on that kind of journey woild mean it arrived cold and probably late.  But we never Uber Eats anymore- I'm the lady who said I will just cook and get what I want minus the fees and car smells.[/quote]

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