{"id":140576,"date":"2019-05-31T22:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T20:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=140576"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:51:19","slug":"google-maps-restaurant-menu-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-maps-restaurant-menu-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps feature helps find the best food on the menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For quite some time now, Goo<\/strong>gle has been trying to turn Google Maps<\/strong> into more than it is. Yes, Maps is a great navigation tool and Google continues to add new features to help it do this job better<\/a>. Google, however, is also trying to turn Maps into an interactive business directory. It’s now the place you go when you\u2019re thinking of trying a new restaurant<\/strong> or need a particular company that will provide a particular service.<\/p>\n

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In this respect, we\u2019ve recently seen Google adding hashtags to user reviews<\/a> to help you find the types of company you\u2019re looking for more easily. They’ve also added\u00a0messaging to help you talk to the companies<\/a> once you\u2019ve found them. Google is now adding another restaurant-focused feature to Maps that will help you decide which restaurant you\u2019ll end up eating.<\/p>\n

Google Maps will now show a restaurant\u2019s most popular dishes<\/h2>\n

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The new popular dishes feature coming to Google Maps is powered by Google\u2019s machine learning algorithms<\/strong>. It is very similar to a new feature that has just landed on Google Lens<\/strong><\/a>, too. The algorithm will match user reviews and photographs on a per restaurant basis.<\/p>\n

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This means that whenever you tap a restaurant in Google Maps, you\u2019ll be able to see which dishes are most popular with other Google users. You\u2019ll even get to see what they look like if other users have posted photos.<\/strong> There\u2019ll also be quick one-tap access to user reviews<\/strong> for the dishes you\u2019re thinking about ordering.<\/p>\n

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How does it work?<\/h2>\n

As with a lot of Google features, however, this wouldn\u2019t be possible without user participation<\/strong>. Google was keen to point this out in the blog post published to announce its new dish-cover feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, this feature is made possible because of contributions from people around the world who want to help others using Google Maps. So, if you want to pay it forward to the next diner, simply take a photo of your meal (before you\u2019ve scarfed it down!) and add a dish name so others can know what\u2019s good on the menu,\u201d according to the article.<\/p>\n

If Google can persuade more users to upload their food photos to Maps rather than Instagram, it\u2019d go a long way to establishing Maps as the go-to business directory Google wants it to be. This would leave apps like Yelp<\/strong> in the dust.<\/p>\n

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Google points out that the new popular dishes feature is rolling out to Google Maps users on Android<\/strong> right now and will be coming to iOS<\/strong> users in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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