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UMAI Restaurant booking app iOS & Android

UMAI B2C facing app - connecting diners & restaurants
I tried to keep the design of the iOS & Android apps simple and relied heavily on large pictures with highlighted details to help users discover what they were looking for.

The entire approach while designing this app was what would make life easier for the user, while simultaneously maximizing the foot traffic we would send to the restaurants. Juggling 2 users needs sometimes clashes, but finding amazing solutions for both parties always results in better products.

Navigation:
A simple listing option with vertical scrolling was implemented. Large beautiful pictures showed the users what they could expect, and vertical scrolling on this page allowed users to go more in depth.
Distance, price estimation, cuisine, and area of city were all highlighted in tags, thus allowing the user to quickly see if it suits their needs.

The top filter bar allows the user to filter for the exact date & time, as well as the amount of people, this guaranteeing that they only see what suits their needs.
Filtering further allows the user to narrow things down to which region, cuisine and other metrics.
A wait-list functionality was built into the app so guests could get notified once a table opens up. This was a huge benefit to both the restaurant & the diners as it allowed restaurants to seat people quickly in case of last minute cancellations, and guests to get notified automatically instead of checking up manually.

Growth:
To create virality we added an invite feature that would reward both the inviter as well as the invitee.
Users were taken through a funnel where they could invite friends via phone, and afterwards via email.
UMAI Restaurant booking app iOS & Android
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UMAI Restaurant booking app iOS & Android

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