DishView now on the Apple App store!

Zenvita has recently developed its first (free) iPhone application called DishView, which allows you to view dishes before ordering!

Have you ever wondered what certain dishes on a menu looked like or been served a dish that was different from what you envisioned? Well, now you can view photos of dishes and confirm it with your waiter before ordering!

DishView currently has thousands of dishes, including Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Indian, and Korean cuisines. Expect to see more European cuisines in the next couple weeks.

To find a photo of a dish, simply search for the dish on DishView. Didn’t find the dish? Order it and upload your own photo of the dish! Your dish will be instantly searchable by others!

Click on the image below to see a video of DishView in action.

We are working on our next version of DishView, which will allow you to rate dishes and view ratings of dishes. We welcome any feedback or suggestions you have in helping us improve DishView. Please post a comment below or contact us at dishview_feedback@zenvita.com.

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14 Responses to “DishView now on the Apple App store!”

  1. Boris Epshtein says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    This is so cool! I am really happy for you, Bill.

  2. Xi Wang says:
    March 9, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    It’s really an interesting app. I will definitly download and try it out.

  3. Bill says:
    March 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    @Boris

    Thanks! We are hoping to make it more cool with more dishes…which we’re getting daily. :)

  4. Bill says:
    March 11, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    @Xi

    Thanks! We’re also adding a few new features in the near future that keep the app interesting for both viewers and uploaders as well. Keep tuned in for more news!

  5. An Ping says:
    March 17, 2009 at 7:23 am

    Great idea and congrats! Keep up the good work! No more surprise for me at the restaurants!

  6. DishView says:
    March 17, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    @an ping
    We’re glad you like the idea! In fact we want to encourage professional photographers like yourself to contribute to DishView. To this end we will be exposing some tools that enable photographers to upload high quality photos to the database. Let’s chat by email about this.

  8. Chunyan says:
    March 22, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    what a cool idea! It will make our lives a lot easier when at a restaurant. BTW, the narrtator has a sweet voice.

  9. DishView says:
    March 22, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    Thanks Chunyan! Since our release, we’ve been getting some very positive feedback. Here’s a sample of what people have been saying:

    “What a great concept for an app! Wish my mom had this on her trip to China! Looking forward to contributing myself.”

    “I will be recommending this one for sure.”

    “What a brilliant idea! We love experiencing new dishes and having a picture to reference too makes makes ordering so much easier.”

  11. Zeon says:
    March 23, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Sweet app! Congrats on the launch.

  12. Allen says:
    March 23, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Neato, nice app. It’d be cool to be able to swipe your finger to navigate between images (for a specific food) - kinda like the Photo app. But good job, makes me hungry…

  13. DishView says:
    March 23, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    @zeon

    Thanks! We aren’t stopping at the launch. Just this weekend we added hundreds of Japanese, Korean, and Thai dishes. Don’t know what Korean Dubujeon is? How about Japanese Gyudon? Find it on DishView!

  14. DishView says:
    March 23, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    @Allen

    Thanks! We are looking into adding swipe and pinch functionality, just like the photo app. Look for the update soon!