Grubwithus: Bringing Good Food to Everyone

Meals are supposed to be enjoyed with conversations. Grubwithus was developed from the idea of a “social meal experience” that Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano had. It would appear that the social meal experience interests a lot of people because in just one year Grubwithus was able to raise $1.6 million from investors and handled 7,000 restaurant reservations.

Grubwithus works like this: it somewhat follows the same model that group buying sites use but instead of offering savings, it provides people with a new means of socializing. This drives traffic to restaurants so establishments are very willing to participate. Grubwithus takes people back to their roots in a world where virtual relationships are the norm. Good food is also a plus. To use Grubwithus, users look for meals available in their area and reserve a seat at the table. Groups are kept small (10 at the most) to keep it cozy.

Those who reserve early get to pay less as a small way of rewarding signing up before knowing who they’ll be sharing their meal with.