> To be fair, I have been surprised many times how difficult it can be to find an online menu for places I like in my area. Lots of places might not even have a website, but in these cases, I actually use GrubHub and the like to read the menus only.
Don't. Do. This.
Grubhub menus are often incomplete (and we all know the prices are wrong). I just checked a nearby restaurant I often frequent and the items I usually buy are not on the Grubhub menu.
If they don't have a web site and you want to see the menu:
Go to either the Google Maps listing or the Yelp listing.
If Yelp, don't click on the menu if they have one within Yelp.
Instead, click on the photos. You'll almost always find photos of the menu uploaded by Yelp users.
Just FYI, the menu photos on Yelp are not guaranteed to be up to date, either. The only real way to see what the restaurant's actual menu is without going there is if they have it up on their own website.
It's more common than you think though. I know of restaurants that change their menus daily or weekly. Most don't, but you will run into it if you eat at enough places, and I highly doubt someone is going to post a new photo of the menu every week.
Or just ask the human being on the phone with you if $ITEM is still being offered for $PRICE. The beauty of communicating with humans instead of machines is there are no rules, you're allowed to go 'off script' like that.
I’ve tried the menus on Google maps as well, but found them to be even more inaccurate than various delivery services. I assume if a restaurant maintains their google presence they can edit their menu by hand but this seems to be rare. Otherwise, I’m pretty sure I read somewhere these ‘menus’ are auto-generated by ML algorithms based on the photos of food people post.
Which actually, is pretty impressive when you think about it. It’s not worthless. Even if not totally accurate, it will give you a rough idea of the most popular dishes!
Don't. Do. This.
Grubhub menus are often incomplete (and we all know the prices are wrong). I just checked a nearby restaurant I often frequent and the items I usually buy are not on the Grubhub menu.
If they don't have a web site and you want to see the menu:
Go to either the Google Maps listing or the Yelp listing.
If Yelp, don't click on the menu if they have one within Yelp.
Instead, click on the photos. You'll almost always find photos of the menu uploaded by Yelp users.