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Find people on Solono to dine together

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What is Solono?

Never Eat Alone: Meet People through Social Dining on Solono

Many of us frequently find ourselves dining alone, even when we would much prefer a shared meal and great conversation. Solono is the ultimate social dining app designed to ensure you never have to eat alone again.

Whether you want to discover a new restaurant with a 1-on-1 meal mate or gather a spontaneous group crew for dinner, Solono seamlessly connects you with local foodies over the food you love.

Why Use Solono?

  • Try New Restaurants: Discover the best local eateries with someone who shares your exact culinary cravings.

  • Share Food Experiences: Finally go to that shared-plate restaurant, Korean BBQ, or hotpot spot that requires a group.

  • Make Friends in a New City: Just moved? Skip the awkward networking events and meet people near you naturally over lunch or dinner.

  • Professional Networking: Turn a routine work lunch hour into a valuable opportunity to network and socialize with professionals in your area.

  • Solo Travel Companion: Traveling alone? Find a local or fellow traveler to share an authentic dining experience with.

  • Ditch the Endless Scroll: If you are tired of the endless messaging on dating apps or friend-making apps, Solono lets you skip the screen and meet people in real life over a great meal.

  • Low-Pressure Socializing: Avoid overcrowded, overwhelming socializing events. Choose between an intimate 1-on-1 meal or a small, casual group dinner.

Your Safety is Our First Priority

We believe authentic connections require a safe environment. Solono is built with strict privacy controls, user safety ratings, and zero permanently stored chat histories to keep your real-world dining experiences completely secure and comfortable.

Safety

How does Solono work?

Add your dining plans

Match and message with meal mate/s

Meet at the restaurant

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Enjoy your meal together

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Safety features

Event-based messaging

Screenshot of a messaging app conversation where a person is booking a restaurant reservation with Amrutha Shetty, a Tipsy Top Rooftop Restaurant employee. The conversation includes discussing a reservation for November 12 and a time around 5:10 PM, near Union Square, and ends with confirming the reservation. The app interface shows navigation icons for Home, Requests, Messages, and Account at the bottom.

  1. Our Event-Based Messaging system allows you to converse with your meal partners only after you match

  2. The chat remains active until the end of the day of the meal, providing time to exchange any necessary information post-meal

  3. Once the day of the meal is over, the chat history will disappear, maintaining your privacy and preventing any unwanted contact

User safety review system

Overlay of a restaurant review form on a mobile app screen, asking about safety and comfort, with a five-star rating, a text box for short reviews, and a submit button.

  1. You can view the safety rating of a meal mates before you match with them

  2. After each meet, you will have the opportunity to rate how safe you felt with your meal mates

  3. This rating focuses only on your sense of security and helps us ensure a safe experience for others

Gated profile visibility

Mobile app profile page showing a woman with dark hair tied back, wearing a yellow top. The profile name is Nidhi Desai, age 28. The page includes sections about personality, education, zodiac sign, habits, residence, and preferences.

  1. Solono allows others to see your profile only when you add a meal request

  2. When you send a match request to other people’s meal plans, only the person who added the request can see your profile

  3. Through this gated profile visibility system Solono protects your privacy and stops unwanted attention

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Ensure a seamless meal

  • Check out your meal mate’s profile before meeting. This will help you find topics for conversations.

  • Communicate and plan logistics of reservations.

  • Keep your conversations respectful of your meal mate’s views and opinions that might be different from yours.

  • Promptly communicate delays and cancellations.

  • Make sure to pay your own bill or split promptly.

  • Most importantly, follow our safety guidelines throughout the meal.

  • Rate your dining partner post meal for safety to help others on their next meal.