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Most people have experienced the impatient wait of trying to pay after eating out. Either the waiter is a bit slow or arguments ensue over who’s paying and how much.
Diners could avoid these headaches with the new dine-and-go app Dash. As stated on the app’s website, “The era of messy bill splitting and waiting for your check is over. It’s time for Dash.”
This app lets users pay virtually when dining out, eliminating the need for human interaction when paying for meals. It also gets rid of the problem of not having enough cash when splitting meals with your friends.
“Once you’ve checked in, you have the ability to close your own tab, all without handing over your debit or credit card,” Fletcher Cox, a Dash employee, wrote in an email. “With Dash, you can feasibly go out with only your phone.”
All users have to do is check in on the app and then tell the waitress or waiter after being seated that they are using Dash.
The entire tab will then appear on the app — it splits the check by menu items, so each diner only has to pay what he or she ordered and nothing more. The best part is that everything can be paid for at any time, even right after you order.
Other features include the ability to call an Uber ride right from the app and use Venue Vibes, a tool that tells users how crowded a restaurant is. Dash also provides each restaurant’s phone number, address and description.
Dash has been implemented in more than 60 college towns and 28 states, plus Washington, D.C. After experiencing success at big-name colleges such as Carnegie Mellon, it has now come to the University of Maryland.
Restaurants near College Park on Dash
Looney’s Pub has already accepted Dash as a form of payment, and other restaurants in College Park will hopefully do the same soon.
“We’ve started a conversation with Cornerstone Grill & Loft and would love any suggestions from the student community up at UMD,” Cox wrote.
Dash has even provided a free $10 credit for anyone at the University of Maryland who wants to try out the app.
Urvi Banerjee, a sophomore business student who does not own the app, said, “[Dash] actually seems really useful to use if I am with a large group of people.”
So far the reviews have been outstanding:
Overall, Dash has a lot of potential. If more restaurants are added to this app, it could experience huge growth in major cities across the United States and even around the world. At present, it is limited to the restaurants that have signed up to accept the app’s payment, so the restaurant options are somewhat limited.
