Lighting your way to better dining decisions

Shaoli Mahjabin Prapti
Harriken Tales
Published in
3 min readJan 6, 2018

There are days when we know for a fact that we’re craving some food, but we don’t know what, yet; and there are days when despite knowing what we want to eat, we don’t know a place that prepares it best. We’ve all faced this perplexity one too many times. Now, imagine a friend by you at all times, who would not only suggest you places to eat at according to your preferences, but also help you make decisions along the way. And that too without fail. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, that’s exactly what Harriken is — your very own restaurant guide. Available across all three prominent platforms — Android, iOS and Web — Harriken is a food discovery platform that is out there to assist users, as well as restaurants.

Harriken understands

Harriken understands, that we can often be indecisive. So, as we type, Harriken’s intuitive search lines up a series of restaurants and collections to choose from. You can search for a restaurant by its name, location, type, speciality, and also explore the existing collections. Harriken ensures that you have an abundance of choices to match your desire.

Why Harriken?

In a world where there’s Facebook, why do we need Harriken? Firstly, without doubt, Harriken is more targeted. It only deals with restaurants and helps us make dining decisions more efficiently than any other platform. With around 4,000 restaurants in Dhaka catalogued (more than that profiled on Google and Facebook), it is constantly getting updated. As a result, you won’t miss a new restaurant around the block.

Moreover, for your convenience, Harriken lists the outlets of your desired restaurant by distance, presenting the closest one first (provided of course that you’ve kept your GPS turned on).

Say, you need to plan a sudden first date and need to make a baller first impression. Worry not, Harriken has got you covered. You can explore nearby restaurants and choose the one that best fits the date you’ve planned in your mind. If you haven’t, we’ve got restaurant collections to assist you too! Along with that, you can find the restaurant’s contact details and call them to place a reservation — because you can never be too safe, can you?

Be heard

Whether you’re a user or a restaurant owner/manager, your voice will be heard. Just as restaurants can announce offers and discounts through their profiles, users can review their dining experience. At Harriken, we take reviews very seriously. Because your review today, could be of tremendous benefit to someone else tomorrow.

Apart from that, you can check-in at restaurants using Harriken, share your reviews on other social platforms, rate and like restaurants, and also like others’ reviews. As for restaurants, they can widen their audience faster and smarter in such times of cut-throat competition.

Add value

Most importantly, users and restaurants don’t just reap benefits from this platform, they add value to it. Every time you post an honest review, you’re helping fellow Harrikenators and contributing to the network. Likewise, restaurants independently managing their profiles through Harriken Enterprise, are largely helping the Harriken community provide valuable information.

With honest and useful inputs from you, Harriken becomes more reliable. So, Harriken is not only ours, it’s yours as well.

All said, Harriken aims at helping both users have, and restaurants provide a one-of-a-kind experience every time.

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