The where-do-we-eat wheel

Type the options, spin, and whatever it lands on is dinner. Places, cuisines, "cook at home" — up to twelve, one per line. It is the fastest way out of the "I don't mind, what do you want?" loop, and it works without sharing a location.

How to use it

1. Replace the examples with your options — restaurants you are choosing between, or cuisines if you haven't got that far.
2. Press Spin the wheel. The slices tick past the pointer and slow down; the one it stops on wins.
3. Arguing about the result is allowed exactly once. Then go.
4. Sending it to the group chat? Copy the link — the options travel inside the link, so everyone spins the same wheel.

Ideas worth putting on it

Stuck for options? Try the cuisine list (the Cuisine ideas button fills it in), the three places that survived your last argument, a "cook at home" slice for honesty, or one wildcard nobody has tried. A wheel with five or six slices feels decisive; twelve feels like a game show.

Want it to find the places for you?

The Eat Up app does the whole job: share your location or type a place, and it lists the restaurants, cafés and bars nearby from OpenStreetMap, open ones first. Then the group gets a pass-the-phone veto round — up to two vetoes and three stars each — and the survivors go on this same wheel, starred places with two slots. Your location stays between your browser and OpenStreetMap.

Find places near usHow the veto round works

Questions

Is the wheel fair?

Every slice is the same size and the stopping point is random, so each option has the same chance. Type an option twice to double its odds — that is how the veto round gives a starred place two slots.

Does it save my options?

No. Nothing is stored anywhere, not even in your browser. "Copy the link" puts the options inside the link itself (after the #), so whoever opens it sees the same wheel.

Can it pick restaurants near me instead?

Yes — that is what the Eat Up app does: it lists the places near you that are open (from OpenStreetMap), runs a pass-the-phone veto round, then spins the survivors. Your location goes from your browser to OpenStreetMap only, never to us.

Eat Up is a free decision tool: where you are, how far you'll go and who gets a veto in; the places nearby that fit, a roll, a veto round, a wheel and a bracket out. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); no ratings or prices, because the map has none. Page updated 2026-09-23 · a Somebody Decide program. How it works · About the data · Legal & privacy · The wheel