Restaurant Review - An app to discover the best restaurants near you (2019)

Project Overview

This app enables users to quickly discover restaurants interactively from within a custom Google Map, allowing the user to filter the restaurant map markers by their star rating e.g. only showing retaurants with ratings between 4 and 5 stars. By clicking on a map marker, the user can quickly view a restaurant's address, average rating and recent reviews. Project Website

Technologies Utilized

• HTML / CSS
• Webpack
• Google Maps API
• Places API
• Geolocation

App features

• Geolocation: Display restaurants close to their current location
• Filter by ratings: Filter results based upon the average review e.g. only showing ratings between 4 and 5 stars
• Search: Search for a location to discover restaurants e.g. Northern Quarter Manchester
• Toggle Google Markers: To only show the custom markers displaying restaurants, the Google Markers can be toggled to be shown or hidden
• Restaurant Info: By clicking on the map markers, more info is displayed such as address, average review and recent reviews
• Add Review: Users can add reviews to a restaurant (data isn't submitted, only saved locally)
• Add Restaurant: Users can add their own restaurant to the map which is displayed by a green marker (again, data isn't submitted, only saved locally)
• Mobile friendly: All app functionality works in mobile with an easily navigatable user interface

Attribution

• js-plugin-starter-kit by thatisuday