Uber Eats First Impression

Tuesday I received an email from my Dad, it was forwarded on from Uber, their new food delivery service had just been launched in Melbourne.

My first thought was how did my Dad hear about this before me and secondly I quickly downloaded the app to check it out.

Immediately a myriad of nearby restaurants appeared on the list, I picked an option and added a few items to the checkout cart just to get a sense of pricing and what fees their were.
Amazingly the food was normally priced and their were no fees at all, usually similar services will have a minimum order amount and a delivery fee.


Upon doing a little more research Uber will eventually add a $5 delivery fee after the first month, which in all honesty is extremely reasonable and on par the other services.

Tonight (Saturday) I decided to actually order an Uber eats meal, I chose a local burger joint, added a couple of items to my checkout cart and hit the order button.

Within a minute my order was confirmed and was being prepared by the restaurant, this took around 10-15 minutes. Once the order was completed an Uber driver picked it up and headed my way with the food, my apartment is in an awkward spot in between a bunch of alleyways but my driver managed to find the building easily. I went down to the front of the building to meet the driver and assuming from his reaction they must normally deliver it to your door. The driver handed me my drink and then a Uber branded bag that contained my burger, he made a point of letting me know my straw for my drink was in the bag, a nice touch but nothing short of the great service expected from Uber.

I took this opportunity to ask the extremely friendly driver about the service, he said it was good and even made a comedic remark about how the food doesn't talk to you, I even had a chuckle myself. From his attitude and what I can pick up from my short conversation food delivery must be as beneficial as normal Uber driving. This could well be because of a similar commission or because of a higher volume of work compensating for the commission differences in the services.

In conclusion Uber Eats is a very compelling service that does deliver (figuratively and literally) My food arrived at a reasonable tempurature which was comparative to getting takeout and not eating it until you got home and the speed in which it was delivered was good. I believe the key to Uber Eats success is that you can only order from restaurants within a certain radius of which guarantees warm food delivered in a reasonable time frame.

Use the promo code FEEDMELBOURNE for 50% off (up to $10 total) off your first delivery,
Uber eats is worth a try especially when you can get free delivery and 50% off your meal, I'm not sure if I'll use the service again because I live in such a central area, but when my food cost me only $10 instead of $20 it was an offer too good to refuse.