Find restaurants near you for any occasion

This prompt asks ChatGPT or Gemini to search the web for restaurants that suit your occasion, budget and diet. It only lists places found in current results, with a link for each, so you can check them before you go.

text-restaurant-finder-web — gemini — 110 words

Search the web and help me pick a restaurant.

Area: [NEIGHBOURHOOD, CITY]
Occasion: [e.g. first date, family dinner with grandparents, quick work lunch]
Food we like: [CUISINES]
Budget per person: [AMOUNT]
Must have: [e.g. vegetarian options, parking, quiet enough to talk, kid-friendly]
Day and time: [WHEN]

Suggest 5 places that are open at that time. For each give: name, area, price range, why it suits the occasion, one dish people recommend, and the link you found it on. Only list places you found in current search results. If you cannot search the web, tell me, and instead describe what to look for and what to type into a map app.

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Turn on web search in ChatGPT or use Gemini, then check opening hours on the map app before you go.

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What you will get

Five restaurants open at your day and time, each with the area, price range, why it suits your occasion, one dish people recommend and the link it found, or a guide on what to search for if web search is not available.

Why it works

The occasion line does a lot of work: a first date and a family meal with grandparents need very different places. Asking for opening at your time and one recommended dish keeps the list practical. The fallback line is honest, telling the AI to say when it cannot search rather than invent places.

Common mistake

A suggested place is closed at that time.

Fix: Check opening hours in your map app before you go, as the tip says, especially on holidays.

Also watch for

The list ignores your must haves. Put the most important one first, such as vegetarian options, and ask it to say how it checked each place.
It describes restaurants without links. Ask it to list only places it found in current results with a link, as the prompt says, and turn on web search.

Try a variation: plan a group dinner

Say how many people are coming and ask which places take bookings for a group and have set menus.

Still not right? Reply with this

Compare your top two on noise level, how easy it is to get a table without booking, and the walk from [PLACE].