MealWords

MealWords lets diners create a dining card that explains their food allergies, dietary needs, and food preferences in the restaurant's language. Users choose the staff's language from a list of options, pick applicable items across three steps, and review the resulting card. The card can be shown on a phone to staff, who can read the requests in their language and tap any they cannot meet; the diner then sees the response in their own language. The page also mentions saving the card and printing or saving it as a PDF, and offers an option to request dish recommendations.

Key features

• Step-by-step card builder for food allergies, dietary requirements, and food preferences
• Staff language selection with options including Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Turkish, and Arabic
• Pre-written allergy and dietary options such as peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, vegetarian, vegan, and lactose-free
• Food preference options such as spice level, cilantro/coriander, onion, garlic, and sweetness or saltiness
• Option to request dish recommendations and set number of people
• Card shown on screen for staff to read and tap responses
• Card available in English with save and print/PDF options
• Diner-side language selection for reading the staff's answer

Best suited for

• Diners with food allergies who need to communicate with restaurant staff abroad
• Travelers with dietary restrictions or religious or lifestyle food requirements
• Diners who do not speak the restaurant's language

Pricing

Free