TripAdvisor Helps iPhone Users Find Restaurants

TripAdvisor announced that a version of its Local Picks restaurant finder will be available for free at the launch of Apple’s new App Store. The Local Picks application, utilizing the iPhone’s location-based capabilities, will allow people to find the best restaurants, as rated by locals, based on their current location.

At the tap of a screen, users will be able to see the restaurants closest to them listed according to TripAdvisor’s popularity index, a way of dynamically ranking establishments based on customer satisfaction. Each restaurant listing will include information about the establishment’s distance from the iPhone user and it’s rating, based on TripAdvisor member feedback.

Because epicurean adventurers may not just want to see the top rated local eateries, TripAdvisor is also incorporating filters into the application that will allow searches to be conducted by rating, radius and price.