Having A Quick Meal? Here’s Seven Lunch Spots Where You Can Pre-Order Your Food To Be Ready When You Arrive

Éadaoin Fitzmaurice

How many times have you arrived back from your lunch break more stressed than satisfied?

Lunch is the one time of the day you get to step away from the endless emails and files to catch up with your work bestie and have a well-needed natter. The last thing you need is to be looking at your watch every second, panicking that you won’t get back to your desk on time – never mind having time to actually chill for a bit and enjoy your food.

There’s really nothing worse.

I don’t know how many times I’ve had to sacrifice a delicious lunch because I couldn’t risk standing in a queue for too long.

Enter Bamboo – a deadly Irish app that’s designed to solve this problem.

Bamboo speeds up this entire process and takes the stress out of queuing and waiting for food.

Here’s how it works: Bamboo has a list of cafés and restaurants nearby that have subscribed to their service. Through the app you can place your order and pay for your meal in advance, it will then notify you when meal is being prepared and ready to collect so you can skip the queuing process at your chosen eatery. On average, the app has been shown to shave 15 minutes off your lunchtime waiting time.

Ideal for days when you need to grab and go.

The more you use the free app, the more loyalty points you build, which you can collect and redeem for discounted meals.

Here’s some of our top picks available on the app: