Google Maps

Start from a Google Maps link.

Share a restaurant from Google Maps and Damson names the place and its kind of kitchen, shows what people usually order there, and offers to photograph the menu when you sit down.

A Damson sheet for a restaurant opened from a Google Maps link, The Real Greek Bankside. Under the heading what people usually order here are grilled halloumi, Greek salad, chicken souvlaki and yoghurt with honey, above a button that says photograph the menu.

Real screens from the app, some with demo data.

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How do I send a restaurant from Google Maps?

Find the place in Google Maps and tap share, then choose Damson from the iPhone share sheet. If you already have the link, open Add a meal in Damson, choose Read a link and paste it. The same sheet takes TikTok and Instagram links, so there is one way in for all three.

Damson names the place and the kind of kitchen it is, Greek for the place in the picture, and shows a short list of what people usually order there. You get a sense of the menu before you have seen it, which is often the part of eating out that takes the most thought.

Damson's Read a link sheet. It says send us a link, a TikTok, an Instagram post or a place on Google Maps, with a pasted link in the field and a button that says read this link.

Where does "what people usually order" come from?

From a fixed list we wrote for each kind of kitchen. It is never made up about a real business, and it is not drawn from reviews or ratings. A Greek restaurant gets the dishes Greek restaurants usually serve; it is a starting point, not a claim about that particular kitchen.

That matters because a list that sounded certain about a menu it had never seen would be easy to trust and easy to get wrong. We would rather show you a plain, honest outline and let the real menu fill it in.

What happens when I get to the table?

The place sheet offers to photograph the menu. From there it works like any menu read: the photo stays on your phone, the page is read on your phone, and only the dish names are sent. Damson lists the dishes and shows your day so far, and you can tap a dish to have it read against your own record. Seeing the dishes and your day is free; the dish read is part of the full Damson.

Eating out with PCOS, now also called PMOS, should not need a plan worked out a week ahead. Afterwards, the meal is one more plate in your record, and a few hours later Damson asks how it sat.

Questions about Google Maps links

Can I plan a restaurant meal with a PCOS app?

In Damson, an iPhone app for PCOS, now also called PMOS, you can share a place from Google Maps. Damson names the place and its kind of kitchen, shows what people usually order there, and offers to photograph the menu when you arrive.

Does Damson make up dishes for a restaurant?

No. What people usually order comes from a fixed list we wrote for each kind of kitchen. Nothing is made up about a real business.

Can I share a place from the Google Maps app?

Yes. Tap share on the place in Google Maps and send it to Damson through the iPhone share sheet, or copy the link and paste it into Read a link.

Does Damson tell me what to order?

No. It never grades a dish or calls a food good or bad for PCOS. If you photograph the menu, you can tap a dish to have it read against your own record, which is part of the full Damson.