UrbanZing.com Viewed and Reviewed!

So when I was asked to review urbanZing.com I was a little skeptical I must say...a brand new site? Will it be useful? Why should I or anyone else for that matter use it. But I was curious to find out what services it offered so I clicked the link that was sent to me a landed on the site. I was in for a pleasant surprise! I was really happy with the way the site provides so many different services together, and all of it for free! When I first checked it out, I was curious and I searched the site for more information. And soon enough I got all the info I wanted, and more. Here’s my story on making my life simpler with Urbanzing.

After signing up, a simple enough procedure which gets over in about 2 minutes, I entered the site. First, I checked out my city index. Kolkata, a beautiful city with great places to eat, drink and be merry. The best thing about this website is the streamlined way the sections are separated in, and the delineations clearly noting the different sections like “food and nightlife”, “shopping”, etc. I tapped on the search bar, and randomly entered a name. Whoa! When I entered just the initial few letters, a list was automatically generated, showing the names of all the places beginning with the letters. I selected the one I wanted to check out and the information about their location, together with the phone number was clearly etched there.

I clicked in the link to a restaurant and landed on a page dedicated to that restaurant. On the page was a weird little button called “Checkin”. Curious, I decided to click it. Automatically it took me to a page where I was asked to put in certain details like when I was going to check in and at what time. When I put in the day and time, it asked for my permission and automatically posted it to my facebook profile wall, the fact that I will be ta that restaurant on the day and time I had entered, so that my friends and family could see where I was going. This I thought was awesome; saves me a lot of “you did not tell you were going to … for dinner”

Then I examined the restaurant page more carefully. It was full of information on the restaurant, including timings, menu, pictures, prices, address etc. You could actually send any detail of the place to your phone via sms and the location with details would be sent to your phone within a few minutes. Also, you can check up the place by locating it in the map. A lot of places have helpful reviews written by users and the editors which can recommend certain things about a particular place. You can follow their hint, or discover a new joint yourself and review it, letting others know about your preference.

Best of all you can find out what are the different types of food served in your city and look up restaurants that serve these cuisines. You can also sort the results by locality, and find the places nearest to your house or workplace, if you want.

You can also plan a party here, the plan a party section lets you send the details of a party you want to invite your friends to, and send them online party invites by filling out the details. The invites would be sent fast enough and the RSVP can be made online too.

If you are the owner of any restaurant or similar business, you can be a part of Urbanzing by promoting your business on the net, and get some publicity for your place.

All this, just in one website. Be sure to check out Urbanzing for a lot more cool stuff you can find out.