# Uber Eats

16 Hacker News commenters recommended Uber Eats and 41 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for delivering food from many restaurants quickly and conveniently, with Priority ordering saving time. Critics agree on frequent glitches, fees and notification spam.

## Why people recommend it

- Delivers food otherwise undeliverable (2 comments): "Uber Eats delivers food that used to be pretty much non-deliverable. There's no comparison, it's a pure net-additive capability." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341104)) "Being able to order from basically everywhere and any time is very convenient." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49823520))
- Priority ordering saves time (2 comments): "If there's enough gap between myself and the restaurant, priority is absolutely a time save." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46462620)) "In my experience on Uber Eats, Priority definitely works." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46470272))

## What people warn about

- Constant notifications and promotional ads (3 comments): "the app takes this opportunity to randomly (though infrequently) send me ad notifications" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47665945)) "Uber Eats is a plague. If you leave notifications on they constantly trigger one to make you open the app and clear it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820229)) "Uber Eats is constantly telling me about meal deals even directly after I just ordered food" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509260))
- Service fees and high margins (3 comments): "Delivery services charge ~30% and increasingly police the practice of charging different amounts for items in person vs. in app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50292262)) "Adding the 28-32% margin that Uber eats charges is just increasing that pressure to the breaking point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302143)) "When I eventually got it to issue a refund I realized they kept the service fees and driver tip." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47082211))
- Buggy app, slow, glitchy (4 comments): "after spending 30 minutes placing one order in Uber Eats, I finally hit the last confirm and it told me the restaurant was no longer taking orders that night" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311307)) "I can't even request a refund for an incorrect order anymore, because the UI doesn't allow me to scroll down" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47982119)) "whereas Uber Eats would still be loading... and scrolling... Sorry, updating, please stay tuned..." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48680728))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [McDonald's app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mcdonald-s-app.md): 12 recommend
- [Amazon Grocery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-grocery-delivery.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.ubereats.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Uber Eats", https://hackerapproved.com/p/uber-eats/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).