Uber Eats
Ranked 4 of 9 grocery delivery services by recommenders
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.
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.
57 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 41
- approval share
- 28%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Delivers food otherwise undeliverable
“Uber Eats delivers food that used to be pretty much non-deliverable. There's no comparison, it's a pure net-additive capability.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to Believe” “Being able to order from basically everywhere and any time is very convenient.”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why” Priority ordering saves time
“If there's enough gap between myself and the restaurant, priority is absolutely a time save.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “I'm a developer for a major food delivery app” “In my experience on Uber Eats, Priority definitely works.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “I'm a developer for a major food delivery app”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Constant notifications and promotional ads
“the app takes this opportunity to randomly (though infrequently) send me ad notifications”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “The Last Quiet Thing” “Uber Eats is a plague. If you leave notifications on they constantly trigger one to make you open the app and clear it.”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Notification Overload (Discussion)” “Uber Eats is constantly telling me about meal deals even directly after I just ordered food”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: DoNotNotify – log and intelligently block notifications on Android” Service fees and high margins
“Delivery services charge ~30% and increasingly police the practice of charging different amounts for items in person vs. in app.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “DoorDash to acquire Instacart” “Adding the 28-32% margin that Uber eats charges is just increasing that pressure to the breaking point.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “DoorDash to acquire Instacart” “When I eventually got it to issue a refund I realized they kept the service fees and driver tip.”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in 'efficiency' shakeup” Buggy app, slow, glitchy
“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”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Bunny CDN Security Incident” “I can't even request a refund for an incorrect order anymore, because the UI doesn't allow me to scroll down”
Comment from 2 May 2026 in “Uber Torches 2026 AI Budget on Claude Code in Four Months” “whereas Uber Eats would still be loading... and scrolling... Sorry, updating, please stay tuned...”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “The Doorman's Fallacy in Action” - Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Uber's AI Push Hits a Wall–CTO Says Budget Struggles Despite $3.4B Spend”
Other grocery delivery services people recommend
The four most recommended other grocery delivery services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoorDash | 34 | 102 | 25% | 11 | — | — |
| Instacart | 24 | 51 | 32% | 7 | — | — |
| Amazon Fresh | 21 | 23 | 48% | 7 | 2 yrs3 owners | — |
| Uber EatsThis page | 16 | 41 | 28% | 9 | — | — |
| McDonald's app | 12 | 49 | 20% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
40 of the 58 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“easily make $2k/month for his rent and survive in the meantime”
“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”
“Adding the 28-32% margin that Uber eats charges is just increasing that pressure to the breaking point.”
“I genuinely would love if my city passed a resolution that prevented restaurants within the city center from offering DoorDash/Ubereats”
“Delivery services charge ~30% and increasingly police the practice of charging different amounts for items in person vs. in app.”
“Uber Eats in my area is usually faster than DoorDash”
“I think the delivery charge is totally worth it, especially if you order multiple meals”
“Being able to order from basically everywhere and any time is very convenient.”
“Uber Eats delivers food that used to be pretty much non-deliverable. There's no comparison, it's a pure net-additive capability.”
“Just because sometimes the drivers mess up doesn't mean overall it's worse.”
“Uber eats made food delivery significantly worse and more expensive.”
“whereas Uber Eats would still be loading... and scrolling... Sorry, updating, please stay tuned...”
“some generic thing like Ubereats which I don't use anyway unless traveling”
“the app sends multiple adverts a day through the notifications”
“Uber, eBay, Doordash can force spam notifications on you with impunity”
“They have to make it easier for ubereats orders to have parts of their bill attached to a corporate card”
“This seems like the kind of terrible idea that an LLM might have come up with.”
“You will see people order food on Uber Eats using their gigabit fiber internet”
“I can't even request a refund for an incorrect order anymore, because the UI doesn't allow me to scroll down”
“they complain constantly about how awful the delivery service is”
“Every click can take 2-5 seconds to be processed, without any indication. Menus glitch.”
“Every click can take 2-5 seconds to be processed, without any indication.”
“the app takes this opportunity to randomly (though infrequently) send me ad notifications”
“It was listed on Uber Eats and similar, but you could also order from them, which was significantly cheaper.”
“Order directly from the restaurant. You'll get better and faster service.”
“When I eventually got it to issue a refund I realized they kept the service fees and driver tip.”
“There's a way somewhere deep in settings to disable those. I still have UberEats notifications for food arrival”
“Uber Eats is a plague. If you leave notifications on they constantly trigger one to make you open the app and clear it.”
“DoorDash and maybe Uber eats literally listed phone numbers under their name”
“The option is Uber, Deliveroo, or walking to the place”
“it got delivered by Uber even though I ordered directly on their website”
“Uber eats / Door Dash suck so much I have no desire to order delivery food at all”
“Uber Eats is constantly telling me about meal deals even directly after I just ordered food”
“a lot of what was written does sound like something uber eats would do”
“In my experience on Uber Eats, Priority definitely works.”
“If there's enough gap between myself and the restaurant, priority is absolutely a time save.”
“won't get bundled with another order and come second”
“Delivery apps like Grab and Uber Eats are even worse since they have even more perverse incentives”
“uber eats also sells sponsored placement, and then the fees and prices now”
“Using Uber eats is like some app from the past with ads as global banners”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.