Pickiit: we found the Toulouse app to no longer waste 20 minutes choosing a restaurant when Im

Choosing a restaurant for a group can often be a headache. When she was an employee, every lunchtime, 46-year-old Toulouse developer Yasmina Imlyhen wasted a lot of time deciding where to go eat. “It was always the same story: endless discussions, different tastes, and in the end everyone ended up alone with a sandwich. With my developer colleagues, we often joked about creating an app for that. Seven years later, I decided to bring this idea to life.”

For three years, Yasmina has balanced her family life, her independent developer professional activity, and the creation of Pickiit. Launched at the beginning of 2024, the application claims around a hundred users and around twenty partner restaurants. The concept is simple: each user enters their culinary preferences, and the application matches these criteria to suggest a restaurant that everyone is likely to agree on.

“There are already recommendation platforms, but Pickiit stands out with a feature focused on collective decision-making, aimed at limiting endless discussions. Ultimately, I would like to expand the concept to other group choices: hotels, vacations, outings…” explains Yasmina.

Designed to be both fun and easy to use, the application also highlights small local restaurants, especially those working with short supply chains. “In version 2, we will include icons to identify certified establishments or those engaged in sustainable practices.”

The application is free for users. Restaurateurs can freely register, add photos, their menus, daily specials, and have paid options like sending geolocated notifications: for example, “Free coffee at noon” or “Concert tonight”. Its economic model is based on these paid features offered to the restaurateurs.

The Chamber of Commerce contacted her for an article, and her project was also rewarded with an AI initiative prize at a trade fair. “These recognitions give me the energy to continue,” she says.