Takeout Taxi

If you're in the mood for a certain restaurant and are considering ordering from Takeout Taxi, here's some friendly advice: just go to the restaurant. In the time it will take them to bring your food, you could get ready, go to the restaurant, eat, and be home. They promise delivery in an hour 15, but my delivery time topped 2 hours. Not to mention being forced, at your door with no notice, to pay a tip (no matter how crappy the service), on top of the $5.99 delivery charge, $1.46 service fee and $.75 fuel surcharge that the company has already charged your card. Oh, and if you change the tip and sign the receipt, beware - the delivery guy will simply change it back to what he sees fit. That's what happened to me, and that's why I'll never use this service again. Pros: You can have your fave restaurants at home. Cons: Be prepared to pay dearly for it. And, they don't even warn you of all the costs involved when ordering. more

I travel quite a lot and take out taxi is a very convenient service. When it works well it is great however I would recommend ordering over the phone.\r \r They also have a website. When I ordered online and they forced me to save a login to place my order. It worked great the first time. Unfortunately I was staying in a hotel and every order I have placed since then has been sent to the original hotel and billed to my original credit card no matter what I enter on their website. Bizarrely the email confirmations they send match the what you enter online but what the dispatchers see on their screens matches whatever was entered for that first order. Beware if you are traveling on business or if you have moved!!! Be prepared for a 3-4 hour wait while they try and reconcile what you see on the website and email confirmation compared to the old information seen by the dispatchers. Pros: Sit in a hotel and do some work - dinner comes to you Cons: Order online at your own risk more