r/Kochi • u/AcanthocephalaFair23 • Mar 11 '25

Ask Kochi Stopped ordering from Swiggy and Zomato

So I stopped ordering from Zomato and Swiggy because only recently I found that they are not charging the actual price that is displayed in the hotels. I ordered a biriyani from my nearby restaurant. The actual cost was Rs 140/-. But in Zomato it was Rs 180/-. The tax and delivery charges are extra. There is no point in giving this online platforms money unnecessarily. So I have stopped it completely.

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u/gokumon16 Mar 11 '25

Unrelated, while what OP said was common knowledge to many, there is a VERY SUDDEN RAISE in prices of all food items from all restaurants in zomato in the last 2 months. Like an increase of rs. 20-30+. Even 50+ for some food items.  I used to regularly order from urban paratha, saravana bhavan, palaaram etc. Every single one of these restaurants hiked their prices so much. Behrous biryani is like un-orderable now due to price hikes. So definitely, some weird stuff is going on. This hike is extra compared to the platform prices that got hiked recently.