MANIPAL

HACKATHON
2023
Problem Statement:
ECM-01:RESTAURANT BOOKINGS,
EXPLORATION AND GOING OUT NEEDS.

Helping people explore the unexplored!

 TEAM MESS

S. Lakshman Shrikanth Nidhi Hegde Taran Bhardwaj

Batch of 2026 Batch of 2026 Batch of 2026

Pranav Kumar K Shreya T

Batch of 2026 Batch of 2026
RESTAURANT BOOKINGS, EXPLORATION
AND GOING OUT NEEDS
Restaurants
• Missing out on new food joints
• Not being able to find a crowd free place
• Not being able to decide a place
Excursions
• Cancelling of trips due to lack of information about the place
• Bored of going to the same places
• Not finding like-minded people to visit a particular place
Events
• Events are often overlooked due to lack of publicity and information
 The fear of missing out on several things is real in the current generation. People
want to explore but don’t know where to go and how to go. The repetitive visits to
restaurants bore them and the itch to try new is genuine. This is clearly indicated
by our survey of students in Manipal.
8.8
People feel the places they
%
visit are too repetitive
People feel unaware
about events
21.1%
happening in 5.3

91.2%
Manipal %

78.9% 94.7%
91.2
%

People feel the need for

more information about
78.9%
places to hangout/visit
94.7
 OVERVIEW OF SOLUTION
Restaurant recommendations
• Book tables at restaurants.
• Get restaurant recommendations based on past preferences
• Get to know underrated eateries
Information about events
• Get to know of lesser-known events happening in and around towns which
might usually go unnoticed.
Explore new places
• Users can meet likeminded people and broaden their network to explore
new places.
• Learn the ins and outs of the location from previous visitors.
DETAILED SOLUTION
 PROOF OF CONCEPT
UpRestro API:
Access for user Events info • Used to list nearby restaurants for users to
Login reserve a table.
USER App
Reddit • Also used in feedback mechanism.
API ResOS API:
Used to notify users when a spot opens up in a fully
booked service.
Reddit API:
An API used to show posts in a similar way to
Restaurant DATABASE Restaurant
Listing API Reddit about new events and updates.
Paytm:
Used as a payment gateway for prebooking tables
Table booking
DBMS:
confirmation
Restaurant To include concurrency, security, backup and
Payment API
Waitlist API recovery of stored data.
UI/UX
 EXPLANATION OF ALGORITHMS USED
• Machine Learning models such as Item based Collaborative filtering model,
Clustering of data and Random forest is used to predict and suggest the best places to
users.
• Random forest combines the output of multiple decision trees (based on user’s past
activities) to reach a single result (best suggestion).
• Clustering of data will also be done to eliminate places that are not inline with
consumer’s preference.
• The item-based collaborative model will be based on:
1. number of visits to a particular restaurant/place,
2. preference of kinds of cuisines/places taken from user and
3. average cost per outing to find the best choice for user
 UNIQUE SELLING POINT
• It’s a two-way model where users can not only see new events and
listings but can also post and write reviews about them.
• Bringing up underrated restaurants and lesser-known interesting
places
• Point-based criteria for users where in more points you get, higher the
restaurant gets listed and more offers you get.
• Providing a platform where you meet like-minded people to group up
and travel.
• Get an e-copy of every restaurant bill
 Technology Stack
• Backend: JAVA.
• Frontend: AngularJS,
HTML, CSS.

• DBMS: MySQL.
• Machine Learning: Python,
Tensorflow, FastAPI.
• API Used: UpRestro, resOS,
RedditAPI, Paytm.
 MARKET POTENTIAL
• This app can be used by people of all age but our main target audience will be
college students and the youth. Their going out needs and drive for
exploration makes them the perfect target.

• Manipal, approximately has 75 restaurants and many other small eateries,

happening town with lots of events and this student town accommodates
nearly 24000 target audience(students).

• Our revenue will be mostly through advertisements, promotion fees,

sponsored posts and commissions by event managers and restaurants for
listing them on our app.
RISK/CHALLENGES/DEPENDENCIES
• Advertising our app.
• Restaurants not accepting our idea.
• False reviews/posts.
• Spam advertisements.
• Cooperation between customers and restaurants.
• Capital.
• Heavily dependent on users.
 REFERENCES
1. Product Recommendation Machine Learning-
https://www.javatpoint.com/product-recommendation-machine-learning
2. Our survey of students -https:/forms.gle/UGSneuUocCfrP1Hw8
3. Reddit API- https:/github.com/topics/reddit-api
4. Kelly, A.(2021, April 23). Top 7 Food & Restaurant APIs We Love (And You Should
Too!). https:/rapidapi.com/blog/we-love-these-restaurant-apis/
5. Java Database Connectivity with MySQL-https:/www.javatpoint.com/example-to-
connect-to-the-mysql-database
6. Manipal-https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipal