What's the move?
Groupchat in spins, endlessly scrolling ‘near me’, and… no decision. The same place again. Gavera ends it. Five real picks: food, drinks, something to do.
🇬🇧 Available in the UKRapidly expanding to new countries. Join the list and you'll hear the moment it reaches yours.
Define your taste.
The cuisines you actually want. The bars you actually enjoy. The activities that aren't a chore. Love, like, or hard pass. Change it whenever.
- Loves weigh more. Hard passes are sacred. In a pair, one hard pass rules a category out; in a bigger group, a third of you is enough.
- The more you plan, the sharper the picks. For you, and for the group.
Find your circle.
Search by handle. Sync contacts to find the ones already on Gavera. Send a link to the ones who aren't. Create a group, so the next plan starts in one tap.
- Contact sync is optional. Gavera checks numbers against its users and keeps only the matches. Your contact list is never stored.
- Send a link to someone who isn't on Gavera. When they install and tap it, they're already your friend.
Drop a pin. Set a time.
Tap the map for where you're meeting. Say how far is too far. Set a start and an end. Tick food, drinks, activity, or all three. Five picks for each kind you tick.
Five real picks.
Food, drinks or activity. The plan brings up five places, open when and where you need them, matched to everyone's taste. No more endless scrolling, no more a hundred links in the chat.
One tap. It's in everyone's calendar.
Pick the place and lock it in. The chat sees the pin and the time. Book through the venue's own link, or ring them from the app.
- The link is the venue's own, or the platform they already use. No added fees.
- Confirm once. Nobody asks "where are we meeting" again.
Real categories. Real picks.
Built on the place categories Google Places and Foursquare use, so what you tick is what gets matched. A handful here. Plenty more in the app.
Bars and clubs sit under both Drinks and Activity: sometimes you want one good cocktail, sometimes the night out is the whole plan. Bars that do food show under Food too.
Real venues. Real numbers. No editorialising.
Opening hours, checked.
Each venue's published hours are checked against the window you set, so a kitchen that shuts at nine never gets suggested for a ten o'clock table. Hours come from the venue's own listing. Check on the day.
Actual ratings. No curated lists.
Ratings and review counts from Google listings, refreshed regularly. Gavera ranks. It doesn't editorialise. The only opinion in the room is your group's.
Booking links.
Where a venue lists a website or booking page, the card links straight to it. The booking is between you and the venue. No added fees.
Tap to call.
Some of the best places still only take phone bookings. The listed number is on the card. One tap dials it. Made for family-run spots.
One tap to your calendar.
Confirm, and it's in your phone's calendar: venue, time, address. The whole group does the same. Nobody flakes, because nobody forgets.
Your circle, not the algorithm.
Friends see your name, username and avatar. Not your phone number. Not your push token. Ever. Contact sync is optional, and your contact list is never stored.
The short answers.
What is Gavera?
Where to go with friends, decided. Define your taste, add your friends or a group, drop a pin and set a time, and Gavera finds the places that work for all of you. The group votes, the host locks it in, and you book the link or call them.
Is Gavera free?
Yes. Gavera is free on iOS and Android. Any booking is between you and the venue, or the platform they use; we don’t add fees.
Where does Gavera work?
Gavera is live in the UK first and rapidly expanding to new countries. Not in the UK yet? Reserve your spot and tell us your city, and we’ll let you know when we reach it.
How does the group decide where to go?
Everyone sets their taste once, on their own account. When someone makes a plan, the matches already suit the whole group. Each person votes on the matches and the host locks in the winner. One decision, not forty messages.
What kind of places does Gavera suggest?
Food, drinks or activity. Real venues, with the ratings, review counts and opening hours from their own public listings. Then the chat’s taste outranks the lot.
Can my friends see my phone number?
No. Friends see your display name, username and avatar, never your phone number. Contact sync is optional, and we never store your contact list.
How old do I need to be?
You need to be 18 or over to use Gavera.
Get on the list.
Gavera is live in the UK first and rapidly expanding to new countries. Not in the UK yet? Reserve your spot anyway. Add your city and you'll get one email the moment Gavera reaches it.
By reserving a spot you agree that we'll keep your email (and city and referrer, if you add them) to send you one invite email when Gavera is ready, as described in our Privacy Policy. No newsletter, no marketing, and you can ask us to delete it any time at hello@gavera.uk.