Wonder (app)

Apparently this is where all of its restaurants are located...

Wonder is a food hall app that claims to be an innovative dining experience. The app only works if you are, one, in the United States, and two, if there is a nearby food hall that delivers to you. All of its locations are situated in the East Coast, mainly in New York. You will likely get all restaurants to deliver to your house if you live in Manhattan. If you live in anywhere else, then some restaurants won't deliver to your area.

They are mainly popular only because they've been targeting ads to those located in the East Coast of the United States, especially on YouTube.

How does it work?

Wonder claims to be the Amazon.com of food delivery apps such as GrubHub. It has exclusive deals with Food Network chefs such as Bobby Flay to make high quality food, but in reality, all of its food uses microwaves to heat it up. In addition, the ingredients are sourced from different stores each time you order from the app. So, you're likely going to get food that is overcooked or undercooked. Perhaps even lukewarm to a certain extent.

Sometimes the restaurants can be familiar places such as Taco Bell or Wendy's. Even the restaurants can be local places from your neighborhood as well. However, if you order from these restaurants that aren't from Wonder, then it is likely that you won't get microwaved lukewarm food. Apparently, all of Wonder's restaurants are in a physical food hall that they open 24/7. No people are involved in the cooking process, so it is likely that machines are making the food for you. Someday AI will take over the restaurant industry and open these food halls so that people could get their microwaved grub on time.

You might think they don't have a physical presence, but they do. Kinda. Wonder has 22 "restaurants" that they've came up with to deliver to you, but this depends on the location. You can get your food delivered, but if you are bat fuck insane, you can pick up your food in person.

Restaurants

• Yasas by Michael Symon - Mediterranean food from an Emmy winner. What did you expect? Actual good quality food? They're mainly known from sandwiches and salad bowls. If you're on a diet, and you are a lazy person, this restaurant is for you.
• Alanza Pizza - They serve only pizzas. That's it. Plus, all of the pizzas they serve are likely not going to be seen when you're in Italy. You're likely going to see them in America. There is nothing else from this point.
• SriPraPhai - The pronunciation of this restaurant's name can be hard. They serve Thai food. It apparently existed for 30 years before Wonder launched. If anything, it'd be most likely worth it if you simply go to their restaurant in person. The Wonder version...not so much.
• Burger Baby - It is your average burger joint. They also serve hot dogs as well. They even serve veggie burgers as well. This is another restaurant that looks like what it is. Except there are no babies involved.
• Bellies - A restaurant serving kids' meals. It is everywhere on every single restaurant page that is owned by Wonder. This is because all other restaurants have no clue what to serve to kids. You do not get toys when you order from them, though. Adults can buy from them too, so it's not just limited to kids.
• Pop Salad - As the name suggests, they serve salads. The names of their salads are famous salads without the vowels. Their name without the vowels would've been PP SLD. Otherwise, there's not to say much about it. They are as simple as they could be.
• Happy Tuna - They do not serve just tuna. They actually sell varieties of sushi, though. Asides from that, it's your average Japanese restaurant. They mainly serve sushi rolls and sashimi. Misleading, huh?
• The Mainstay by Marc Murphy - The guy behind this is a Chopped judge. He has probably won Chopped before when he isn't a judge, so it's no wonder that Wonder decided to hire him because he's famous. Like with all other celebrity-owned restaurants partnering with Wonder, you can't really expect quality food each time. They could be, at times, microwaved. But hey, at least they look good to eat though.
• Tejas Barbecue - It comes from Texas. Before that, it made its name as a chocolate bar company. They even serve a chocolate soufflé with this fact. Along with that, they have a chocolate pudding as well. Don't get too distracted about this...
• Alanza - Basically your average Italian restaurant. The name comes from a combination of the chef's first and last name together. All of their meals have red sauce in it. Even the salads as well. Its theme color is even red as well.
• Streetbird by Marcus Samuelsson - Another Emmy winner. This time it's chicken sandwiches and fried chicken in general. They also serve potato fries as well, though. Like all the Emmy winners who own a restaurant, you can't really expect high quality, perfectly heated meals. You're too lazy.
• Royal Greens - Another salad restaurant. Except this time, all the salads are from famous chefs. Some of the salads you could buy from other restaurants. Others are just original. The salads from the other restaurants are apparently much expensive than their original counterparts.
• Walnut Lane by Jonathan Waxman - He's won the Best Chef award in New York City. He's now moved to California to make cuisine from it. You can't really expect high quality food once again. Instead, expect something much more microwaved. Good luck about that.
• El Diez Mexican Bowls - Apparently, Chipotle has some competition since it closed a bunch of stores lately. But it's Wonder, so what did you expect? They also give you chips as well. Unlike Chipotle, their bowls are in a rectangle. They're not in a circle.
• Fred's Meat & Bread - The main chef's name isn't Fred. It's Todd. They do however, serve bread with meat. Oh wait, those are referring to the cheesesteaks and burgers they serve. They also serve fries as well, so it is another burger joint.
• Detroit Brick Pizza Co. - They mainly serve Detroit-style pizza. They also serve chicken tenders and meatballs in space. How the latter is made is that they pay NASA over a small loan of a billion dollars to make meatballs in space and then serve them to you. The meatballs are cooked on the sun. It can take over an hour to make this, so be careful.
• Wing Trip - You've heard of Wingstop, now get ready for Wing Trip. They don't just serve chicken wings though. They also serve French fries. They even serve veggie sticks if you are on a diet. Their name is kinda, rather unoriginal for a chicken wing restaurant. That's not saying much.
• Di Fara Pizza - They are the oldest restaurant in this list, having existed since 1965. But it's better if you go in person. They arguably make the best pizzas in town. If you order the Wonder version, you get microwaved pizzas. Bummer.
• Room for Dessert - Similarly to Bellies, they are everywhere on every single restaurant owned by Wonder. Except they give away desserts like their name suggests. Some restaurants on there actually have their own desserts. As mentioned, Tejas Barbecue has chocolate puddings and soufflés. That is just one example, but they mainly source their desserts from other bakeries that couldn't be bothered to have their own restaurant page.
• Limesalt - Lime and salt is always used to make their food. It is basically build-your-own Mexican food. This is basically Wonder's version of Chipotle. Who knows if Chipotle customers will flock to them? Probably not.
• Bobby Flay Steak - This one has the most expensive food options out of all the restaurants. Bobby Flay is already a huge name in the food industry, so it's no doubt that Wonder got to collaborate with him on a restaurant. They even give you potato chips if you don't want to pay over $40 outright. He has the most Emmy awards out of everyone on this list. But that is not saying much, since the food you get will likely be microwaved.
• Kin House - Both chefs have been formerly known to work in the well known restaurant, Eleven Madison Park. They decided to open a restaurant with Wonder that will be given to you in those stereotypical oyster boxes. The original name of this restaurant was originally going to be called Lucky Star, but they realized that many Chinese restaurants have that name. So they decided to name the restaurant Kin House instead.
• Maydan - One Michelin star is enough to open up a restaurant with Wonder. It is mainly Middle Eastern food. However, the restaurant opened before Wonder did, so it is better if you just simply go to their restaurant. It'll probably be worth your time.
• Chios Taverna by Michael Symon - Not only did Michael Symon open Yasas, but he has another restaurant called Chios Taverna with Wonder. It's mostly Greek food. But it's almost similar to Yasas anyways. Both restaurants serve Mediterranean food. Except Chios Taverna is more Greek.
• Mr. D's Fried Chicken - The owner's real name is Arthur Davis. He is also known as Mr. D. He does make fried chicken, but he also mainly makes soul food. Such food includes biscuits and green beans. They also serve chicken sandwiches as well.
• Hanu Poke - As the name suggests for this, it servers poke bowls. It's also a Japanese restaurant as well. But, otherwise, you're getting Hawaiian food. Who knows what it's supposed to be serving? Who, exactly does it serve?
• Barrio Cafe - All of this is served by an award winning Mexican chef. But then again, that's not saying much, since the food you could be getting is microwaved. Even if it looks too good to eat. Wonder most of the time is foods that are too good to eat by looks over heating. So, basically, form over function.
• Dabba Indian Kitchen - It's Indian food as the name suggests. This is your standard Indian fare. Don't expect this to deliver to your home. Actually, not all of Wonder's restaurants can deliver to your home. Forgot about that for a second.
• Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken - Yet another fried chicken restaurant. They've been in existence for 30 years. If you can make it to one of their locations, then you'd better have a great time since you're not ordering the Wonder version. Because if you do order the Wonder version, you get disappointment. Just order the real thing instead.
• Ess-A-Bagel - They basically serve everything on a bagel. Also, they even serve things that aren't even food on a bagel, like rusty nails. Anything is possible when you put it on their bagels. Like put some concrete in and it will sell well. I'm not even joking.

Former restaurants

• Jota by Jose Andres - It's a Spanish restaurant. It also mentions that it is owned by a world-famous Spanish chef who won an Emmy award. How much does Wonder get to pay all of these chefs to open up restaurants? What's going on? Probably more than a billion dollars, right?
• Taqueria del Día - In Spanish, that means "Taqueria of the Day". It serves up tacos every day. Except the ingredients are completely random so you'll never know what you'll get. Will you get toothpaste? Who knows?
• Bar Nakazawa - If you go into the actual restaurant, you'll feel like you're in an Oscar-winning documentary. If you order the Wonder version, you'll feel like you're in a Razzie-winning documentary. Just go to the actual restaurant. It'll make you feel like absolute cinema every time you go. I'm serious.
• Pennycress - Contrary to popular belief, this restaurant's name is a lie. There is no mention of the ingredient that is named after them. It's just your average celebrity chef restaurant. Also, it's supposed to be healthier. I guess.
• Estelle & Jeanie’s - Those are not the names of the owners. That's actually two of the aunts that the chef was inspired by. It made Carribean food. This is probably the first and only of its kind on that app. Maybe there might be another one that would open up in the future.
• The General Chinese - It's specialty is General Tso's Chicken. That's exactly what their name is meant to be. Even though it is owned by a Michelin-starred chef, no Wonder location will be able to get Michelin stars. Unless...
• The Regular - It's the most boring restaurant name you could think of. If you are too lazy to cook your family dinner, you could order from there. I guess it's probably easier that way. But you should be better off cooking food for your family. Even if you haven't done that.
• JBird - The "J" stands for Jonathan. So basically, the restaurant's name is Jonathan Bird. The chef's name is Jonathan though. Ironically, it doesn't specialize in any chicken dishes or anything. It's Italian food for the most part.
• Pizzeria Mozza - Coming from the West Coast, it's a generic pizzeria name. Well, if you haven't been to the actual restaurant, maybe it's easier if you don't live there. Apparently it's no longer there. You might have to save up tickets to go to the West Coast. At least they're better off without Wonder.
• Chai Pani - It doesn't serve chai tea. It also doesn't serve panipuri. It does serve Indian food that has nothing to do with these. How ironic. But hey, at least it's fun for the whole family, right?
• Frankies Spuntino - Celebrities would visit the physical location of this. So if you want to stalk some celebs, you could reserve a table there. They are unlikely to download an app that delivers microwaved food for you. It's not that hard. Unless you don't have money.
• Chuko - It's basically a Japanese restaurant. It's much better if you also visit the physical location of this one. Critics seem to like it for the most part for an entire decade. If you do use Wonder for this, it's likely you'll get instant ramen as the main noodles instead. Just don't.
• Border Grill - AI doesn't know that Border Grill themselves had been on the Wonder App. However, you'll need to book a flight to any of the two locations (Los Angeles and Las Vegas) if you want to get an actual taste of their food. You can't order their food on the app anymore. It'll be worth your time.
• Sushi Nichi - It's basically sushi. Ordering from there every time will give you a random food from there. This is the only restaurant on Wonder that you can't actually manually order anything. If you don't like what you got, you'll likely get a refund. It's the gacha game of Wonder restaurants.
• Table No. 1 - This is the second restaurant about family dinners. I'm not going to repeat myself from The Regular. But basically, if you're too lazy to cook for your family, this is another option. It's not the first restaurant that has done this. So it's unoriginal for the most part.
• After Hours - True to its name, the restaurant opens in the late hours of 11:30PM and closes at 5AM. You only have a limited amount of hours to order from this restaurant. Once these hours are up, you'll have to wait again. You will need to pull an all nighter for this. It's probably perfect for sleepovers, though.
• Blue Apron - This article is sponsored by Blue Apron. Blue Apron is a meal kit delivery app that brings you meal kits to your house. Their meal kits are healthy for you and your family to eat. Oh wait, this is the wrong page. Next.
• Bankside by JJ Johnson - Seafood from the south. Yet again, it's one of these things made by a well-known chef. Could go spicy either way. Since then, this restaurant isn't available on Wonder anymore. It went swimming with the fishes unless something happens.

See also

• Slop