An AI-powered food delivery concept that replaces endless scrolling with emotional curation. Pick a mood, get a meal that fits the moment — never more than a handful of choices.
Open any delivery app and you're handed hundreds of restaurants, thousands of dishes, and zero guidance. The result isn't freedom — it's fatigue. MoodBites starts from a different question: not what do you want, but how do you feel.
Infinite scroll across 100+ restaurants turns a hungry moment into ten minutes of second-guessing — and often a default reorder.
Rankings optimize for popularity, ad spend, and delivery speed — never for the mood you're actually in tonight.
Every app looks the same: a grid of thumbnails and a search bar. Nothing about eating — a deeply emotional act — feels personal.
If the app opens with a feeling instead of a search bar, then AI can curate a handful of meals that fit the moment — turning an overwhelming catalog into a warm, single suggestion you can say yes to.
Synthesized from interviews with frequent delivery users. Maya orders most weeknights, decides fast, and resents apps that make her work for dinner.
"By the time I've scrolled past fifty restaurants, I've lost my appetite. I just want someone to tell me what's good tonight."
One mood sets the tone. From there it's a short, reassuring line to checkout — with "Surprise me" as a one-tap escape from deciding at all.
The constraints I kept pinned above the canvas.
The first question is "how are you?" — never a search bar. Emotion is the entry point, not an afterthought.
Never more than eight picks per mood. The work of choosing belongs to the AI, not the person.
"Surprise me" is one tap from anywhere. When deciding is the burden, we remove the decision.
Mood, then dish, then pay. Each surface asks for exactly one thing and previews what comes next.
Each feeling owns a hue. The interface re-tints around your choice so the app feels like it's listening.
Warm serif voice, generous spacing, gentle nudges. We earn the next order by making this one feel good.
Layout, hierarchy, and one-decision-per-screen — locked before any color or type entered the picture.
Six screens that take Maya from "I don't know what I want" to a meal on the way — in under a minute.
No more scrolling 100 restaurants. Tell us how you feel — we'll do the picking.
Highly rated · 92% match to your taste · You've never tried it.
Slow-stirred arborio rice, wild mushrooms, parmigiano. The dish people order when it's raining.
Five mood hues do the emotional work; a warm neutral base and an editorial type pairing keep everything calm and legible.
A concept project measured against its own promise: would emotional curation actually feel faster and warmer than the scroll? Early prototype testing said yes.