where to eat in Centurion?

halfway between Joburg and Pretoria, and halfway to a decision. Karen will finish it.

justpick in Centurion Karen explains, reluctantly

Centurion sits between the two big cities, which means the dinner question is often “do we drive to Pretoria or Joburg?” justpick suggests a third option: stay put. Type your suburb and swipe through what is close.

It is built for families as much as dates. Set a Chilled budget, tick Pizza and Burgers so the kids are covered, add No Fast Food if you want to eat sitting down, and see what is left.

pick for me in Centurion

free. no sign-up. type your suburb on the next screen. Karen does the rest.

areas to type in real places. Karen checked.

justpick doesn’t keep its own list of Centurion restaurants. Karen refuses to play favourites. It searches around whatever area you give it, so the more specific you are, the better the deck. A few you could start with, if you’re capable of starting:

Tip for Centurion: the suburbs here are spread along the N1 and N14, so type the one you are in rather than just “Centurion”.

the kids want pizza. you want steak. Karen wants silence.

how it works here five steps. you can manage five.

  1. Say where you are. Type a suburb or street in Centurion, or tap “use my location” and let your phone snitch to Karen. Your location is only used for this search and isn’t stored. She’s nosy, not creepy.
  2. Go Out or Stay In. Go Out shows restaurants you can sit down in, on real chairs, in real shoes. Stay In looks at delivery and hands you over to Mr D Food or Uber Eats to order. Pyjamas optional.
  3. Set a budget. Chilled is under R150 a person, Lekker is R150 to R300 a person, Full Send is R300+ a person. Karen doesn’t judge. (She judges.)
  4. Pick cravings and dealbreakers. One cuisine or several, plus anything you flat-out refuse to eat. Karen respects a hard no.
  5. Swipe. Right to keep, left to skip. Each card shows the photo, Google rating, distance and whether it’s open. Tap for directions. Stop at the first one that makes your stomach growl.

Try this in Centurion: Irene, Chilled, Pizza, Burgers and No Fast Food. Then swipe until something makes you hungry, or until Karen loses patience. Whichever comes first. (It’s Karen.)

cuisines and dealbreakers she has a comment for every one

Thirteen cuisines to choose from. That’s thirteen more than you managed on your own:

And the dealbreakers, which take places out of the deck instead of adding them. Every group has one person who lives in this section:

Can’t face any of it? WTF Mode picks go out or stay in, the budget and the cuisine for you, then serves up restaurants. You just eat. Honestly, Karen’s favourite button.

Karen, unprompted nobody asked. she’s saying it anyway.

Bokke win, braai’s done, and someone says “so… what’s for supper?” Karen has it covered before the coals are even cold.

Getting the whole back seat to agree on dinner is advanced magic, the kind they don’t teach first-years at wizard school. Karen skipped straight to the final exam.

what Karen won’t pretend she has standards. a few.

Restaurants, photos, ratings and opening hours come live from Google Places when you search. justpick doesn’t rank Centurion’s “best” restaurants, doesn’t take payment to show a place, and doesn’t run ads. Karen can’t be bought, and she’s offended you wondered. If a place is missing or out of date, it is missing or out of date on Google too. Take it up with them. Politely.

you’ve read enough. go eat.

let’s pick already

Karen is waiting. she’s not patient. she was never patient.

other cities she gets around. the whole country is her playground.