Useful Site of the Day: Karachi Metro

Here’s a useful site I came across today for people of Karachi. It’s called Karachi Metro and tagline says “The simple way to find that restaurant’s number.”
While it won’t be able to compete against a comprehensive directory such as Karachi Snob, but from the looks of it, that’s not what the site owner is aiming for. But, where Karachi Snob gives you many different options and layers and layers of information, this site feels like Google of Karachi’s restaurant directory, simple and to the point. According to the person running this site, “Karachi Metro came about in 2005 when I got tired of calling PTCL “17″ to get a restaurant’s number. They never seem to have any of them! Kmetro is a simple, clean space where you can find phone numbers to popular spots in Karachi. Get in, get your number, order your meal. Really helps during lunch time at the office, too.”
The main page shows all the restaurants’ phone numbers sorted alphabetically along with a tag for whether the restaurant delivers or not and in some cases a link to an online copy of their menu. On top there is a search box where you can quickly search for a restaurant if you know the name. Then there is a list of categories which will quickly show only those restaurants which fit a particular category such as, Chinese, Italian, Fast Food etc. There’s also “I am craving” button if you can’t decide and want to go by author’s favorite restaurants in different categories.
It’s really simple and fast, however, it will only work if it’s updated regularly.