This seems like a pretty good write up, but I do wonder if it’s necessary? I use grub hub and Uber eats fairly often. If I want to search for a restaurant I would hope it’s just doing a match on exactly what I search with minor spelling checks.

If I’m looking for a dish or cuisine, why not display it in a visual fashion like Uber eats? There’s usually not that many options to actually sift through.

For example the first graphic of the embedding space has a very clear mixture of restaurant names and food items. Feels a bit messy.