Build a Food List With Friends in Mosey

You can build a food list with friends in Mosey by starting a list, choosing "With friends", and sharing an invite link or inviting people you follow. Everyone you add can put in places and notes, the list stays in one place, and you decide whether it is private or public.

What is a food list with friends?

It is one list that several people write in. Instead of a group chat where a good suggestion scrolls out of sight in a day, the places collect on a single list with a name, a cover made from the places' photos, and a note from whoever added each one. Anyone on the list can open it later, so the answer to "where were we going to try?" is always in the same spot.

People use them for a trip (the guide to eating well on a road trip shows the idea), a standing monthly dinner, a family reunion, a work farewell or the summer's patio plans. What they share is that nobody owns the whole idea. A shared list is closer to a whiteboard than a recommendation, and it works best when it stays small, specific and a little bit fun.

How do you start and name a shared list?

Open the lists section and tap the button to make a new list. Step 1 is Name it. Pick something that tells people what to add: "Cabin weekend eats", "Book club dinners", "Mom's visit". Step 2 is Add places, with a search that reaches any place, anywhere, and a box for why each place belongs. Step 3 is Who sees it, where you choose Public or Private, and then who can add to it.

For a shared list, choose "With friends". The screen explains the combinations in plain words. Private with friends reads "Only you and the friends you invite can see it and add to it." Public with friends reads "Anyone can find and follow it. You and the friends you invite can add to it." You can invite people at this step or later, and a switch lets you make an invite link at the same time.

How do you invite friends to a list?

There are two ways, and you can use both. The first is to invite people you follow who follow you back: search by name or username, tap to invite, and they get a notice. The second is a link. Choose to share an invite link and the app makes one you can copy or send by text or message. Anyone with the link can join as a collaborator, even if they are not on Mosey yet.

The link is the easier route for a mixed group, since half of them may not have the app. Be aware that a link works for whoever holds it, so send it to the group, not to a public feed. If it travels further than you meant, open the people screen on the list and turn the invite links off. People already on the list stay on it, and you can make a new link any time.

Who can do what once the list is shared?

The people screen shows everyone on the list with a label: Owner, Can edit or Invited. Collaborators can add places and notes. Only the owner can change who sees the list, delete it or turn the invite links off. The owner can remove a person, and the removed person's notes stay on the list, which keeps the history readable. Anyone can leave a list they have joined.

Each place can hold notes from several people, with the name of whoever wrote it shown beside it. That is where a shared list gets useful: one friend writes "great for a big table", another writes "get the soup", and a third adds a photo. If someone adds a place by mistake, a long press lets you remove it, and a confirmation protects you from deleting by accident.

How do you keep a collaborative list of places tidy?

Sections do most of the work. Create one for each day of a trip, each neighborhood or each kind of meal, and drag places into them. Reorder by long pressing and dragging, or sort by date added or highest rated. When a list grows past what anyone will scroll, duplicate it: the copy is yours to edit, with the original untouched.

You can pick up to five moods, such as Road trip or Celebration.

Rating together after you eat

A list is a plan; ratings are the record. After you eat, each person can rate the place in their own words and by the dish. When you were all at one table, tag the friends you were with, and they can add their own rating of the same meal. Your list then shows which ideas became real dinners, and it makes the next trip easier to plan than the last.

If you want a wider audience for a good list, make it public. The app suggests it when a list has enough places to be worth passing on, and other people can like it or save it. Our guide to starting a food list for your state shows a way to begin a public one, and how food lists work is summed up on the lists page.

Why shared lists help the places on them

A friend's note on a place does more than any advertisement can, and it costs the place nothing. Mosey is free for a place to list, charges no hidden fees and keeps its tools affordable, so the places you recommend keep more of what they earn. Supporting local starts with telling your friends where you actually go.

Browse the US food guides for ideas to add first.

Get the Mosey app, start a list with a name your friends will recognize, and send them the invite link today.