Website links to help your choice of restaurant

http://www.opentable.com/default.aspx

Make restaurant reservations online, search by state, location and type of cuisine, enter the date you wish to dine and the number of people in your party. The system will then connect to the relevant sites matching your search criteria and show you available times for the date s that you require.

http://dinesite.com/home/

User friendly site that allows you to: 1/enter your town or city 2/enter the price range 3/enter the type of cuisine you are looking for.

The site also allows you to search for an ambiance more suited to romance. If entertainment as well as dining is what you are looking for there is also a search for restaurants with entertainment although you cannot narrow this down to the type of cuisine.

Most restaurants have a customer review and a location map in order to find your way there.

http://www.vegetarian-restaurants.net/usa/index.html

Online guide for vegetarian restaurants that allows the user to search by state and then by location. The downside is the search results also list health food stores and natural food stores although the details of the restaurants are very comprehensive if a little bit biased.

http://www.restaurants.com/default.html

On this site you search by state and then by location, you can then search by cuisine or by features i.e. awards, online reservations etc. Most restaurants are rated by a star system that covers food, service and ambiance.

http://www.thokalath.com/restaurant/index.php

This site is dedicated to Indian restaurants that is searched by clicking on a map of the USA by state, there is an absence of restaurant ratings and the site advises you call the establishment prior to arrival.

http://www.vegdining.com/Home.cfm

Vegetarian restaurant site that details all restaurants by category: v = fully vegetarian, vvf = very veg-friendly and vf = veg friendly. Search criteria is very broad but typing in your town or city usually produces results.

http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/rest_locator.html

McDonalds restaurant locator that allows you to search by city or zip code.