Tapingo

Tapingo was a campus food ordering app. Its web address, tapingo.com, now leads to Grubhub Onsite, the part of Grubhub that sells mobile ordering, kiosks, delivery and loyalty to college campuses, hotels and stadiums. Operators get a branded space in the Grubhub app for their on-site restaurants. This profile describes what Grubhub Onsite offers today.

Acquired by Grubhub (completed Nov 2018); tapingo.com now redirects to Grubhub Onsite.

Last reviewed

Visit website
Home page of Tapingo's website
Tapingo's website on 30 September 2026
Best for
College campus dining programs, Hotels and resorts
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • College campus dining programs

    Mobile ordering paid with meal plans or campus cards, kiosks, delivery and an off-campus dining program.

  • Hotels and resorts

    Guests can order to their room or pool area and the charge goes to their hotel bill.

  • Stadiums and venues

    Grubhub Onsite lists stadiums as a market, with ordering to a seat through the Grubhub app.

Less suited to: Independent restaurants outside campuses, hotels and stadiums; Grubhub Onsite is built for those three venue types.

What it does

  • Mobile ordering

    Customers order and pay from their phones in a branded area of the Grubhub app, and orders reach the in-store hardware and back of house.

  • Delivery

    Delivery within a campus, hotel or stadium can use the operator's own drivers, Grubhub drivers or robots.

  • Kiosk ordering

    Self-order kiosks take campus cards, credit and debit cards and mobile wallets, and connect to the Grubhub app.

  • Back-of-house displays

    Offers GrubhubTV order-queue screens, kitchen printers and a kitchen display system.

  • Loyalty program

    Operators set up rewards for ordering milestones, such as item-specific or spend-based offers, and Grubhub builds them out.

  • Campus card integration

    Connects with the campus card providers Transact, CBORD, Atrium and TouchNet to support meal plans and other tender types.

  • Self-driving delivery robots

    Offers robot delivery on campuses as a partnership option.

  • Smart lockers

    Pickup through Apex smart lockers integrated with the Grubhub system.

  • Hotel folio billing

    Food ordered through the app can be charged to the guest's hotel bill.

  • Off-campus dining program

    Lets students order on and off campus through the same programme.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published; the site directs buyers to contact the sales team. The delivery page says setup costs the operator nothing and customers pay a small fee when they order, but gives no amount.

How it compares

Compared with the 111 products in Online Ordering System that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 5 integrations. The median in this category is 6.
  • Lists Web only. Among the 110 products in this category that state their platforms, 56 list an iOS app and 56 list an Android app.

Works with

Other
Apex
Payments
TransactCBORDAtriumTouchNet

Transact, CBORD, Atrium and TouchNet are campus card providers; Apex supplies smart lockers. No restaurant point of sale systems are named on the vendor's site.

Where and how it runs

Platforms
Web
Hardware
Kiosks need a 120V outlet and an internet connection; Grubhub also offers kitchen printers, GrubhubTV screens and a kitchen display system.

Grubhub Onsite does not list countries on the vendor's site.

The company

Customers named by the vendor
Auburn University at Montgomery, The Ohio State University, University of Richmond, University of the Pacific, Resorts World Las Vegas

Security and support

Security and compliance
Kiosk card handling described as PCI compliant with point-to-point encryption
Support
The FAQ points customers to a Grubhub contact for on-site issues, and the vendor says its implementation team handles setup.

Listing details

Headquarters
United States
Built for
Restaurants, Cafés, Bars
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Acquired
Website
tapingo.com
  • Servy

    Servy is an enterprise ordering and payment platform for airports and other large hospitality venues.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for Tapingo.

  • Hyperzod

    Hyperzod is a white-label online ordering and delivery platform.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for Tapingo.

  • Mobi2Go

    Mobi2Go is now marketed as MOBI, a restaurant online ordering platform that also covers in-venue ordering, kiosks, loyalty, marketing and analytics.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for Tapingo.

  • Sociavore

    Sociavore is a restaurant website builder that bundles commission-free online ordering, QR table ordering, reservations, events and ticketing, gift cards, a merch shop and a simple guest CRM in one subscription.

    Names 41 integrations, against 5 for Tapingo.

What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Acquisition date and terms (the Grubhub Onsite pages do not mention Tapingo)
  • Any price, contract term, free plan or trial
  • Countries served and interface languages
  • Whether the old Tapingo app is still available
  • Team size and any funding of Grubhub Onsite as a unit