Mobile Gastro-Navigation App with AI Concierge
Challenge
After launching its B2B booking platform for venues, Wegosty wanted to close the loop on the consumer side. Gastro-tourists, young families, and couples had no single place to plan a gastro-day — they had to search across Instagram, maps, Telegram channels, and individual venue websites just to find where to eat, what to see, and how to book it.
The goal was an app where a user doesn't just discover a place but immediately books a table or tour without leaving it. Venue curation also had to stay selective — listings couldn't be bought, so the app needed to reflect Wegosty's own vetting methodology rather than a generic directory.
After launching its B2B booking platform for venues, Wegosty wanted to close the loop on the consumer side. Gastro-tourists, young families, and couples had no single place to plan a gastro-day — they had to search across Instagram, maps, Telegram channels, and individual venue websites just to find where to eat, what to see, and how to book it.
The goal was an app where a user doesn't just discover a place but immediately books a table or tour without leaving it. Venue curation also had to stay selective — listings couldn't be bought, so the app needed to reflect Wegosty's own vetting methodology rather than a generic directory.
Solution
dev.family built a React Native app developed in parallel with the Wegosty B2B platform to keep both products compatible. The core scenario centers on a map where users browse venues by category — restaurants, cafes, wineries, farms, museums, tours — with each category color-coded by pin so users can orient themselves without extra filtering. Selecting a category isolates matching pins, keeping the map uncluttered.
Thematic collections ("where to go with kids," "wine routes," "new openings this week") surface curated recommendations, while a "What's Next?" route planner helps undecided users pick a mood or activity and get a personalized day route they can open directly in a maps app. Detailed venue cards include descriptions, photos, ratings, hours, table availability, and direct booking or ticket purchase, integrated with Wegosty's AI concierge for guest questions and slot suggestions.
To ship efficiently, the team implemented booking through WebView connected to the unified Wegosty booking form on the Laravel and PostgreSQL backend, rather than building a fully native flow — an architecture that preserves functionality while leaving room for a native booking experience later. Mapbox powers the map, Firebase handles push notifications, and a local storage system lets guests save favorite venues by city without needing to log in. The app shipped bilingual (Russian and English), with language auto-detected from device settings.
dev.family built a React Native app developed in parallel with the Wegosty B2B platform to keep both products compatible. The core scenario centers on a map where users browse venues by category — restaurants, cafes, wineries, farms, museums, tours — with each category color-coded by pin so users can orient themselves without extra filtering. Selecting a category isolates matching pins, keeping the map uncluttered.
Thematic collections ("where to go with kids," "wine routes," "new openings this week") surface curated recommendations, while a "What's Next?" route planner helps undecided users pick a mood or activity and get a personalized day route they can open directly in a maps app. Detailed venue cards include descriptions, photos, ratings, hours, table availability, and direct booking or ticket purchase, integrated with Wegosty's AI concierge for guest questions and slot suggestions.
To ship efficiently, the team implemented booking through WebView connected to the unified Wegosty booking form on the Laravel and PostgreSQL backend, rather than building a fully native flow — an architecture that preserves functionality while leaving room for a native booking experience later. Mapbox powers the map, Firebase handles push notifications, and a local storage system lets guests save favorite venues by city without needing to log in. The app shipped bilingual (Russian and English), with language auto-detected from device settings.
Results
The Wegosty app became the primary consumer entry point into the ecosystem, closing the loop from venue discovery to booking, payment, and return visits. Venues began receiving new reservations through an additional channel without extra effort on their part, while guests gained a single tool for planning an entire gastro-experience instead of piecing it together across scattered sources.
Built-in analytics now tracks venue card views, collection opens, booking conversions, and drop-off points, giving the product team real-time visibility into audience behavior and a data-driven basis for prioritizing future features.
The Wegosty app became the primary consumer entry point into the ecosystem, closing the loop from venue discovery to booking, payment, and return visits. Venues began receiving new reservations through an additional channel without extra effort on their part, while guests gained a single tool for planning an entire gastro-experience instead of piecing it together across scattered sources.
Built-in analytics now tracks venue card views, collection opens, booking conversions, and drop-off points, giving the product team real-time visibility into audience behavior and a data-driven basis for prioritizing future features.