At a time when diners are being coaxed into ordering in, one app is helping bolster Australia’s restaurant scene.

EatClub is a world-first platform where diners can find last-minute restaurant deals near them. The app allows restaurants to fill empty tables by posting instant offers to entice new customers.

Sound familiar? It’s a bit like the food world’s equivalent of lastminute.com. And like the travel juggernaut, EatClub isn’t light on options: the digital app features more than 1200 of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide’s most popular restaurants, spanning your local pizza joint to Matcha Mylkbar, The Rockpool Dining Group, Bills Bondi and Chur Burger. Feel like sushi? You’ll find it there. What about a regional Italian dinner? Yep, that’s there, too.

When these restaurants are experiencing a lull, they can log on and use the platform’s real-time technology to instantly upload deals of up to 50 per cent off to help get diners through the door.

For foodies, EatClub is a game-changer. Picture this, you’re heading out for a bite to eat and still tossing up venues. By logging onto EatClub before walking out the door, you can unlock exclusive deals in your local area that have the potential to slash your dining bill in half in some instances, even across drinks.

So if queuing for a table isn’t your thing, EatClub will tell you just which venues have seats to spare, a digital godsend if it’s a weekend evening in Sydney or Melbourne.

If that doesn’t get you off the couch and save it from more sauce stains, we don’t know what will.

By filling up restaurants, the app is doing its bit to improve the diner’s experience by elevating ambience; I mean, no one likes eating in a room so empty you can hear the clank of dishes being out back.

But the benefits don’t stop there – EatCub is a win-win for both sides of the pass. The app offers restaurateurs a targeted, effective way to get bums on seats during quiet periods, not to mention helping market them to all-new customers. Participating venues even have the option to make their incentives time-limited during particularly slow traffic times to increase patronage.

The proof is in the numbers; since launching in 2017, EatClub has helped fill more than 500,000 seats that would have otherwise gone empty.

Whether you’re hankering for a burger, vegan eggs or a fine dining meal for two, there’s a good chance you’ll find it on EatClub – and you’re guaranteed to fork out less for it, too. *Logs on immediately.*