Timeleft, reviewed by people who love the idea

What Timeleft is

Timeleft is a dinner-with-strangers app. You fill in a short personality questionnaire and get seated at a restaurant with about five other people, matched by the app’s algorithm.

It’s a genuinely good idea executed at scale — a French startup now running dinners in many countries, including Australian capitals. Their exact night, pricing and format details are set by them and can change, so check their app for what’s current in your city.

What it costs

Timeleft is a paid product with pricing that varies by city and has changed over time — for the current figure, check their app before booking.

What we can say with certainty is our own pricing: LMTW runs on credits, not a subscription — $25 buys 50 credits, a get-together costs 12 (about $6), and credits never expire.

Where it shines

• The concept works — strangers do become friends over dinner; the reviews that love it really love it.
• It’s simple — quiz, book, show up. No profile to maintain, no swiping.
• Multi-city coverage — if you travel, the format is available in many cities.

What some people say could be better

• Cost adds up over time — like most paid dinner formats, a regular habit costs more than a casual coffee catch-up.
• Historically dinner-focused — if your ideal Saturday is pickleball or a bushwalk, that hasn’t traditionally been part of the format.
• It ends at dessert — no built-in way to say “that was great, again soon?” without swapping numbers on the night.
• The table is an algorithm — no human checks the mix before you’re seated.

Who it suits

Timeleft suits you if you want a dinner-format night out and don’t mind a paid, app-based booking. If you want a lasting social circle — the same great faces becoming actual friends, across more than just dinner — you’ll want the follow-up tools and activity range Timeleft doesn’t offer.

The alternative we’d point a friend to

Full disclosure: this is us. LMTW runs the same courage — meeting strangers in real life — as a club: 50+ activities (dinners, coffee, games nights, pickleball, bushwalks and more), any night of the week, groups matched by generation and interests with a human reviewing every group, and mutual-only follow-ups so a good night doesn’t end at dessert.

Our pricing is simple and fixed: founding members get a free 50-credit pack (about four get-togethers). After that, a seat is 12 credits — roughly $6 — with no subscription. See the side-by-side comparison or the full pricing.