Food ordering apps Zomato and Swiggy were down on Wednesday afternoon, with customers complaining they were unable to pay and order. The outage came during lunch hours on a week day when these companies witness a sharp rise in orders.
As users took to social media to complain about the outage, Zomato was quick to reply citing “technical glitch” as the reason for the inconvenience.
“Hi there, we are facing a temporary glitch. Please be assured our team is working on this and we will be up and running soon," it replied.
zomato is down????
— begum (formerly duchess) (@pettyparthy) April 6, 2022
Wow, looks like @swiggy_in and @zomato appear to be having technical issues at the same time. pic.twitter.com/xz3cFn7V6L
— Sivakaminathan Muthusamy (@rsiva229) April 6, 2022
@zomato app is down.Please check.Feeling hungry😋
— Achal Singh (@AchalSingh93) April 6, 2022