Errands

Eat on the route, while the kitchen's still serving

A restaurant is only useful if it's on your way and actually serving when you get there. Mini Detour finds one along your route and checks the timing so you don't arrive between services.

Typical stop
45 min
Hours sensitivity
High
Ranked by detour
on your route
Mini Detour on iPhone: the trip map with your route and the numbered stops along it

Restaurant: why the timing matters

Restaurants don't just open and close — they serve in windows, and the kitchen shuts long before the lights do. Mini Detour treats meal timing as high-sensitivity and checks a place's hours against your arrival.

Restaurant: how Mini Detour plans the stop

Add a restaurant to your plan with a realistic sit-down window; Mini Detour ranks options by detour and keeps the downstream arrival times honest. A proper meal is budgeted as a proper meal, not a pit stop.

Feature films

Open on arrival

Asking whether a shop is open now is the wrong question: Mini Detour checks the opening hours for the time you arrive and gives every result a clear verdict.

All feature films
Still from the Mini Detour film “Open on arrival”

Questions

Does it know about lunch and dinner services?
It uses the opening hours where they're published and checks them against your arrival; a place closed between services is flagged rather than suggested.
Can I set how long the meal takes?
Yes. The dwell time is yours to set, and Mini Detour uses it to keep the rest of the plan accurate.

Run this errand without leaving your route

Mini Detour plans the whole trip around the stops you actually need — open when you arrive, ranked by the smallest detour.

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The stops you need, on the route you're already driving.
Mini Detour is an independent app. Opening hours and places come from Google and OpenStreetMap and can be out of date; always confirm before relying on a stop.