At someone’s place, just like home.
At a neighbour you haven’t met yet, at your friends’, or at a friend of a friend from your circle: you sit down at their table. Not a restaurant: a home, a dish made for you, and people happy to see you.
At the host’s, step by step.
- BeforeGet to know themThe menu and your share of the price, the host’s profile and reviews, house rules: children, pets, smoking.
- AcceptedThe address appearsOnly for confirmed guests.
- On the dayRing, come inLike at friends’, or actually at your friends’. And you can leave whenever you like.
- AfterStay in touchYou rate each other, meet again in a circle, share the photos and the recipe, and post the sqwat on social media.
What’s waiting at the table.
Your neighbour’s lasagne
Your flatmate’s curry
Sunday paella
Grandma’s couscous
Awa’s mafé
Hand-made gnocchi
- Cooking★★★★★4.9
- Cleanliness★★★★★5.0
- Atmosphere★★★★★4.8
- Camille R.★★★★★
Gorgeous table, spotless flat, and a tagine I still dream about.
- Yanis B.★★★★★
You feel at home straight away. Thanks for having us!
You know whose home you’re going to.
On every sqwat, you see photos of the table and the dishes, what guests think of the host, and the allergens in the menu. You’re in good hands. And if you’re going to a friend’s, you know all that already!
- Photos of the table and the dishes.
- Guests’ ratings and reviews.
- The allergens in every dish, checked against your profile.
With family or with friends.
The host says whether children are welcome. If so, they come in your request, with their allergies.
One requestYou treat them, or each pays their placeEven if they’re not on Sqwat
Everyone pays their share.
No margin, no bill: the cost of the groceries is simply split, and you see your share before you book.
Everything, explained.
Is it safe?
Verified phone, reviews after every meal, the address only for confirmed guests, payment in the app. All our tips are on the Safety page.
Who sees the address?
Only confirmed guests, once their place is accepted.
What if I want to host?
Opening a sqwat takes two taps: your menu, your date, publish. The app makes your shopping list and guides you in the kitchen.
How much does it cost, and how is the price worked out?
The app is free. The host estimates the groceries, and Sqwat splits them across every place, the host’s own included: the host pays their share like everyone else. The price shown includes the Sqwat fee (5 % plus €0.99 per place). It’s set from the start and doesn’t change, even if some places stay empty. Your card is held when you ask for a place, and only charged if the host accepts you.
Max price or fixed price: what’s the difference?
With a max price, you pay at most the price shown: after the meal, the host enters what they really spent, and you get the difference back. With a fixed price, you pay the price shown, whatever the receipt says. And in a private or secret sqwat, the host can also cover everything: their guests pay nothing.
What the tax office says: does the host make money?
At home, it’s cost sharing: as long as the host eats with their guests and what they pay doesn’t exceed the real cost of the groceries, it isn’t income. Anything the host receives above that is taxable income they must declare. That’s why Sqwat works out the price from the groceries. For to-go sqwats, the rule is stricter: one to-go sqwat a week at most (beyond that, it becomes a catering business, with a professional kitchen and licences), and what the host receives is taxable, even if it only pays back the groceries.
A sqwat for every moment.
The table is set.
Sqwat is opening step by step. Leave us your email to get your invitation.