¶ THE HONEST COMPARISON · MELBOURNE

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A WEEKLY TABLE OF FIVE · SAME FIVE, EVERY WEEK · FRIENDSHIP-FIRST

Timeleft seats you with a group of strangers for dinner, then a new group next time. Hey Sini keeps the same five together, the same night, every week, so the strangers actually get the chance to become friends.

What is Hey Sini?

Hey Sini

noun

Hey Sini is a weekly social club for making friends as an adult in Melbourne. It seats five compatible people near each other at the same table, on the same night, every week for six weeks, and then the table becomes theirs. It is friendship-first, not a dating app, and it opens neighbourhood by neighbourhood, starting around Carlton.

Format
one matched table of five
Rhythm
same night, every week · a six-week first cycle
Where
Melbourne · Jakarta
Cost
free to join · founding $19/mo
Food
you pay your own bill · we take nothing from venues
Safety
public venues · report or block · optional photo check
The limit
we suggest the spot; we do not book, host or attend
Not
a dating app, and not one-off meetups

CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE

What Timeleft does well.

Timeleft is genuinely good at what it is built for. Here is the honest version, before we say where we are different.

  • A low-pressure dinner with brand-new people
  • It handles the group and the booking for you
  • Great for a one-off night out with strangers
  • A fresh group each time, if you like variety

TIMELEFT GIVES YOU A NEW TABLE OF STRANGERS EACH TIME. HEY SINI GIVES YOU THE SAME FIVE, SO THEY COMPOUND INTO FRIENDS INSTEAD OF RESETTING.

SIDE BY SIDE

Timeleft and Hey Sini.

TimeleftHey Sini
The groupA new set of strangers each dinnerThe same five, week after week
What it buildsA good one-off nightA friend group, through repetition
The rhythmBook a dinner whenever you want oneA standing weekly night that defends itself in your calendar
The venueThe dinner is arranged for youWe suggest a public spot, the table confirms it, we never book it or take venue money
CostPay per dinner or by subscriptionFree to join, dues hold your recurring seat, you pay your own bill

WHICH TO PICK

No wrong answer.

Timeleft

Pick Timeleft if you want a one-off dinner with new faces and no commitment.

Hey Sini

Pick Hey Sini if you have done the one-off dinners and want the part where the same people slowly become yours.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Before you switch.

How is Hey Sini different from Timeleft?

The difference is recurrence. Timeleft is built around dinners with a new group; Hey Sini seats you with the same five every week, because friendship is made of repeat hours with the same people, not one night with a different table each time.

Does Hey Sini book the restaurant like Timeleft?

No. We suggest a public spot via Google Maps and the table confirms it together. We never book it, hold it, or take any venue money. You pay your own bill, there, like everyone else.

YOUR MOVE

The same five, every week.

Free to join. We open one Melbourne neighbourhood at a time, the moment enough nearby people choose the same night. Take a seat and you are in the first group seated near you.

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More in the Melbourne guide, the FAQ, or pick your neighbourhood.