Neighbors gathered around a round dinner table in a warmly lit apartment, glasses and bowls between them

Where neighbors become friends, and friends feel like home.

Good Company helps neighbors in the same apartment building share meals, make real friends, and help each other.

Interested in bringing Good Company to your building?

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How it works

Two neighbors laughing and cooking vegetables together at the stove
  1. i.  First

    Scan the QR code in your invite.

  2. ii.

    Book your first table, or host one.

    Hosting takes almost no planning. We handle everything: we find the guests, ask about diets and allergies in advance, match the ingredients, write the recipe, and send every reminder. Host or guest, you just show up and enjoy good company.
  3. iii.

    Bring what you already have.

    Everyone brings one or two things from their fridge or pantry, so nobody has to shop.
  4. iv.

    Cook and eat together.

    Tables last about two hours. Host in your apartment or in a shared space in your building.
    Short on plates or cookware? We lend you a hosting kit.
    Bring one +1 from outside the building if there is a seat left.

It's completely free. Just neighbors sharing a meal.

Once you've joined a table, you unlock:

No. 1

A marketplace

Buy, borrow, lend and trade items with your neighbors.

No. 2

Group activities

With people from your building and a +1 if you want.

Shared dishes on a candlelit table: rice, greens and roasted vegetables
A plate of seared steak, rice, slaw and curry from a shared table
A homemade dessert of yogurt, berries and crumble in a square red bowl

Reviews

"Dear Good Company,

 These tables played a big role in my decision to renew my lease. I wanted to leave because my rent was going to increase by 10%. But then I thought of the community I am building as a host, and that convinced me to renew for one more year.

Anna"

— Anna · Building B

“Now I have met Oriane at a few dinners, I feel comfortable asking for her vacuum. If I had just met her in the elevator that would be weird, lol.”

— Sree · Building B

“I don't understand why you want me to give you super detailed feedback, guys. It's my fifth table, what else matters?”

— Jason · Building B

“I like the coziness of low-key socializing without having to go somewhere else, and getting to know new people at a deeper level.”

— Ben · Building B

“Thank you so much for making the building feel like home.”

— Priska · Building B

“You could go to a Michelin-starred restaurant and pay a fortune, or you could have a Michelin-star experience right here at home with dinners like these.”

— Santiago · Building B

“Making friends in your thirties is hard. These dinners are the perfect way to meet new people and build real friendships.”

— Sarah · Building B

About

Five neighbors smiling around a round table during a dinner in their building

Every building is a hundred small lives stacked on top of each other, each one lit up behind its own door.

We think those lights should meet sometimes.

So we set a table: one host, a few neighbors, a meal that doesn't need to be impressive. Bring whatever's in your fridge. It doesn't matter whether you know how to cook or whether you didn't know there's supposed to be salt in the pasta water.

Your job is the good company. We take care of the rest.

no pressure, no shopping, no stress.

Questions & answers

Where is Good Company available?

We are in San Francisco, USA, currently gathering in our first building.

If you want to enjoy Good Company in your buidling, join the waitlist and tell us where you are. We'll contact you very soon.

Why can't I access the marketplace or activities yet?

We ask everyone to join one table first, as a host or a guest. We are building a community, not purely transactional relationships.

Once you've joined your first table, the marketplace and activities open up.

I'm socially anxious, but I'd like to join.

This is exactly who we built Good Company for. Our founders are that kind of people too.

That's why tables are small, four to six people, and at home in your building: minimal effort, and intimate. You can bring a +1 who isn't a neighbor if that makes it easier.

There's no performance at the table. Everyone comes knowing it's low-key socializing.

And if you realize after a dinner that it's not for you, that's alright. You can still use the marketplace, join activities, or come back to another table whenever you want.

How do the recipes work?

The app creates a recipe from the ingredients and food everyone at the table has pledged. Recipes are AI-generated for now, but we are exploring partnerships with chefs to add their unique touch.

Recipes are designed to take 20-30 minutes to cook, but depending on the table and the kitchen, it can take a bit longer or shorter. We make sure you won't spend more than 45 minutes cooking though.

No. 1

Hello, neighbor

Some of you keep coming back to our tables for the flavor of the food. Others, apparently, for the flavor of the conversations.

We love how excited you all are about eating together, so once a week, we'll send you the best things cooked and said at our tables (with the guests' approval, of course), plus upcoming tables.

Yes, these dinners are real

Some first-timers asked if our dinner pictures were generated by AI. We will take that as a compliment. The food is real, often cooked by people who usually survive on DoorDash and aren't sure whether pasta water needs salt. The people are real too! We don't know if it's the lighting or just you guys, but you always look suspiciously good. And after sitting at one of our tables, you now know no AI could make this stuff up.

Overheard at last week's tables #1

Table 1. “Sometimes having rules is what sets you free,” said one of our hosts, casually dropping existential philosophy between two bites. “Wait, WHAT?!” — a guest who thought she was just coming over for dinner.

Table 2. “He makes me laugh so much I almost pee!” A guest, who shall remain anonymous for the sake of her bladder's dignity, made this tender declaration about her partner. Love is real and so is incontinence.

Table 3. “France once went to war with Mexico over a pastry.” Our French hosts turned a dessert session into a history lecture. The Pastry War (1838–1839) involved a French pastry chef near Mexico City who claimed Mexican soldiers had ransacked his shop. When Mexico refused to pay the damages France demanded, France sent warships to blockade and bombard Veracruz.

Anyway, no further context will be provided. You had to be there.

Want to host?

We are looking for people to host the tables above and others in the future. We will otherwise host by default, but it's more fun when others jump in. You just open your door or use the common dining areas (especially if you have a 1 bed or studio).

And we provide everything else. Guest coordination? Us. Food allergy and dietary restriction accommodations? Us. Logistics and reminders? Also us. Existential questions about whether your neighbors will get along? Not a problem, but we're also not your therapist, people.

To host the next tables, just ask us in the app. And if none of the dates work for you, you can host a dinner on whatever date you like.

See you around the table (and please keep being yourself; we have a newsletter to fill).

Your neighbors, unit 923

No. 2

Hello, neighbor

More and more guests are coming back for their 3rd or 4th dinner. And now we have two new hosts, Anna and Sree! People are seeing familiar faces and quickly becoming friends. We take full credit.

Overheard #2

We had a sleepmaxxer who shared how they sleep with white and brown noise machines plus mouth tape.

Another guest spent dessert arguing that cats are the most “evolutionarily perfect” animal.

A conversation about green cards turned into guests asking each other to get married. If anyone gets married after meeting at one of our tables, we will consider our work done (and will expect invites to the wedding).

What else did you miss? Well… you had to be there.

Host spotlight: Sree hosted this month

Sree loves boxing. During the dinner he hosted, he invited his neighbors to watch his upcoming fight. They showed up to cheer him on and celebrate his win, and ended up organizing another dinner together that night. In person, he's more teddy bear than heavyweight. The meal converted a doubtful table about the merits of Greek yogurt in a pasta dish.

Anna's table at the Create space

Anna hosted 6 guests at the Create space here in Building B. One guest's review of the meal: “you could pay a fortune at a Michelin-starred restaurant, or get a Michelin-star experience at home with dinners like these.” We're sure our star will show up in the mail any day now…

Want to host?

One dinner in, Sree had a cheering section at his fight and a new dinner planned before the night was over. Anna's table was compared to a Michelin-starred restaurant. Not bad for opening a door. Both liked it enough to host again this week, and we're starting to suspect it's addictive.

There are only two host spots left this month, and you get to pick either your place or the Create space. All you need to do is “open your door”.

And we provide everything else. Guest coordination? Us. Food allergy and dietary restriction accommodations? Us. Logistics and reminders? Also us. Existential questions about whether your neighbors will get along? Not a problem, but we're also not your therapist, people.

To host the next tables, just ask us in the app. And if none of the dates work for you, you can host a dinner on whatever date you like.

See you around the table (and please keep being yourself; we have a newsletter to fill).

Your neighbors, unit 923

No. 3

Hello, neighbor

We started these dinners convinced that everyone deserves an extraordinary, ordinary night. 15 tables later, we've watched friendly sparks fly at each of them, and come to realize that people come for dinner but stay for the people. So, from the bottom of our over-full stomachs: thank you for making this building feel like more than just a place to live. A home.

Overheard #3: Sree hosted for the 2nd time

Having already converted his last table to Greek yogurt in pasta, Sree returned with a new experiment: mixing milk and wine. The table was deeply divided, and diplomatic relations have not been restored. There was also a lecture on why rosé is actually rosé. Contrary to what many of you seem to believe, it is not simply red and white wine mixed together.

The tortillas, against their own intentions, ended up looking like fine cuisine.

And the evening closed with our host presenting his finest literary smut and reading a few spicy excerpts aloud. We will not be reproducing them here. You had to be there.

Anna's Sunday brunch on the rooftop: eggs Benedict

Anna hosted 4 guests on the rooftop terrace in Building A. The bubbly came out, Sunday Funday took over, and a two-hour brunch became a nearly four-hour extravaganza. Despite the spontaneity, Anna still had time to dash off and make it to a concert at the SF Symphony.

Want to host?

If Anna could squeeze in a brunch before the Symphony, your Tuesday evening stands a fighting chance. All you need to do is open your door. The rest is easy, because we provide everything else. Guest coordination? Us. Food allergy and dietary restriction accommodations? Us. Logistics and reminders? Also us. Existential questions about whether your neighbors will get along? Not a problem, but we're also not your therapist, people.

To host one of the next tables, just text us. And if none of the dates work for you, you can host a table on whatever date you like.

See you around the table (and please keep being yourself; we have a newsletter to fill).

Your neighbors, unit 923

Where neighbors become friends, and friends feel like home.