Love on the Menu: Hily Drops Dating Fortunes in LA’s Restaurants

Your dating life’s next big sign might just be hiding in a cookie

Los Angeles, March 24, 2025 — As American daters continue to show great interest in mystical guidance for their love lives, dating app Hily teamed with OpenFortune to distribute dating-focused fortune cookies to restaurants in Los Angeles.

Recent research by Hily, surveying 1,450 American women, highlights the following trends:

48% have checked astrological compatibility before dating or entering a relationship.
1 in 3 have used tarot cards for insights into their love lives.
1 in 4 are likely to consult fortune tellers, mediums, or psychics for relationship guidance.

These findings reflect daters’ desires for clarity and guidance in their love lives — something they seek not only from science-backed tools, like Hily’s new compatibility quiz, Icks & Clicks, but from the metaphysical realm as well. Hily’s fortune cookies tap into that interest with a playful twist on the message, “Destiny is hard to read.” Each fortune is written in either a tiny font or ‘leetspeak,’ where numbers replace letters, giving diners a literal taste of how hard it can be to interpret what fate is trying to say. A QR code lets diners download Hily.

“Destiny is hard to read — especially when it comes to dating. But we all try, and we all look for good signs. We wanted to create a few more of those for the people in LA. Dating can feel stressful enough, so why not spread a little romantic, feel-good energy?” says Julia Kolesnyk, Head of Brand & Communications at Hily.

Starting Monday, March 24, the dating fortune cookies will be available at LA restaurants for about two months.

About Hily

Hily (pronounced like ‘highly’) is a dating app designed to connect singles with new people while supporting them in remaining authentic. Short for “Hey, I Like You,” it invites users to have fun and not look for a perfect match. By encouraging everyone to date as they are, Hily is breaking one of the biggest curses of online dating — feeling pressured to hide your true self. Praising self-exploration, self-acceptance, open-mindedness, and inclusivity, the app helps people put real connections first and keep competition at bay by unlocking their unique, fabulous selves. With features like icebreakers, compatibility checks, messaging, Major Crush, and zodiac synastry, Hily helps users express who they really are and connect in genuine ways.

Launched in 2017, Hily has become one of the top 5 dating apps in US app stores, with over 35 million users worldwide.