The ride-hailing service Uber is expanding food-delivery options in Albany with the local launch of Uber Eats, an app that lets people with Uber accounts have food delivered from about two Albany restaurants, some that previously had no delivery option.

Being announced Tuesday (12/12) morning at the Albany Pump Station, Uber Eats will offer delivery throughout most of the city of Albany. (Delivery area map here.) Besides the Pump Station, participating restaurants so far include Madison’s Pizza, D.P. Dough, El Mariachi, TapAsia, Anton’s Greek Eatery, Allie B’s Cozy Kitchen, Mamoun’s Mideast Café and several McDonald’s. The full list of currently participating restaurants is online today for Uber Eats’ launch.

Customers use the free Uber Eats app or website to browse menus, order, pay with the same credit card on file for rides and watch progress of the delivery. The flat $5.99 fee for each order goes to Uber. I’m told customers will be able to tip the driver through the app, as they can for rides, but there will not be a option for an additional tip to the restaurant.

Delivery from some of the restaurants will be available exclusively through Uber Eats, including the Pump Station and El Mariachi, according to a spokeswoman. Gateway Diner, another Uber Eats exclusive, is supposed to be on the list by this evening for dinner service.

Other restaurants on Uber Eats already have ordering and delivery via other services such as GrubHub and EatStreet, often for free or with considerably smaller fees, from $1 to $3. Also, Uber Eats costs restaurants more to use. In a post on Facebook, Chris Pratt (Pearl Street Pub, Public House 42) says Uber Eats charges restaurants 35 percent of the total bill, while GrubHub’s fee is 11 percent. I have not yet independently confirmed the percentages with the respective companies.

Albany is the fourth city in upstate New York to get Uber Eats, after Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester. It is available in 120 American cities and another 80 cities in 29 more countries globally.

Restaurants receive orders through a dedicated tablet. Albany proprietors interested in participating may contact Uber here. The spokeswoman tells me the service may expand throughout the Capital Region if demand in Albany is strong. She says Uber Eats offers drivers additional earning opportunities during the lunch-to-dinner period, which typically is slower than Uber’s peak ride times of mornings and 9 p.m. through late night.

Restaurants set their own prices for Uber Eats orders and decide how much of their menu to offer through the service, I’m told. A quick scan of a few menus on Uber Eats suggests most prices are the same as for dine-in customers, some about $1 more per item. The company does not offer guarantees on delivery times.