Exhibit 99.2
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                        SMARTSERV TAKES STEPS TO MAINTAIN
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                             NASDAQ SMALLCAP LISTING
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    Filing of 10-KSB to result in removal of "E" from "SSOLE" trading symbol


STAMFORD, CT- APRIL 30, 2003 - SMARTSERV ONLINE, INC. (NASDAQ: SSOLE) announced
that it has satisfied the requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market set forth in Marketplace Rule 4310(c) (14) by filing its Form
10-KSB with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, Nasdaq will
remove the "E" from its trading symbol, and SmartServ expects to resume trading
under the symbol "SSOL" on Thursday, May 1, 2003

SmartServ also announced that it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination dated
April 28, 2003, indicating that based on a review of its Form 10-KSB filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, SmartServ is not in compliance
with the shareholders' equity/market value of listed securities/net income
requirement for continued listing as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4310
(c)(2)(B). As a result, SmartServ's common stock is subject to delisting from
the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. Smartserv, however, has requested and has been
granted a hearing before a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel to review this
Staff Determination. The hearing is scheduled for May 29, 2003.

Nasdaq has informed SmartServ that any delisting action is stayed pending the
Panel's decision. There can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the
Company's request for continued listing.

SmartServ will provide the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel with a plan to
achieve compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing requirements. This plan
will include a combination of the completion of its current round of financing
and potential acquisitions along with additional financing. SmartServ has
retained a New York investment firm to advise the Company on its execution of
this plan. There can be no assurance, however, that SmartServ will be able to
execute the plan or that such execution will result in the continued listing of
its common stock.

ABOUT SMARTSERV
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SmartServ (NASDAQ: SSOL) is a wireless applications service provider offering
applications, development and hosting services. Today, SmartServ's customer and
distribution relationships exist across a network of wireless carriers,
strategic partners, and a major financial institution, including Verizon
Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Nextel, Motorola, QUALCOMM, ALLTEL, US Cellular and
Salomon Smith Barney. We offer content branded by Forbes.com, BusinessWeek
Online, Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal Online and S&P Comstock. SmartServ
offers mobile data solutions that can generate additional revenue, increase
operating efficiency, and extend brand awareness for wireless carriers,
enterprises and content providers. We offer standard and custom-built
applications designed for a vast array of wireless platforms and devices. Our
applications can be delivered via Java(TM) 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME(TM)),
QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) solution, WAP
and SMS, as well as RIM Blackberry and Pocket PC devices. For more information,
please visit www.SmartServ.com.




FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document and those made from
time-to-time by the Company are made under the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
concerning future plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual
results could differ materially from expectations. Certain factors that could
cause or contribute to such differences include, and are not limited to,
potential fluctuations in quarterly results, the size and timing of awards and
performances on contracts, dependence on large contracts and a limited number of
customers, dependence on wireless and/or internet networks of third-parties for
certain products and services, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, changes
in management estimates incident to accounting for contracts, availability and
cost of key components, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and
services, proprietary technology and changing technology, competitive
conditions, system performance, management of growth, the risk that the
Company's current and future products and services may contain errors or be
affected by technical problems that would be difficult and costly to detect and
correct, dependence on key personnel and general economic and political
conditions and other factors affecting spending by customers, and other risks
described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.