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Find the best dishes near you for your taste
Palytt helps you choose a dish based on your taste, not just the average reviewer's. When it has enough dish information, an Order Guide groups picks into get this, add on, popular here and maybe skip. Personal match scores and friend verdicts appear when that evidence is available.
Use Palytt’s dish information and your own verdicts to decide what to order when you get there. Coverage and personal taste evidence vary.
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Get the dan dan noodles. Maybe skip the fried rice.
Example scores and taste notes
How does Palytt find the best dishes for you?
Add your taste context
Start with three taste choices. Your saves and dish verdicts add context over time.
Compare dishes
Explore an Order Guide when it has enough dish information. Personal match scores appear when Palytt has a basis in your taste.
Read friends’ verdicts
See friend verdicts on dishes they have rated, when those ratings are available.
Why does dish-level discovery matter?
Choose a dish
Compare the dish you want with the information available. A restaurant’s average rating alone does not describe each item on its menu.
Read the context
Open an Order Guide where Palytt has enough dish information. Read personal scores, popularity labels and friend verdicts when they are available.
Remember next time
Record whether you would order the dish again. Your journal keeps the plate with its restaurant so you can find it on your next visit.
Dish discovery vs restaurant discovery
Yelp and Google Maps show:
Restaurant ratings, photos and dish information. Their menu features can help you research what to order.
Palytt shows:
Dish picks, with personal match scores when your taste supports them. Your journal keeps dishes you would order again.
Use Maps to find options, then open Palytt to see dish picks and any available friend verdicts or personal matches. Compare Palytt vs Yelp or Palytt vs Google Maps.
Good to know
How does Palytt know which dishes I'll like?
Start with three taste choices in the app, then record the dishes you try. Palytt can use your taste profile and dish history for personal matches when enough dish information is available. Read the reason and your own verdicts before ordering. Learn more about how taste matching works.
Do I need to create an account?
Yes. Download Palytt on the App Store and follow the onboarding to set up your profile.
Can I use this to decide where to eat with friends?
Yes — that's a core use case. See our guide to deciding where to eat with friends.
Does Palytt replace Yelp or Google Maps?
No. Yelp and Maps are excellent for local discovery and restaurant basics. Palytt focuses on dish-level recommendations once you know where you're considering. They complement each other. Compare Palytt vs Yelp or Palytt vs Google Maps.
Is Palytt free?
Yes. Palytt is free to download on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
Related reading
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More Palytt guides
- How taste matching works
- Decide where to eat with friends
- Restaurant picker
- Palytt vs Yelp
- Palytt vs Google Maps
- What to order
- Best apps to know what to order
- Restaurant menu scanner app
- Palytt vs Beli
- Beli alternatives
- Restaurant tracking app
- What am I in the mood to eat?
- What to order for lunch
- What to order for dinner
- Yelp alternatives
- Best apps to save restaurants to try
- Best apps to decide where to eat
- Best apps to share restaurant recommendations
- How we designed Palytt
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