Method
How we write eats guides
Last reviewed: 2026-08-07
Eats guides are shortlists with area, cuisine and practical booking notes. Michelin stars and similar badges appear only when they are a checkable published status at write time — never as decoration.
What we claim
Each venue entry carries area, cuisine and practical notes a traveller can act on: booking windows, neighbourhood pairing, or who the table is not for. We do not invent wait times, “locals only” myths or testimonials.
TheFork and related dining partners are labelled when used. Closing a table through a partner never buys a higher rank on the shortlist.
Sources and freshness
Stars, price bands and permanent closures are re-checked against primary listings when we revise a city. Temporary closures and pop-ups are called out as unstable when we cannot verify them.
A venue that cannot be confirmed open is removed or marked closed — it is never left as a silent recommendation.
What we will not invent
No fabricated quotes, no invented chef gossip, no accessibility guarantees we have not verified. If we have not eaten there, the page does not imply a meal we took.
We do not invent Michelin stars, “best in city” awards or crowd rankings to fill a shortlist quota.
How eats links to destinations
Eats cities should link from and to the matching destination hub. A destination without an eats guide is a coverage gap, not a reason to invent restaurants.
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