✦ for the skeptics

how do restaurants get in the app?

short version: they don't apply, and they don't pay. real places come straight from google maps — the same data behind the map on your phone.

where the places come from

when a vote gets locked to an actual restaurant, letsdine looks it up live through google places — google's own listing for that spot, including its name, location and photos. it's the same database that powers google maps. nothing is hand-picked by us and nothing is hosted by us.

what that means in practice

✓every place is a real, public listing you could find on google maps yourself.

✕no restaurant pays to show up. there are no sponsored spots and no ads in the results.

✕restaurants aren't partners and don't have accounts. they don't even know letsdine exists.

✓the winner is whatever your group actually voted for — not whatever makes anyone money.

and your data?

friends vote with no signup and no account — just a link in the browser. the app reads google's public place info to show you the spot; it isn't selling your votes or your group to anyone. (full detail on the privacy page.)

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places & photos via the google places api. google maps is a trademark of google llc; letsdine isn't affiliated with or endorsed by google.