Rate the food.
Nothing else.

No service stars. No wait-time penalties. No decor points. Every rating is a real photo of a real dish, so you finally know what to order.

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A plate posted in Plates: Tonkotsu Ramen at Kinka Ramen, rated 9.0 with a verified visit

Know what to order

A real card from the Atlanta beta, straight from the plates people posted.

Mister01 · Atlanta

What to order

1 Mimmo2 raters · verified visits 9.0
2 Star Luca2 raters · verified visits 7.3

A dish needs two raters before it ranks. One plate is a hint, not a verdict.

Reviews are broken. The food got lost.

Stars blend service, ambiance, and the wait into one fuzzy number, and half of them are fake. Plates rates the only thing you actually came for: the dish. Every rating is a real, first-hand photo by a real person.

How it works

Three taps from a great meal to helping the next person find one.

1

Snap your plate

A real photo of the dish in front of you. No stock images, no exceptions.

2

Rate the food 1–10

Just the food. Not the service, not the vibe, not the parking.

3

Know what to order

See the best dishes at every spot, ranked by people who eat like you.

Better with the people you trust

A 9 from a stranger is noise. A 9 from your ramen-obsessed friend is dinner. Plates is built around the palates you actually trust.

👥 Follow tastemakers

Friends, local food obsessives, anyone whose palate you trust. See every plate they post.

⚖️ Friends’ scores, side by side

Every dish shows what your circle rated it, right next to the global score.

🏆 Steal their Top 10s

The exact dishes the people you follow swear by, ready to order.

🎯 Taste-match %

See how aligned your palate is with another eater, and get “for you” picks that predict the dishes you’ll love.

🏷️ Tag your tablemates

Tag the friends you ate with on any plate. Not on Plates yet? Your invite tags them the moment they join.

🏙️ City leaderboards

See who the top eaters are in every city, and climb the board one plate at a time.

Built on trust, not noise

🍽️ Food-only ratings

We still rate the restaurant, purely on the food. Service, decor, and the wait never touch the score.

🔎 Dish-first

Find the best dish, not just the best-rated place.

📸 Real photos, real people

Every rating is a verified, first-hand plate, not a recycled marketing shot.

✅ Verified visits

Where you’re standing when you post, or a receipt, confirms you actually ate there. Coordinates are checked and never stored. A badge a fake reviewer can’t fake.

🚫 No pay-to-play, ever

A restaurant can never buy, boost, or bury a score. The number is only ever real diners rating the food, and you can filter to verified visits only.

A lot of app in one plate

Built for people who plan dinner like it matters.

📚 Import your food history

Point Plates at your camera roll: past food photos match to the restaurants where you took them, dated and location-verified. Your profile fills in from day one.

⚡ Quick Plate

Photo, restaurant, dish, score, done. Posting a plate takes seconds, and “Would you order it again?” is one tap.

🔗 Invite a friend, no codes

Send your link. They install, and you follow each other automatically. Tag someone on a plate and they land on that exact dish.

✅ Been here

One tap marks the places you’ve eaten. Friends see it on the map, and it never touches a score.

🎉 Party mode

Eating with friends? Plates blends the whole group's tastes and picks the restaurant, and the dishes, everyone will love.

✨ AI names your dish

Snap the photo and AI names the dish and suggests tags before you type a word.

🤖 Ask AI

Search like you talk: “spicy tuna roll without mayo.” Plates finds real dishes people actually posted, ranked for your taste.

📸 Menu snap

Photograph a menu and AI reads in every dish, so ratings land on real dishes. No typos, no dupes.

🗺️ Browse anywhere

200,000+ real restaurants in 200+ cities, on a map that re-searches as you move. Look around without an account.

Join the beta

Plates is in open beta on iPhone right now. Install it free through TestFlight and post your first plate tonight.

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