Qmato is the first web/mobile site to provide truly occasion-appropriate, personalized restaurant recommendations. Qmato solves a common problem that no other site or app can: “What is the best restaurant for me, for this particular occasion?” We do this by scoring restaurants on over 250 different sentiment metrics - so unlike other restaurant recommendation engines, Qmato actually knows a ton about each restaurant and puts that knowledge to excellent use.

Let’s say you want to eat outside and enjoy the weather. You don't just want a place that has any old outdoor seating, even if it has a high rating and even if your social network has Liked it a lot. That's all well and good, but it doesn’t help you identify what you really want: a place that has really excellent outdoor seating. A couple tables on the sidewalk of a busy street aren’t enough - you probably want something more pleasant and secluded, where you can really enjoy the outdoors. Or take breakfast - when you go out for breakfast, you don't just want a place that serves breakfast (whatever else might be appealing about it) - you want to go to a place that serves a really excellent breakfast. Or even atmosphere - other sites don’t even provide a way of identifying the best places for a quiet, intimate meal or a fun lively one. The same goes for many other restaurant experiences, and Qmato gives users direct access to great recommendations for over 30 different kinds of restaurant experiences. Or, if you want more control (or just to search for specific food items), our natural language keyword search lets you describe anything you’re looking for - atmosphere, service, price, value, food qualities, recommended items, etc.

Qmato runs on large-scale sentiment analysis. We rank each restaurant not just on overall quality, but also according to the quality of its outdoor seating, breakfast, atmosphere, food qualities, service, value, etc. Right from our Restaurant Guide page for each city and location, you can choose the kind of experience you're looking for and then immediately see the best options and get appropriate recommendations. No need to dig through reviews like on Yelp. And unlike other restaurant recommendation products (like Ness or CleverSense), with Qmato you can be assured that the recommended restaurant will provide the kind of experience you're looking for.

Now, we know that occasion isn't all that matters. Qmato also takes due account of other factors including overall rating, general preferences that you can set (e.g. quiet, good value, creative food, vegetarian friendly, etc.), and the qualities of other restaurants that you've rated. Qmato uses machine learning to learn the restaurant qualities you like as you rate. All of this is put together using carefully tuned algorithms to provide "all things considered" best options and recommendations for every search. Each restaurant profile on Qmato also includes a concise, informative description that gives you the consensus opinion and helps you quickly confirm that the restaurant is just what you’re looking for - so you can go out to eat with confidence.

Qmato lists over 800,000 restaurants nationwide. Currently, Qmato is available as a website and a mobile-optimized website at qmato.com. Native apps are under development.

Your feedback is most welcome!

Aaron Koller, co-founder