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 drawn from an analysis of millions of reviews and reports - so unlike other services, Qmato actually knows what each restaurant is like, and what is specifically good about each restaurant. This means we are able provide recommendations that are truly tailored to the occasion (and to your taste as well).

Here’s an example: 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 won’t cut it - you want something more pleasant and secluded, where you can really enjoy the outdoors. Because Qmato scores each restaurant on the pleasantness of its outdoor seating, we can actually recommend a place where you can really enjoy the weather - and that you’ll truly love.

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. Knowing that “this restaurant has a high rating and it also serves breakfast” isn’t enough. What if the high rating results from other features of the restaurant, and their breakfast is just mediocre? Qmato actually scores each restaurant on its breakfast quality, and will recommend the places that have the best breakfast.

Or even atmosphere - other services don’t provide any way of identifying the best places for a quiet, intimate meal or a fun lively one. Because we score each restaurant on over a hundred different atmosphere properties, Qmato makes it easy to find the places that are the best fit for whatever atmosphere you’re looking for.

In total, Qmato gives users direct, one-click / one-touch access to great recommendations for over 30 different kinds of restaurant experiences. Or, if you want more control, Qmato’s natural language keyword search lets you describe anything you’re looking for - atmosphere descriptions, service, price, value, food qualities, recommended items, etc. (Oh yes, Qmato also provides carefully curated item recommendations, so you won’t have to puzzle over the menu when you arrive.)

On Qmato, there is no need to dig through hundreds or thousands reviews to find a good place, like you’d have to on Yelp. And unlike other restaurant recommendation products (like Ness or CleverSense), Qmato recommends restaurants that will actually provide the kind of experience you're looking for. That’s something these other services simply can’t do.

Now, we know that occasion isn't the only thing that matters. That’s why we developed Qmetric - our proprietary ranking algorithm that optimally combines the occasion category score with overall rating, general preferences you can set explicitly (e.g. quiet, good value, creative food, vegetarian friendly, etc.), and preferences machine-learned from your ratings. Qmetric ensures that for every search, your results are always sorted in the all-around optimal way, and that you always get great recommendations.

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.

Any feedback would be much appreciated!

Aaron