Editorial Policy

Last updated: January 2026

Where listing data comes from

The core facts on each restaurant page — name, address, phone number, hours, menu items, prices, and amenities — are compiled from that restaurant's public listing. Each page links back to its source so you can check the original.

How the written sections are put together

Sections like “About,” “Popular Dishes,” “What to Order,” and “Dining Experience” are generated from that restaurant's own data — its cuisine, city, menu categories, and listed amenities — rather than written from scratch for each restaurant individually. We built the system this way on purpose: it keeps every claim traceable back to a real, listed fact instead of an assumption.

• Popular Dishes highlights menu items with the fullest listed descriptions — a reasonable stand-in for “worth a closer look” when we don't have verified sales or order data to rank by.
• What to Order picks one item from a few different menu categories, so it reads as a spread across the menu rather than a repeat of the Popular Dishes section.
• Dining Experience and the atmosphere details are built only from amenities the source listing actually included (service options, atmosphere tags, payment methods, and similar). If a restaurant's listing doesn't include that information, the section says less rather than guessing.
• FAQs are built from the same listed facts — hours, address, service options, cuisine — phrased as answers to the questions people typically search for.

What we don't publish

• No invented ratings or reviews. We don't score restaurants ourselves or publish review text as though we wrote it.
• No fabricated history or claims. We don't invent details about a restaurant's ownership, founding story, awards, or reputation. If we don't have the fact, it doesn't appear.
• No fake urgency. The “Open now” status shown on each page is calculated from that restaurant's own listed hours at the moment you load the page — it isn't a marketing claim.

Accuracy and how things go out of date

Restaurant details change constantly — hours shift seasonally, menus get reprinted, businesses move or close. A listing reflects its source at the time it was compiled and may not match what you find in person. For anything time-sensitive, confirm directly with the restaurant — see our disclaimer for more.

Reporting a correction

If something on a page looks wrong, outdated, or missing, tell us through our contact page. Include the restaurant name, the page URL, what's incorrect, and — if you have one — a source we can check. Reports from restaurant owners and staff are prioritized.

Changes to this policy

We may update this page as Local Restaurants develops. Material changes will be reflected in the “last updated” date above.