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Taste is Personal

We make restaurant ratings more about you.

The Problem

The "Best" is Subjective

Relying on one-size-fits-all star ratings can be an expensive gamble – especially when you place a premium on your time & money.

Traditional review platforms show you what's popular with the masses, so a 4.5-star restaurant might be perfect for some diners but completely wrong for your preferences. Maybe you care more about atmosphere than food, or are adventurous and want unique dishes. Heck, maybe you have dietary restrictions that most reviewers don't consider.

Our Solution

TasteIntelligenceâ„¢

Paire learns what you actually care about through TasteDNAâ„¢, like quizzes and private ratings. This is known as "zero-party data": information you intentionally share with us, not data we scrape or infer.

Our proprietary TasteIntelligence engine then calculates TasteMatchâ„¢ compatibility scores that reflect how well each restaurant matches YOUR specific preferences. It's like having a friend in every city who knows exactly what you like and loves making recommendations you can count on.

The Technology

TasteIntelligence Deconstructed

Your TasteDNA feeds into your PersonalTasteâ„¢ profile, which powers personalized outputs like TasteMatch and TasteInsightsâ„¢.

TasteDNA (Inputs)

Quiz Answers

Your preferences

Private Ratings

6-dimension scores

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PersonalTaste

Your unique taste identity

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Personalized Outputs

TasteMatch

Restaurant compatibility

Personal TasteMatch

Friend compatibility

TasteInsights

Personality insights

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Our Values

What We Believe

Guest-Centered

Genuine hospitality begins with seeing each and every guest as a unique individual with individual needs and wants. Our members are individual guests & customers – not "users", "targets" or "impressions". Everything we build starts with the guest's experience first.

Privacy-First

Our personal data should not be somebody else's commodity. We make money by selling memberships. We don't sell, share or broadcast your ratings, preferences or personal opinions. We leave selling and sharing your stuff up to you.

Supporting Independents

Independent restaurants make up the fabric of every vibrant community. We help independents compete with chains by showcasing relevancy over marketing budgets & using technology to facilitate offline community building – not replace it.

Taste is Personal

"The Best" is something different for everyone. Nobody knows what you like better than you do. We leave the trend-hopping & clout chasing to public rating platforms & circles of social critics. We're catering to diversity of taste by spearheading the private ratings revolution.

Our Team

Meet the Team

Paire Appetit is a hospitality company first and a technology company second. We know that genuine hospitality begins with seeing each and every guest as a unique individual with individual needs, interests and preferences. Avoiding conflicts of interest, remaining cognizant of bias and embracing neutrality is key to the successful delivery of reliable recommendations.

Josh Sapienza

Chief Executive Officer

Yovarni Yearwood

Chief Product Officer

Bruce Hartman

Chief Technology Officer

Nathan Maas

Chief Creative Officer

Stefan Baggoo

Software Developer

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