About Us

This is the most common question type we receive. "Why are your favorite pizzas barely over a 4 out of 5?" "You said this pizza is very good, but it's rated a 3-point-something. What gives?" The answer is the result of two things:

1. our multiple metric, weighted, scoring system (detailed below) may have some really good pizzas knocked for misses in some areas, as well as bad pizzas gain boosts in some areas
2. we combine each reviewer's score into an overall ranking. It's rare for every reviewer to all provide high praise or strong dislike towards a pizza. when it does happen though, you can feel confident that the pizza is really one of the Best or Worst of the Twin Cities

In short, our reviews are as real and methodical as they come.

We believe restaurant review apps are flawed by aggregating individual users' individual experiences with their own individual criteria to achieve a total rating. Our ratings are created differently, and the three pillars of our review process are:

1. Objectivity
   
   The most controversial of our pillars, trying to create objectivity out of individual experiences
   
   We ensure every reviewer has the same eating experience as all the reviewers: same pizza, same place, same time, so everyone has the same experience
   
   The final rating, on a 1-5 scale, consists of everyone submitting 1-5 scores for the following, agreed upon metrics: taste (40%), texture (20%), aroma (10%), value (10%), presentation (10%), and handling (10%)
2. Subjectivity
   
   We permit individual opinions, and welcome unique styles and experiences from the places we review
   
   Each reviewer will feel different about what bad and good to them is. We allow reviewers to reflect their thoughts in our objective scorecards as they see fit
   
   We allow restaurants to express their style. We do not force restaurants to make a particular pizza but rather we try to order a menu item true to what the restaurant's image is
3. Diversity of Opinion
   
   The pillar that makes everything work. As much as we have tried to ground some things and still allow expression, one person's rating cannot be relatable to most everyone
   
   We always have multiple reviewers (no less than four) from various backgrounds. We could not claim to have reviews relatable to most everyone if we did not try to include everyone in our process. You can trust that our ratings are collected with representation in mind