About Us
What we do
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
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
Who we are
Maggie Pistella
Maggie@SurveySlice.reviews
Home State: Illinois
Food Background: I grew up baking in grandma's kitchen, and spent time in high school working at a local, pizza place. My favorite flower might be flour
Tony Esho
Tony@SurveySlice.reviews
Home State: Michigan
Food Background: I was raised in a Middle Eastern household and community. I am knowledgeable about the flavors of and how to cook with regional spices and herbs as common as mint, cinnamon, and cloves, and lesser known sumac and marjoram
Josiah Jorgensen
Josiah@SurveySlice.reviews
Home State: Minnesota
Food Background: I grew up in a small town in the croplands of Minnesota, grandson of a dairy farmer, and have been making homemade pizza all my life
Pictured clockwise from top center: Caleb, Hailey, Megan, Hannah, Aaron
Guest Contributors
We are constantly rotating additional people with different backgrounds! You'll see some of these guests pictured above on our review pages