Our Story

We built the platform
food travellers actually needed.

Not another review aggregator. Not another booking engine charging commissions. A genuine editorial concierge โ€” powered by AI, built for international food travellers who plan their meals before they land.

108+Restaurants reviewed
21Cities worldwide
40+Countries reached
24/7AI concierge active
$0Commission ever
Where it started

The question that started everything.

Every serious food traveller knows the feeling. You are landing in Bangkok in 48 hours. You open Google. You get 4,000 results โ€” half of them outdated, half of them sponsored. You ask a friend who has been. They give you one name. You want five.

GotTakeOut was built to answer that question properly. Not with a directory. Not with anonymous star ratings. With genuine editorial expertise, local knowledge, and an AI that thinks like a food-obsessed concierge who has eaten everywhere.

"The best restaurant recommendations have always come from someone who actually knows. We built the platform that scales that."

We started as a food and travel blog. We grew into something the industry did not have โ€” a global, AI-powered editorial concierge that reaches international food travellers at the exact moment they are deciding where to eat, before they even book their flight.

108+
Curated restaurant reviews across 21 cities โ€” written with the rigour of editorial food journalism, not crowd-sourced star ratings
21
Cities covered โ€” from Bangkok and Dubai to Tokyo, Paris, New York and Melbourne. Growing every quarter.
40+
Countries our readers travel from โ€” international food travellers with spending power, planning weeks in advance
What we do

Three things. Done exceptionally well.

GotTakeOut operates across three interconnected layers โ€” each one serving a different audience, each one reinforcing the others.

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The Editorial Guide

108+ curated restaurant reviews across 21 cities. Written with authority, specificity and genuine culinary knowledge. Not a directory โ€” a trusted guide that international food travellers actually rely on when planning trips.

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The AI Concierge

Powered by Claude AI. Available 24/7. Knows every Michelin star, hidden gem, rooftop bar and street food market across 21 cities. Ask it anything โ€” it thinks like a food-obsessed friend who has eaten everywhere.

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The B2B Platform

Restaurants, hotels and tourism boards partner with GTO to reach international food travellers at the exact moment they are deciding where to eat. No commissions. No middlemen. Direct relationships, editorial authority.

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Our mission

To make the world's best
restaurants findable
before you land.

The finest dining experiences in the world are often the hardest to find. We exist to change that โ€” connecting international food travellers with exceptional restaurants through editorial expertise, AI intelligence and zero commercial compromise.

Editorial first Zero commissions AI-powered International reach No booking fees Always free for travellers
How it works

Built differently.
On purpose.

Every decision โ€” from our pricing model to our editorial process โ€” is designed to keep the platform genuinely useful for travellers and genuinely fair for restaurants.

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Editorial curation first
Every restaurant on GTO is there on merit. We research, verify and write with the rigour of a food magazine โ€” not a directory that accepts anyone with a credit card.
2
AI amplifies the expertise
Our AI Concierge is trained on 108+ editorial reviews, Michelin data and real dining expertise. When it recommends a restaurant, there is genuine knowledge behind it.
3
Travellers get it free, forever
GotTakeOut is free for travellers. No subscription, no account required, no ads. Monetised through restaurant partnerships and hotel concierge licensing โ€” never through the people using it.
4
Zero commission on bookings
Restaurants pay once for editorial placement โ€” not a percentage of every cover. Your relationship with your guests is yours. GTO never sits between you and your customer taking a cut.

Why we are different from everyone else

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Not like Yelp or TripAdvisorAnonymous crowd-sourced reviews. We publish editorial content written with genuine expertise and accountability.
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Not like OpenTable or TheForkThey charge restaurants $1โ€“$3 per cover, every time. We charge once for editorial content. Zero commission, forever.
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Not like Eater or Time OutGreat editorial, but no AI layer, no global consistency, no B2B concierge product for hotels and tourism boards.
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GotTakeOut is all three combinedEditorial authority + AI concierge + commission-free B2B platform. That combination does not exist anywhere else.
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We reach travellers before they landOur audience is actively planning โ€” weeks before arrival. The highest-intent moment in the entire dining discovery journey.
Our coverage

21 cities. Every continent.

From Michelin-starred Bangkok to rooftop Dubai, omakase Tokyo to fine dining New York โ€” GotTakeOut covers the world's greatest food destinations with editorial depth.

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญBangkok
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชDubai
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตTokyo
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตOsaka
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทParis
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งLondon
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉBali
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณHo Chi Minh City
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชAbu Dhabi
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณShanghai
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณBeijing
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พKuala Lumpur
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บSydney
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บMelbourne
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นLisbon
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธNew York
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธLos Angeles
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธSan Diego
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทSeoul
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico City
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Ready to eat well
wherever you land?

Start planning your next food trip โ€” or partner with us to reach international food travellers before they arrive.