We look at what customers say in their reviews, where the business shows up when someone searches nearby, and how well the website holds up — then combine those into one score out of 100. Nobody pays to be listed and nobody can pay to move up.
This is a measure of how easy a business is to find online, not a judgment of the food or the service. A packed, beloved restaurant with a neglected Google listing will score below an average one that keeps its online presence tidy — that gap is the whole point.
Star rating, how many reviews and how recent they are, where the business sits in Google Maps results, and a full check of its website.
Each measure is converted to a 0–100 figure, and review counts are compressed so a 40-year-old institution with 2,000 reviews can't bury a strong newer room.
Reviews count for 50%, Google search visibility for 30%, the website for 20%. That's our judgment, not a rule — change the split on the leaderboard and see who moves.
With fewer than 10 reviews a business is listed as not yet ranked. One angry customer shouldn't decide a score.
Each part blends several measures, so no single number can carry a business on its own.
What customers say. It carries the most weight because reviews are the closest thing to a public verdict on a place, and this is where the quality of the food and service shows up in the score.
Where a business lands when someone a few blocks away searches for a place to eat. Everyone is measured from the same spot in the neighborhood, so the comparison is fair.
How healthy the website is, scored 0–100 on its own and shown as its own column on the leaderboard. A menu that won't open on a phone at 7pm costs covers.
The visibility score is the overall number out of 100. Site quality is a separate score for the website on its own — a business can rank near the top and still have a weak one.
| Rank | Business | Visibility score | What makes up the score | Rating | Reviews | Source rank | Site quality |
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