NOVUS / RESTAURANT

Restaurant intelligence

Reviews, menus, prices, and ingredients with their evidence attached.

Novus separates information we can retain from information that is temporary, contractual, private, or unavailable. The free launch uses owner-authorized records and genuinely open place data rather than scraped review pages.

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What Novus can use, and why

Reviewed August 28, 2026

Free launch

Owner-authorized imports

Free

Restaurant-owned review exports, menus, recipes, supplier files, and purchasing records.

Access
Authenticated CSV, XLSX, and text-PDF uploads with a rights confirmation.
Storage and retention
Durable and private to the organization until the owner deletes it.
Novus use
Primary source for private review, recipe, menu-margin, and purchasing analytics.
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Open workspace tool
Free launch

Permissioned restaurant menu pages

Free

Restaurant-owned pages that publish MenuItem or Product structured data.

Access
Server-side HTTPS extraction only after the rights holder confirms permission.
Storage and retention
Stored with source URL, extraction date, permission evidence, and withdrawal support.
Novus use
Menu comparison input. Text-derived ingredients remain estimated until owner confirmed.
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Open workspace tool
Free launch

Foursquare Open Source Places

Free

Open restaurant identity, location, address, and category attributes.

Access
Official open-data distribution after release and license verification.
Storage and retention
Durable under the recorded release license and attribution requirements.
Novus use
Directory and categorization foundation only; never represented as reviews, menus, or prices.
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Official documentation
Future metered

Google Places

Metered

Broad place details, ratings, review counts, price level, and a limited review sample.

Access
Billing-enabled API key and SKU-based usage.
Storage and retention
Future live snapshot only under current storage and attribution restrictions.
Novus use
Disabled for the free launch. It must not become permanent Novus review history.
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Official documentation
Future metered

Yelp Places

Metered

Business details, source rating, review count, price tier, and plan-dependent excerpts.

Access
The evaluation trial is not commercial production; an approved paid plan is required.
Storage and retention
Ephemeral display only under the current API contract; never durable analytics.
Novus use
Disabled until commercial access, purge automation, and display compliance are approved.
placesreviewspricing
Official documentation
Partner approval

Tripadvisor

Contract

Approved consumer-facing location details, ratings, rankings, and limited review content.

Access
Application approval and the current production partner contract.
Storage and retention
Determined by the approved post-August-2026 contract.
Novus use
Disabled while the replacement for the retired legacy Content API is assessed.
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Official documentation
Future metered

Foursquare Places API

Metered

Proprietary POI discovery and plan-dependent premium attributes.

Access
Metered API after the current free call allowance.
Storage and retention
Only as permitted by the selected commercial plan.
Novus use
Disabled; the open Places distribution is the free launch source.
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Official documentation
Partner approval

Trustpilot

Contract

Business-service reviews best suited to chains and ordering brands, not individual restaurant discovery.

Access
Trustpilot business/API arrangement.
Storage and retention
Requires refresh and deletion synchronization under the API module contract.
Novus use
Disabled; consider only for authorized chain or brand analytics.
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Official documentation
Partner approval

TheFork and OpenTable

Contract

Partner restaurant, menu, reservation, and limited review workflows.

Access
B2B partner approval and credentials for participating restaurants.
Storage and retention
Contract-specific and limited to the approved purpose.
Novus use
Future owner-authorized partner integrations, not public competitor feeds.
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Official documentation
Not authorized

Unsupported review and delivery aggregators

Unavailable

Zomato, Tabelog, Gurunavi, OpenRice, Restaurant Guru, and delivery marketplaces without a written agreement.

Access
No suitable documented public launch contract.
Storage and retention
No collection or storage.
Novus use
No scraping, undocumented endpoints, or unofficial API wrappers.
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Ingredient evidence

A confidence label is not a guess disguised as certainty

Confirmed

The restaurant supplied or approved the recipe, quantity, unit, yield, and allergen information.

Estimated

A menu description suggests an ingredient. It can support a review queue, not an exact recipe or allergen claim.

Unknown

The source does not establish the ingredient. Novus leaves the field empty rather than filling it.

Calculation boundary

Exact menu cost needs exact inputs

Recipe cost is the sum of each confirmed ingredient quantity multiplied by a compatible purchase unit price and adjusted for usable yield. Currency, unit, period, and portion must align. When any required input is missing, Novus reports the unresolved line instead of silently converting or estimating it.

Read the methodology

Common questions

Does Novus combine ratings into one score?

No. Ratings stay attached to their source and scale. Private imported review summaries are calculated separately for each source.

Can a public menu reveal exact ingredients?

Usually not. Menu text can produce an estimated review queue, while confirmed recipes and allergen details must come from the restaurant.

Why are some providers disabled?

Commercial access, attribution, retention, OAuth, or partner terms may conflict with the free launch. A visible website is not permission to collect its data.

Are uploaded reviews public?

No. Owner-authorized imports stay inside the organization workspace and are excluded from public queries and search indexing.