How we verify

Travel and neighbourhood information rots fast. Restaurants close, malls change their hours, hotels rebrand — and most of the web keeps recommending them anyway. During our own checks we found venues that had been closed since 2021 still being recommended as open by major sites.

This site works differently. Here is exactly what our labels mean.

The “Verified” badge

When you see ✓ Verified [month year], it means a real person checked that venue's key facts — whether it's open, its hours, its location — against a named source on that date. The source is recorded alongside the data: an official website, the venue's own social media, or an established editorial source. We keep the receipts.

When hours are missing

If we haven't verified a venue's opening hours, we don't show any. No guessing, no copying stale numbers from aggregators. A missing detail means “we couldn't confirm this yet” — not “it doesn't exist.” We'd rather you call ahead than arrive at a closed door because of us.

Closures

When we confirm a venue has permanently closed, we say so on its page, and it drops out of our recommendations automatically. We don't quietly delete pages — a clear “permanently closed” saves you a trip that half the internet would still send you on.

Re-checking

Verification isn't forever. Verified facts are swept for staleness on a rolling basis, and anything older than about 90 days is queued for a re-check. The badge date tells you exactly how fresh the confirmation is — we'd rather show you an honest date than a fake sense of certainty.

— Eric Kurtto