Compass Food Technologies

Vegan restaurant intelligence for your product

Your itinerary says where to eat. Compass adds what a vegan traveler can order there.

Matching vegan dishes for US restaurants, with the date each menu was collected, so your planner recommends real meals, not guesses.

60-day pilot for three US travel and planning products. The founders help you integrate.

Your planner today

Dinner: Niu Kitchen

104 NE 2nd Ave, Miami

With Compass

Dinner: Niu Kitchen

104 NE 2nd Ave, Miami

Vegan options: Vegan Paella, Artichoke, Pa Amb Tomàquet

Menu collected Oct 16, 2026

Real Compass result
US restaurantsVegan and plant-based focus

The challenge your team faces

The recommendation sounds right. Then your user asks for details.

Your app finds the restaurant, fits it into the itinerary, and explains why it belongs. Then a vegan user asks what they can actually eat there. That is where a convincing recommendation needs supporting information.

One traveler's dietary needs often decide where the whole group eats, so a restaurant only works if they can order something there.

Do these follow-up questions sound familiar?

Menu detail

“Which dishes are actually vegan?”

Knowing a place is vegan-friendly does not tell your product which menu items support that claim. A plausible dish name or ingredient list can sound just as convincing as a supported one.

Your team needs to distinguish menu evidence from generated detail.

Supporting information

“How do you know—and when was it checked?”

A confident answer needs a clear source and a menu collection date. Your team needs both to explain the recommendation.

Your team needs to see what the answer rests on.

User experience

“Do I need to research this myself?”

Your product recommends a restaurant, then sends the user to other sites to find out whether it suits them. Give them the menu details behind the recommendation in your own product.

Give users useful context inside your product.

When a recommendation cannot stand up to a simple follow-up, it is your product's credibility on the line.

You have already built the experience. Your team shouldn't have to build and maintain a specialist vegan evidence layer just to explain its restaurant recommendations.

Your users deserve to know what supports a recommendation.

How Compass helps

Give your team evidence to work with.

Keep the recommendation experience you have built. Compass adds vegan dishes and menu collection dates for US restaurants, so your product can explain its recommendations.

Read how we handle evidence →

When Compass isn't sure, it says so

At Estancia 460, Compass found 9 vegan dishes on the collected menu, but not enough for a meal. It returned “unknown” instead of guessing.

See the full result →

What you can build

Three ways to add Compass to your product.

Start with the task your product needs to accomplish.

Find suitable restaurants

Help users discover restaurants for their vegan or plant-based preferences, with information your product can use to explain the results.

Search API

Explore restaurant search →

Add vegan information to your existing places

Already have restaurant records? Match them with Compass to add the vegan information available for each place.

Enrich API

Explore restaurant enrichment →

Assess a restaurant for a particular user

Check a restaurant against a user's profile and get a suitability decision with the reasons behind it.

Decision API

Explore suitability decisions →

See the difference

Show your users the answer—and what it rests on.

Two real results: a restaurant with vegan dishes, and one where Compass says there isn't enough to go on.

Each menu date is the date Compass collected that menu, so your product can show users how recent the evidence is.

Niu Kitchen, Miami
{
  "matched": true,
  "restaurant": { "name": "Niu Kitchen",
    "vegan_dining": {
      "matched_dishes": [
        { "name": "Vegan Paella" },
        { "name": "Artichoke" },
        { "name": "Pa Amb Tomàquet" } ],
      "menu_collected_at": "2026-10-16T12:30:02.649Z"
    } }
}

Real Compass result (shortened)

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When Compass isn't sure, it says so

“Vegan dinner” in Lower Manhattan
Not enough information

Estancia 460

460 Greenwich St, New York

Vegan dishes on the collected menu (5 of 9 shown)

Arcadian Greens, Broccoli with Garlic & Olive Oil, Fries, Grilled Asparagus, Grilled Vegetables

Verdict: unknown · VEGAN_OPTIONS_LIMITED

“Compass found vegan dishes on the collected menu, but not enough for a meal (menu collected 2026-10-13).”

Menu collected Oct 13, 2026.

What this makes possible

Recommendations your users can understand. Answers your team can explain.

Show users why a restaurant works for them, while giving your team a clear basis for the recommendation.

Answer the follow-up with evidence

Use the menu information returned with a result to explain why a restaurant matches a user's preferences.

Show the menu date

Show when Compass collected the menu alongside the dishes behind your recommendation.

Build on the place data you already use

Add Compass's vegan context alongside your existing restaurant provider or AI workflow.

Who it helps

Built for products that help people choose where to eat.

AI travel planners

Add vegan restaurant options and explanations to itineraries and destination recommendations.

Products with an existing place database

Add vegan context to restaurant records without replacing your broader place-data provider.

Bring Compass into your app or AI assistant.

Connect your product through our API, or use our connector for compatible AI tools. The developer guides explain how to find or match a restaurant and assess it for a user's profile.

Get started

A clear path from first test to your product.

Check Compass against the restaurants and questions that matter to your users before you integrate.

  1. Tell us your product and a US city.

  2. We run your planner's restaurants through Compass

    and send back the vegan dishes and menu dates.

  3. Integrate with the founders' help

    during a 60-day pilot.

Get a free API key

Before you start

A few practical questions.

Where does Compass work?

US restaurants. Coverage is deepest in the city areas we've processed. Ask us for a sample in your city.

Can I use Compass with my current restaurant provider?

Yes. You can match a restaurant you already have and add the available Compass vegan context, alongside your existing place data.

What happens when information is missing?

Compass can report that it does not have enough evidence to confirm a match. Your product can show that uncertainty and ask users to confirm details with the restaurant.

Is Compass an allergy-safety service?

No. Compass is focused on vegan and plant-based suitability. It is not an allergy-certification service and does not replace direct restaurant confirmation for safety-sensitive decisions.

Can I try it for free?

Yes. The free Sandbox plan includes restaurant search, enrichment, and suitability decisions, with 1,000 credits per month. No credit card is required. See pricing for limits and account terms.

3 slots

Become one of three design partners, before general launch.

Free API access for 60 days, hands-on integration help, and a founder-led channel — for live products with real users and a US audience.

Give your users a clearer answer about where to eat.

Build recommendations that explain why a restaurant may suit them—and give your team a clear basis for every answer. Start by testing Compass with the places your users care about.

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Compass | Vegan Restaurant Intelligence for Apps and AI