Retty is a real‑name social platform where users share authentic restaurant reviews and photos, enabling personalized recommendations based on friends’ tastes and similar profiles. The service provides free restaurant listings and paid promotional tools—including enhanced visibility and native RettyAds—to help dining establishments reach a highly engaged audience.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Consumers often rely on generic restaurant listings and anonymous rankings, which provide limited insight into personal taste and trustworthiness. This makes it difficult to discover dining venues that truly match individual preferences, while restaurants struggle to reach genuine, engaged diners.
Solution
Retty operates a real‑name social platform where users share authentic dining experiences and recommend restaurants to friends and like‑minded members. By leveraging these trusted connections, the service surfaces personalized restaurant suggestions rather than generic popularity lists. Retty also offers businesses a suite of tools—including free storefront pages, paid promotional features, and native advertising (RettyAds)—to connect with the platform’s highly engaged user base. The combination of community‑driven recommendations and targeted merchant services creates a mutually beneficial ecosystem that enhances discovery for diners and drives qualified traffic for restaurants.
Target Audience
Primary users are food‑enthusiastic consumers seeking reliable, personalized restaurant recommendations, and dining establishments looking to attract and retain genuine customers through the platform’s promotional and advertising solutions.
Features
- Real‑name user reviews and photo posts that build credibility and social trust
- Recommendation engine that surfaces restaurants based on friends’ preferences and similar taste profiles
- Mobile applications for iOS and Android enabling on‑the‑go discovery and review posting
- Free restaurant profile pages with basic listing information
- Paid promotional products (e.g., enhanced visibility, reservation integration) to boost restaurant exposure
- RettyAds native advertising delivering brand messages within organically read content to a 26‑million‑strong, intent‑driven audience
- API and analytics tools for merchants to track engagement and campaign performance