Best in Town: Quick Questions About Places Near You

Best in town is a feature in the Mosey app that asks quick questions about places near you, one at a time. You pick a place that fits the question, give it stars, and the app moves to the next question. It takes seconds per answer, and each place you rate helps the next person choose where to eat.

What is Best in town?

It is a set of short questions with the shape of a game. A question appears, such as where the best coffee is, where the best pizza is or where the best tacos are. Places near you that match the question come up as cards, you tap the one you know, and you rate it. Skip and Done are always on screen, so nobody is ever stuck on a question they cannot answer.

The feature was built for towns where few places have ratings yet. In those towns, a rating is also how a place gets noticed in the app, so a fast way to rate is useful. The app's own line says it plainly: "Quick questions about places near you."

How do the quick questions about places work?

The questions cover everyday food: coffee, pizza, brunch, burgers, a bakery, curry, sushi, tacos and ice cream, with a drink question too. The order is mixed up for each visit, so you do not get the same sequence twice.

Each question works in three steps. First, look at the cards for places nearby that fit. If the one you have in mind is not there, the search box says "Not here? Search for a place," and if nothing is close by, the app says "Nothing close by yet. Search for the one you know." Second, tap a place and the app asks "How good is" that place, with a row of stars. Third, post the rating, and a small celebration offers "Anywhere else?" for the same question or "Next question."

Can you rate places near you without writing a review?

Yes, and that is the whole idea. Stars are enough. There is an optional box that reads "What should we order? (optional)," which is useful if you want to name a dish, but you can leave it empty. The rating goes through the same system as any other rating in Mosey, which means it counts toward your badges, toward the place's average and toward your Taster progress.

Two small rules keep it fair. If you rated a place recently, the app tells you "You rated this place recently. Pick another," and offers a different card. And a rating you already gave is marked "You rated this," so you do not repeat yourself in the same visit.

How do you put places on the map?

The finish line is a card that reads "You put 3 places on the map," with the number matching what you rated. Under it is a line worth remembering: "Every place you rate helps the next person find somewhere good." There is also an Invite a friend button, because the feature works best when the friends who eat around you are rating too.

A place that is new to Mosey gets added when someone rates it, and the app confirms the details with you first so the right place is created. Rating something that is missing is not a chore. It is the way the map fills in.

How is one question at a time different from a long review?

A long review asks for effort at the moment people are least willing to give it, right after a meal. One question at a time asks for a few seconds, and you can do it on the bus, in a waiting room or at the end of a long day. People who rate five places in a minute often go on to write a fuller note on the one they loved. The guide to rating a dish shows what to add once you have the habit.

If you already rate as you eat, Best in town is a good companion for the places you went to last week and forgot to rate. It also suits a quiet five minutes with friends: pass the phone around the table and let each person answer a question, then compare which places came up. Different people often name different corners of the same town, and that spread is what makes a pile of ratings useful.

There is no right way to use it. Some people answer a single question on the way to work, and others sit down on a Sunday and clear the whole set. The questions keep coming in a fresh order each visit, so a second pass feels different from the first.

How does Best in town connect to badges and lists?

Every rating you post counts toward a badge family, such as the ones in the food badges guide. Rate five different places of one kind, say five pizza places, and you reach the first level. The same ratings count toward a Local Champion title, and they feed your Top Rated list, which you can turn into a list of your own.

Rating costs nothing and means a lot to a neighborhood spot. Mosey is free for a place to list, has no hidden fees and keeps its tools affordable, so each quick rating is a free way of supporting local places.

For more on how ratings work, see the ratings feature page and the US food guides. Answer your first Best in town question in the Mosey app and put a place on the map.