Trust & methodology
How We Review
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Every sausage and peppers review on this site is scored the same way, so you can compare a street-fair stand with a sit-down trattoria and know exactly why one beat the other.
The five criteria
1. Sausage quality — weight 30%
Snap of the casing, juiciness, seasoning (fennel, garlic, heat), and whether it tastes made with care.
2. Pepper & onion cook — weight 20%
Peppers soft but not mushy, onions sweet and jammy, some caramelized edges — not steamed and grey.
3. Bread — weight 15%
A roll that holds the juices without collapsing; crust and chew. Marked N/A for plated versions.
4. Sauce & flavor balance — weight 20%
Salt, fat, acid and heat in balance — whether that's tomato, vinegar peppers or just pan juices.
5. Value — weight 15%
Portion and quality relative to the price on the day of the visit.
The 1–10 scale
- 9–10 — Worth planning a trip around.
- 7–8 — Excellent; order it again without thinking.
- 5–6 — Solid, with a clear weak spot.
- 3–4 — Disappointing.
- 1–2 — Skip it.
Half points are allowed.
How the overall score works
The overall score is a weighted average of the five criteria using the weights above, rounded to one decimal. If a criterion doesn’t apply — bread on a plated dish, for example — it is marked N/A and the remaining weights are scaled up proportionally so the score stays out of 10.
Example scorecard
This is a made-up example to show the format. It is not a real restaurant or review.
Sample entry — not a real review
Example Sausage Stand
Sample City · Visited —
7.9 / 10
- Sausage quality (30%)
- 8/10
- Pepper & onion cook (20%)
- 7/10
- Bread (15%)
- 7.5/10
- Sauce & flavor balance (20%)
- 8/10
- Value (15%)
- 9/10
Independence & disclosure
- No pay-for-placement. Restaurants cannot buy a review, a score or a spot on a list.
- If a meal is comped or discounted, the review says so in a disclosure line.
- Some product links (for example, gear on Amazon) earn us a small commission at no cost to you. Those links never affect restaurant scores.
- We pay for meals whenever possible and visit like any other customer.
Corrections
Got a fact wrong — a closed restaurant, a changed menu, a bad address? Tell us through the contact page. We fix confirmed errors promptly and update the “Last updated” date on the page.