Restaurant Wheel
This restaurant wheel starts with twelve dining styles, sushi bar to vegetarian cafe, and one spin decides what kind of place you visit tonight.
How to pick tonight's restaurant
- Rebuild the list
Swap the twelve styles for restaurants you could realistically reach, and cut anywhere that is shut today or out of budget.
- Fix the rule first
Agree whether the first result stands, or the table holds one shared veto before a final second spin.
- Spin and go
Check the winner's opening hours, then book a table or just walk in.
Every enabled entry starts with the same chance on each spin; duplicate lines and Advanced weights are the only things that shift the totals. Settle allergies and dietary limits while building the list, so any winner is a place the whole table can eat.
From twelve styles to one honest answer
The preset works as a cuisine picker, but the useful version is personal. Retype each style as a real place nearby: Taqueria becomes the truck on your corner, Steakhouse becomes the one you can actually book. A wheel of restaurants you would genuinely walk into turns every result into an answer instead of a suggestion.
With a group, collect the shortlist before anyone spins. Each person names one place, duplicate lines openly raise that spot's share, and a single spin picks for everyone. Give the table one shared veto: once it is spent, the second spin is final, so nobody re-rolls toward a favorite.
Keep two versions in My Wheels: a weeknight wheel of quick, affordable standbys and a date wheel of places worth dressing up for. Saved wheels live in this browser, and a .wheel download backs your neighborhood list up before you clear it.
Shortlists for different nights
A wheel tuned to the occasion beats one giant list of every option.
- Weeknight Standby dinner rotation: Six dependable spots close to home, spun on nights when nobody wants to plan.
- Date night The someday list: Collect restaurants you keep meaning to try and let a spin finally set the reservation.
- Groups One pick per person: Everyone adds a single place, then the wheel chooses and the group chat moves on.
12 cuisine and venue styles
This template starts with 12 ready-made entries. Keep it or edit the list next to the wheel.
- Sushi bar
- Taqueria
- Pizza place
- Noodle shop
- Steakhouse
- Diner
- Thai spot
- Indian curry house
- Burger joint
- Mediterranean grill
- Korean BBQ
- Vegetarian cafe
Common questions
Do I spin for a cuisine or a specific restaurant?
Both work. Keep the preset styles when you only need a direction, or retype every slice as a named place when the spin should finish the decision.
Can it skip places we visited earlier this week?
Yes. Switch on auto remove winner and each result drops off after its spin; removal stops once the wheel is down to two entries.
How many restaurants fit on one wheel?
Up to 2,000 entries, though a dinner spin works best under ten. The local Results history shows which places already won, right on this device.