No. 1
Zero sponsored results.
Rankings are made by editors and a transparent algorithm. Sponsored slots, when they exist, are clearly labelled and never sit inside the organic top ten.
◆ About
We started this because the best kebap in town was three blocks away and Google didn’t know.
KebapNearby is an independent guide to the best kebap, döner, shawarma, and durum in every city we love eating in. Editorial first. Ad-free in the rankings. Made in Barcelona, taken seriously in seven languages.
Three promises we keep
No. 2
Live, correct info.
Hours, phone, and photos refresh from Google every 24 hours so you don’t walk to a spot that closed at midnight.
No. 3
Human curation.
Every featured spot has been visited or vetted by a human. The editor’s rating is independent from the community rating. You see both.
How it works under the hood
The starting point is our own curated database. We seed it city by city, hand-picking the spots locals actually queue for. We then enrich every entry with live data from the Google Places API — hours, photos, ratings, phone — and we keep that data fresh on a 24-hour cycle. When you grant location, we compute distance with haversine and rank with a composite score that weighs editor rating, review volume, distance, and whether the spot is open right now. Featured spots get a small editorial boost — never a hidden sponsorship boost.
We don’t scrape. We don’t run advertising trackers. The whole stack is open about what it does — read the privacy policy if you want the dry version.
Get in touch
We read every email. The fastest way to reach us:
- General: hello@kebapnearby.com
- Press & partnerships: hello@kebapnearby.com
- Privacy & data requests: privacy@kebapnearby.com
- Legal: legal@kebapnearby.com
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