DoorDash Inc. has debuted its first restaurant awards program to honoring the top 100 Most Loved All Star Restaurants in the United States for 2022 and new app features that give customers new ways to rate and review eateries, the company announced Monday.
The San Francisco-based third-party delivery platform said the new “Most Loved” program recognizes reliable restaurants that excel in service, food and experience.
“Being Most Loved is not just about serving good food, it’s also about being dependable and operationally efficient,” said Christopher Payne, president of DoorDash, said in a statement. “These are the restaurants in our local communities that deliver a great meal and always go that extra mile.”
Restaurants on the list range from AA Poke in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Zena Sushi, in Hurst, Texas. The full list of 100 restaurants is available here.
The Most Loved All Star list comes in tandem with new in-app features designed to highlight neighborhood restaurants, the company said.
“These include Most Liked Items, written reviews and Top 10 lists, which give consumers new ways to rate, review and discover the best in every neighborhood,” it said.
Since rolling out public written reviews for restaurants in November 2021, DoorDash said it has received more than 7 million public reviews.
Restaurants on the Most Loved list were top-rated by consumers, the company said, and fewer than 1% of restaurants listed on the app qualified.
Within the DoorDash app, nominated restaurants get a special “Most Loved All Stars” badge and can also be found on a dedicated homepage carousel. Restaurants seeking more information on the Most Loved program can consult the company’s blog.
The company said its list of Most Loved All Stars was generated by analyzing data from April 2021 to April 2022. All restaurants who achieved Most Loved status for at least 10 months qualified for All Star in-app promotion and relevant local lists. Merchants with five or fewer stores and had achieved Most Loved status for 12 consecutive months were ranked by average overall customer rating with the top 100 being named to the list.
“We’re always thinking about how we can make the shopping experience even more frictionless and relevant for our customers,” said Helena Seo, head of design at DoorDash.
Door Dash was founded in 2013.
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