FoodieCoins · the tasty kind of money

Eat.
Post.
Eat free.

FoodieCoins are little gold tokens you earn for sharing the spots you love. Trade them for real meals, chef tastings, and omakase seats around Toronto. No spreadsheets. Just better dinner.

✺ 4,200+ Toronto foodies already earning · zero fees, zero gotchas
Tonkotsu @ Kinton
+150
Matcha soft serve
+150
The 30-second explainer

Wait, what’s a FoodieCoin?

Think of it as a tip jar in reverse. You share an honest review of a great spot. The community gets a better recommendation. The restaurant gets new diners. And you get coins you can spend on more food.

One coin is worth about 5 cents at our partner restaurants. So the dan dan noodles you posted last Tuesday? That just bought you a third of next Saturday’s ramen. It adds up faster than you think.

How it works · 3 steps, 5 minutes

Spot. Post. Eat. Repeat.

Pizza, Lou’s
01

Spot it

Find a dish worth talking about. Could be a $4 taco or a $40 omakase — taste isn’t price.

Bowl thing, Aloette
02

Post it

Upload a 30-second reel or a photo + a few honest words. Tag the spot. We do the rest.

Pancake stack
03

Eat free

Coins land in your wallet within minutes. Spend them on real meals at 60+ partner spots.

Stuff you can actually trade for

Coins → actual good food.

Not gift cards. Not shipping credit. Not airline miles. Just the actual chairs at actual restaurants serving actual dinner.

Easiest win

$25 dining credit

Use at any of 60+ partner spots

Costs you500
Fancy night

Chef’s tasting · 5 courses

Shoushin, Yonge & Eg.

Costs you1,500
Date night

Natural wine dinner

Ossington · monthly

Costs you2,200
Bring friends

Dumpling-making class

Chinatown · group of 4

Costs you1,800
Big swing

Omakase · 2 seats

Shoushin · 12 courses

Costs you3,200
If you’ve earned it

Cash, in your bank

For top creators only

Costs you2,500
Coin-to-food translator

How fast can you eat for free?

Skip the spreadsheet. Here’s what your coins actually feel like in real food.

A really good coffee
Roughly: 1 verified visit + photo
50
🍜
A bowl of ramen
Roughly: 1 reel about a dish you loved
150
🍽
A full dinner for one
Roughly: ~3 reels in a week
500
👨‍🍳
Chef’s tasting menu
Roughly: ~10 quality posts a month
1,500
Omakase for two
Roughly: Become a Connoisseur (2× rate)
3,200

✺ Multipliers stack. Tastemakers earn 2× and unlock cash. Posting on weekends adds a small bonus.

Level up your taste

From taster to Tastemaker.

Four ranks. The higher you go, the more your taste is worth — until it’s literally paying rent.

🥄
you, day one
Taster

Dip a toe in. First post = 50 free coins. No fine print.

Earn coins · redeem credits
🍴
the regular
Local

10 honest posts in 90 days. Now you’re earning 1.5×.

Early access to new openings
🍷
people listen
Connoisseur

Top 20% of the city. 2× earn rate. Bounty briefs unlock.

Invite-only events · paid bounties
👑
career mode
Tastemaker

Top 5%. Cash out coins to your bank. Get paid for taste.

Revenue share · sponsored work · royalties
✺ no pay-to-play · no algorithm games · no influence-buying
Sofia · @tacotuesdayTO
Pizza Strada · her 1st viral post
VIRAL
The omakase she earned
EARNED
Real story · zero spin

Sofia posted dan dan noodles.
6 weeks later she had omakase.

“I was already eating out and posting. Now I just tag the spot and the coins show up. I haven’t paid for sushi in three months.”
31,200
coins earned
$528
cashed out
12
free meals
The honest questions

Things you’re probably
quietly wondering.

On the house · welcome bonus

Post your first dish. 50 coins on us.

That’s a coffee, basically. But it’s the start of something — and the food’s on whoever moves first.