{"id":35975,"date":"2025-07-03T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35975\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:30:09","slug":"this-nyc-map-ranks-restaurants-by-attractiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35975\/","title":{"rendered":"This NYC Map Ranks Restaurants by Attractiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a city that ranks restaurants<\/a> by everything from pasta shape to bathroom wallpaper, it was only a matter of time before someone asked the real question: But are the people hot?<\/p>\n

Enter LooksMapping<\/a>, a new (and very online) interactive heat map that rates nearly 10,000 New York City restaurants not for their food or service\u2014but for the supposed attractiveness of their diners. Created by 22-year-old San Franciscan coder and satirist Riley Walz, the project uses AI to comb through millions of Google Maps reviews and evaluate the profile photos of the reviewers, assigning each restaurant an average \u201chotness\u201d score from 1 to 10.<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED: New Yorkers ranked second in most attractive Americans\u2014here\u2019s who\u2019s allegedly hotter than us<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Red pins mark hotspots with model-caliber clientele; blue ones, less so. Fanelli Cafe<\/a> in SoHo? A certified downtown darling, but it only clocks in at 4.1. Meanwhile, Thai 55 in the West Village? Apparently crawling with 10s.<\/p>\n

Sound ridiculous? It is\u2014and deliberately so. \u201cThis website just puts reductive numbers on the superficial calculations we make every day,\u201d the homepage reads. \u201cA mirror held up to our collective vanity.\u201d Even Walz himself told the New York Times<\/a> that it can be \u201ca bit janky,\u201d noting the algorithm favors cues like clear photos and wedding dresses (hot) over blurry images (not). It’s part satire, part social commentary\u2014and fully going viral.<\/p>\n

Still, the map taps into a real NYC fixation: choosing restaurants not for the risotto but for the scene. Just ask the creators of viral TikTok series like Where Hot Guys Eat IRL<\/a> or influencers who regularly post about the best restaurants to meet rich, eligible men. LooksMapping may be flawed, but it’s also feeding a very modern appetite.<\/p>\n

The five highest-scoring NYC restaurants for \u201chot\u201d diners right now:<\/p>\n

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  1. Ubani Midtown (Midtown East)<\/li>\n

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  2. Shinn WEST (Hell\u2019s Kitchen)<\/li>\n

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  3. KYU NYC (NoHo)<\/li>\n

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  4. Aroy Dee Thai Kitchen (Financial District)<\/li>\n

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  5. Thai 55 Carmine (West Village)<\/li>\n

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    The five lowest-scoring\u00a0NYC restaurants for \u201chot\u201d diners right now:<\/p>\n

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    1. Jimbos Hamburger (Harlem)<\/li>\n

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    2. Hop Won Express (Midtown East)<\/li>\n

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    3. Cocotazo (East Harlem)<\/li>\n

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    4. Malone\u2019s Irish Bar (Midtown East)<\/li>\n

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    5. Michael\u2019s New York (Midtown East)<\/li>\n

      \n<\/ol>\n

      Biases abound, from AI’s racial skew to socioeconomic clustering. But as a reflection of the culture\u2014and our shallow little hearts\u2014it\u2019s oddly spot-on.<\/p>\n