Restaurant Business Intelligence

Built on verified
guest signals

TruRating is the verified guest signals layer for restaurant intelligence. Capture anonymous feedback from 84% of guests, linked to every check, and get an AI-ready dataset that explains where the guest experience is driving business performance and where to act next.

Where the guest experience meets the P&L

Real-time insight, real-world results

Transactional data tells you what was ordered, where, when, and at what margin. TruRating adds the verified guest signals behind those numbers, so your team can see which moments drive frequency, ticket size and repeat visits.

Every response is captured at checkout and connected to the check, so teams can turn guest signals into action. Use the insight to coach locations, plan regions, shape LTOs and brief the board with confidence.

The verified signal advantage

Why restaurant operators choose TruRating

Verified, real-time, check-linked guest signals at a scale receipt-based CX surveys cannot reach.

84%
Response rate

Hear from real paying guests at checkout. Around 80× the response rate of CX receipt-based surveys.

Traditional CX receipt-based surveys: <1%
Real-time
Time to insight

See guest experience patterns across locations, shifts and dayparts. Spot issues earlier and act while the moment still matters.

Traditional CX receipt-based surveys: multiple-day lag
100%
Transaction linked

Every response is connected to the check, including items, daypart, location, LTO and loyalty status.

Traditional feedback: no commercial context to act on
Verified signal beats traditional feedback — see how it works →

Trusted by leading brands

How TruRating works

One question. Better retail intelligence.

Plug & play

Activate through your existing payment terminals. No new hardware, no IT lift, no long deployment.

Frictionless

Anonymous, in-flow at checkout, with nothing for guests to hand over. That's how 84% take part.

Operator-ready

Dashboards, reports, and AI summaries update in near real-time across locations, formats, and regions.

Intelligent Questions

Questions rotate from a pre-set bank, or trigger based on context: items on the check, loyalty status, daypart, LTO or location.

Representative data

84% participation means you hear from the full base of paying guests, not the small, self-selecting group that fills in a survey.

Foundations for AI

AI is only as strong as the signals behind it. TruRating provides the verified guest data layer for training, evaluation and live context.

Your AI journey, your pace

One verified signal layer for every AI use case

Every team is at a different point on its AI roadmap. TruRating works wherever you are on your AI journey.

1

TruCoaching

AI workflow & notifications

Each location manager gets a weekly AI summary that names where they're behind target and what to do this week.

2

TruDI

Tru Data Intelligence

Ask your data a question in plain English. TruDI returns store performance, trends, and anomalies you weren't looking for in seconds.

3

MCP Server

Open ecosystem integration

Stream check-linked guest signals into your AI agents and forecasting models, live, via the TruRating data platform.

Three products. One verified signal layer underneath.
What makes TruRating different

Your unique first-party guest data set

Verified guest signals from your real paying guests, pre-joined to every check and ready for your team to act on.

10 yrs
Of verified signal
Patented
Globally — Granted + Pending
84%
Partcipation Rate
AI-ready
Pre-joined + benchmarked

Pre-joined to the check at ingest. Benchmarked across your sector. ISO 27001 certified, Microsoft partner, cloud-ready. Available in Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery and your existing dashboards via Tru Data Intelligence (TruDI), Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, Delta Lake share and REST APIs, ready to power predictive models, forecasting and AI workflows.

Built for speed and simplicity

If you take payments, you’re ready for TruRating. Our integrations with providers such as Adyen, Verifone, Ingenico, Worldpay, and GK Software make activation fast, delivering full visibility in days, not months.

Your restaurant control center

Built for the people who run your business

TruRating dashboards are designed for the people who run locations, regions and brands, not just for the data team. Fitbit-easy at the surface, with deeper data underneath when you need it. Configurable views help teams spot the biggest opportunities, coach the right behaviors and track progress shift by shift. Prefer to work in your own internal tools? We can feed the same verified data straight into them.

Expertise is in our DNA

TruRating is more than data access

Our AI platform interprets what’s happening, surfaces patterns and recommends action. Our experienced analyst team works with you to align question strategy and business priorities, and translate insight into location coaching, regional plans, LTO measurement and board-level decision support.

Operations

See where experience is strongest and where execution gaps are emerging.
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  • Service-gap detection before complaints escalate.
  • Actionable AI summaries weekly per location.
  • Regional and market benchmarking on a continuous basis.

Guest
experience

Move beyond low-response surveys and hear from real paying guests at scale.
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  • Easily compare loyalty and non-loyalty guests.
  • Channel comparison: dine-in vs drive-thru vs delivery sentiment for the same offer.
  • See which moments affect ticket size and repeat visits.

Strategy

Validate new formats in days or weeks, not months with traditional research
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  • Continuous estate-wide and sector benchmarking.
  • Initiative ROI evidence within weeks, not quarters.
  • Decision intelligence inputs linking what guests felt to what they paid.

Data &
insights

An AI-ready, check-linked guest signal layer ready to plug into your stack.
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  • Pre-joined signals (items, ticket, location, daypart, LTO, loyalty).
  • Access via MCP Server, REST APIs, Delta Lake share into Databricks, Snowflake or BigQuery.
  • Validated, schema-versioned data ready for AI agents and models.

Menu & merchandising

Sentiment linked to basket and conversion.
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  • New menu and LTO tracking from day one, statistical validity within weeks.
  • Item and availability feedback by location, region and format.
  • Continuous category-level sentiment tracking across menu items.

Marketing

Track campaign and LTO effectiveness in real time, tied to check-level signals.
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  • Verified consumer response to retail media activations.
  • Loyalty vs non-loyalty experience evidence.
  • Campaign attribution tied directly to transaction-level signal.

Guaranteed results, or your pilot is on us

Within the first three months, we'll point to revenue opportunities worth at least 3× your annual contract value. If we don't, we refund your pilot.*

Talk to us to learn more *Eligibility applies. Speak to our team to learn more.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the questions retailers ask most often.

What is restaurant business intelligence?
Restaurant business intelligence is the use of guest, check, operational and commercial data to inform decisions across locations, menu, marketing and strategy. The verified guest signals layer is the missing piece for most operators: anonymous ratings captured from real paying guests at the moment of payment, linked to every check. TruRating delivers this layer, pre-joined to items, daypart, location, LTO and loyalty status, so restaurant operators can see which moments actually drive frequency, ticket size and repeat visits.
How is TruRating different from a CX platform like Medallia or Qualtrics?
CX platforms like Medallia and Qualtrics rely on longer surveys sent after the visit, including receipt-based surveys with low response rates. TruRating captures one anonymous rating at checkout from 84% of guests, linked directly to the check. You get a representative view of the guest experience with the commercial context, items, daypart, location, LTO and loyalty status, that you need to act on it.
What's a good response rate for restaurant guest feedback?
Receipt-based and email-based guest feedback surveys typically achieve under 1% response. TruRating achieves 84% participation because the question is asked on the payment terminal itself, anonymously, with a single keypress. No email, no QR code, no app. That's around 80× the response rate of CX receipt-based surveys, and it's the difference between a self-selecting minority and a representative view of your paying guests.
What is the 84% participation rate, and how is it possible?
84% of customers respond to TruRating's single anonymous question at checkout. The high rate comes from the placement (on the payment terminal) and the format (one question, one keypress). The interaction is patented globally, granted and pending across key markets.
How does TruRating work across different restaurant formats?
TruRating works wherever a guest pays. In QSR and fast-casual the question appears on the counter-service payment terminal. In drive-thru it appears on the lane terminal as the guest pays. In full-service it appears on the table-side or counter terminal at check settlement. In coffee and convenience it sits in-flow at the point of sale. The same anonymous, one-keypress mechanic applies in every format, and every response is linked to the check, the shift, the location and the LTO, so operators can compare experience and commercial performance like-for-like across formats.
Can TruRating data support AI systems?
Yes. TruRating's data platform exposes pre-joined, validated, transaction-linked guest signals via Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, REST APIs, and Delta Lake exports. Plug into any data stack, including Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, and the major restaurant-vertical platforms.

Giving Back
with TruCharity

Every time a customer gives a rating, TruRating donates to one of several children’s charities around the world. It’s part of our DNA and one reason consumers love to give their feedback with us.

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