How does Menu-Math calculate a neighborhood dining basket?

Menu-Math averages a standard main course, a mid-tier cocktail, and a latte or closest listed coffee from restaurant menu records.

What makes a mirror neighborhood useful?

A mirror neighborhood has overlapping vibe tags with the current area while offering a lower Menu-Math basket or staying below the selected daily budget.

Can Google Maps URLs be used directly?

Yes. A Google Maps restaurant or area search URL can discover restaurant targets and queue menu extraction. Verified menu records appear with source links and item-level price basis.

Shoreditch

£51

Marylebone

£68

Clerkenwell

£57

Borough

£61

Notting Hill

£66

Lodgai fallback map remains active while Mapbox renders.

Arbitrage layer

Price vs. Vibe

The heat layer keeps neighborhoods under your Menu-Math ceiling, then price markers expose the live comparison.

Mirror neighborhood

vs.

Menu-Math ceiling

£72

5 neighborhoods under budget

£40£90

Editorial math

Shoreditch keeps the vibe and saves £23 per basket.

Soho is reading over your Menu-Math ceiling. Run the Shadow Itinerary through Shoreditch: same evening shape, lighter lunch drag, and a basket that stays inside the line.

Soho averages £74 for the basket. Shoreditch lands at £51, a 31% reduction. Vibe overlap: 0%.

Soho

£74

Late-night theatre energy, compact dining rooms, polished cocktail bars.

Shoreditch

£51

Design-led, social, warehouse edges with better casual-menu depth.

Soho average lunch£31 lunch · 31% of £100

Shoreditch average lunch£22 lunch · 22% of £100

Source transparency

Soho

Based on 1 menu record and 0 menu photos.

Last checked: Not checked yet

Confidence score: 45%

Shoreditch

Based on 1 menu record and 0 menu photos.

Last checked: Not checked yet

Confidence score: 45%

Google Maps ingest

Paste one Maps URL

Use a restaurant, neighborhood, or “restaurants near...” Google Maps URL. Lodgai infers the area, discovers restaurant targets, and queues Menu-Vision extraction.

Methodology

How Menu-Math decides value

Basket definition

Each restaurant contributes one practical basket: a standard main, a mid-tier cocktail, and a latte or closest listed coffee.

Neighborhood index

Neighborhood totals use the median of restaurant basket records, so one unusually expensive menu does not dominate the area.

Mirror match

The comparison favors lower basket cost, shared vibe tags, and neighborhoods that stay under the daily Menu-Math ceiling.

Use it as a planning index, not a bill prediction.

Live Google Maps discovery queues restaurants first; menu-photo extraction updates the index after the worker runs.
Verified records show official source links and item-level basis. Unverified records should be treated as planning signals, not final price claims.
The current prototype contains verified London menu records, so new areas may need extraction before their comparison is fully local.

Under £72

Shoreditch

Closest vibe match with a lower basket.

£51

Marylebone

Premium but less nightlife-dense.

£68

Clerkenwell

Strong weekday value for design hotels.

£57

Borough

Lunch is strong; cocktails climb near the river.

£61

Notting Hill

Pretty but not consistently cheap.

£66