Taste is personal.
A five-star rating cannot tell you whether a place fits your night. A recommendation from someone who knows you often can.
About YouKnow
The best places rarely come from a ranking.
YouKnow is a free social discovery app for restaurants, bars, cafes, clubs and experiences. It turns recommendations from friends, local communities and connoisseurs into a personal map built around your taste.
Why we are building itFriend-approvedNatural wine
Why YouKnow
Local knowledge should not disappear in the group chat.
Most people already have a network of great recommendations. They live in messages from friends, screenshots of social posts, notes, saved videos and half-remembered conversations. The problem is not a lack of suggestions. It is finding the right one again when you actually need it.
YouKnow gives those recommendations a place to live. Save a spot when you see it, remember who it came from, organize it on your map and return to it when you are choosing where to go. Instead of asking what is most popular, you can ask what fits your people and your mood.
What we believe
A more human way to find a place.
Context beats consensus.
The right answer changes with the city, the people, the time and the mood. YouKnow keeps that context attached to the place.
Good finds should stay findable.
Recommendations disappear in chats, screenshots and saved posts. We turn them into an organized map you can use when plans become real.
From a tip to a plan
One living map, shaped by people you trust.
Save places from Instagram, TikTok, photos or a simple search. Follow friends and curators whose taste speaks to you. Then explore by person, city, category, distance, what is open now or the exact vibe you have in mind.
The result is not another anonymous directory. It is your own layer of restaurants, bars, cafes, dance floors and experiences—ready for tonight or for a trip months from now.
See how saving works10,000+
curated places
331
cities represented
No stars. No noise.
Just recommendations with context.
The people behind YouKnow
Small team, shared obsession.
We are building YouKnow to make personal recommendations easier to keep, share and act on—without flattening taste into a single score.
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Co-founder
Marie-Louise Dugua
Product & Development
LinkedInFB
Co-founder
Fabio Baldini
Vision, Concept & Business Development
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Available free on iOS and Android.
