Velada Genius

Velada Genius

Hyper-personalized restaurant recommendations with AI

5.0
1 review

91 followers

Velada Genius is an AI-powered personal dining assistant that combines expert curation with customized LLMs to deliver hyper-personalized restaurant recommendations in seconds. Genius helps you seamlessly discover the perfect restaurant for your needs. It’s like having your best foodie friend always at your side.
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AssemblyAI
AssemblyAI
Build voice AI apps with a single API
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David Martín Suárez
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I’m David Martín, Co-founder and CPO of Velada, and I’d like to share a bit about why we created Velada Genius. In today’s world, deciding where to eat has become harder than ever. Social media is overflowing with influencers pushing content you can’t always trust, and sorting through endless reviews to find something reliable feels like a full-time job. With so much noise, finding valuable, trustworthy recommendations is a challenge. Not to mention how hard it is to get truly personalized recommendations. That’s where Velada Genius comes in. We solve this problem by curating restaurants only from trusted sources like The New York Times, The Infatuation, Michelin Guide, and Eater. We’ve curated and categorized a database of expertly recommended restaurants and built a next-generation chatbot that delivers hyper-personalized suggestions tailored to your tastes. The recommendations are presented in a visually rich, interactive format—complete with photos, maps, and links—so you can explore all the details you need to make the perfect choice for any occasion. We’d love for you to try it out and share your feedback! You can sign up for our waiting list today at https://velada.app/ to get early access and enjoy Genius FREE for life. 📽️ Want to see Velada Genius in action? Check out this demo video by our CEO, @alexandra_papadopoulos https://www.loom.com/share/6614c... And we’re just getting started! Soon, you’ll be able to check real-time table availability thanks to our partnership with OpenTable, making it even easier to plan your dining experience. For now, Velada Genius is available exclusively in New York City, but we’re excited to expand in the future. 🚀 Why Velada Genius? Here’s what makes it different: ✅ Expert-approved, not influencer-driven – We only recommend restaurants vetted by trusted sources like The New York Times, The Infatuation, Michelin Guide, and Eater. No more guessing if a place is actually good! 🎯 Hyper-personalized recommendations – Every suggestion is tailored to your tastes, preferences, and dining habits, so you always get the perfect spot. ⚡ Available 24/7 – No more endless scrolling or waiting for a concierge to respond. Just ask, and Velada Genius instantly finds the best restaurant for your occasion. 🗺️ Visually enriched & interactive – Forget plain text responses—our chatbot delivers recommendations with photos, maps, and links for a seamless discovery experience. 🍽️ Coming soon: Real-time availability – Thanks to our OpenTable integration, you’ll soon be able to see which restaurants have tables available and book instantly. Who is Velada Genius for? 👔 Busy professionals – Need the perfect spot for a business lunch or closing a deal? Velada Genius has you covered with top-tier recommendations instantly, so you’re not wasting time researching and calling. 🍽️ Food lovers who hate the research – Love great dining experiences but aren’t interested in scrolling through endless reviews? Just ask Genius and you can be sure that you’re getting a quality restaurant. 🍷 Adventurous foodies – Always looking for the next hidden gem or standout restaurant? Genius sifts through thousands of reviews so you don’t have to and helps you discover new spots that weren’t on your radar. ✈️ Travelers trying to avoid tourist traps – Ditch the generic Top 10 lists—find the best local spots trusted by critics, not just crowds. Velada Genius is currently in Beta. Sign up to the waitlist to be a beta tester and get free access for life: https://velada.app/ In the meantime, you can download our app to browse over 900+ of the best restaurants and cocktail bars in New York City curated just for you. 🍏https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ve... 🤖https://play.google.com/store/ap... Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions—we’re here to make dining out as seamless and personalized as possible. Cheers, David
Faisal Iftikhar

I love the concept but how does Velada Genius handle dietary restrictions or niche preferences?

Alexandra Papadopoulos

@faisal_iftikhar We have over 100 categories of restaurants (from dietary restrictions, to cuisine, to occasion, to restaurant vibes) and when you start talking with Genius you select your dining preferences, which Genius will always take into account when making recommendations. Specifically on dietary restrictions, we know how important this is to our users, so we make an extra effort to seek out great restaurants that have a wide range of options that are gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian, and we're working on adding more categories. When you tell Genius that you have a dietary restriction, it remembers so that it recommends those spots to you first, always, just as with any other preference that you indicate.

Alexandra Papadopoulos

👋 Hey Product Hunters! I'm Alex, cofounder & CEO of Velada, and I’m so excited that launch day is finally here! We’ve poured our passion for discovering amazing dining experiences into creating Velada Genius. 


With the overwhelming amount of restaurant content out there and the constant decision fatigue, we just wanted to make it easier for people to find that perfect dinner spot instantaneously – without spending hours scrolling, reading, and validating options. In a lot of ways we see Velada Genius as a productivity tool: efficient, personalized, and gives you time back to do something more interesting than reading restaurant reviews.


We’ve focused on making the interface super visual and the curated recommendations tailored to your tastes. But we’re always looking to make Velada Genius even better.


❓I’d love to hear from you:

  • What additional features would make Velada Genius even more useful for planning your dining experiences?

  • Which cities should we launch next?

Drop your thoughts below – we’d love your feedback!


🔥 And remember, if you sign up for Velada Genius today, you’ll get free access for life! 👉 https://velada.app/


Thanks for your support!

Justin Deacon

How does Velada Genius keep the recommendations fresh and updated with new openings and trending spots?

Alexandra Papadopoulos

@justin_deacon Great question! That's the "human curation" part of the product. Behind the scenes our team is updating our restaurant database daily with the latest (worthwhile) openings and reviews from trusted sources. We use a number of internal AI products to efficiently categorize and publish these new restaurants so our users are always discovering new spots.

Nahuel Casares Martin

Me encanta! Perfecto para cuando buscas un restaurante que sabes cómo quieres que sea, pero aún no lo conoces :)

Alexandra Papadopoulos

@n_spotlife Gracias Nahuel! Eso es el objetivo!

David Martín Suárez

@n_spotlife ¡Gracias, Nahuel! 🙌 Qué bueno que lo veas así, porque precisamente eso es lo que queríamos resolver con Velada Genius: cuando tienes claro el tipo de experiencia que buscas —el ambiente, el estilo de comida, el plan perfecto— pero todavía no sabes qué restaurante encaja. Ahí es donde queremos que Genius te sorprenda.


Pronto llegarán más ciudades y novedades. Si te animas, apúntate a la waitlist que en los próximos días empezamos a enviar acceso 🚀

Víctor Fernández Fernández

Nice! Looks amazing :)

David Martín Suárez

@vicff Thanks a lot, Víctor! 🙌 Really glad you like Velada Genius. We’re just getting started — more features and cities are on the way very soon!

Mindaugas Petrutis

Let's goooooo team Velada!

David Martín Suárez

@mindaugaslt Let’s goooo Mindaugas! 🚀 Thanks so much for the hype and support — it keeps us going!

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