What kind of food tonight?
The wheel is ready. Spin it, or open another kind of food from the list above.
How a pick is made. Every slice is equally likely. The spin uses your browser's secure random number generator, so a result cannot be steered and earlier spins do not change the next one. Dishes you mark as eaten are taken off the wheel for seven days, and that list stays on this device only.
Two spins settle most evenings. The first picks the kind of food, the second picks the dish from that kind's own wheel.
Pick a kind and go straight to its wheel
- Chinese food wheelStir-fries, noodles, dumplings and rice dishes from across China and the Chinese takeout tradition.
- Korean food wheelRice bowls, stews, grilled meat and noodles from the Korean table.
- Italian food wheelPasta, risotto and baked dishes in the Italian home-cooking style.
- Indian food wheelCurries, breads, rice dishes and lentils from regions across India.
- Mexican food wheelTacos, burritos, enchiladas and other dishes from Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking.
- Thai food wheelCurries, noodles and stir-fries balanced between sweet, sour, salty and spicy.
- Japanese food wheelRice bowls, noodles, grilled and fried dishes from Japanese home and restaurant cooking.
- Fast food wheelBurgers, fries, fried chicken and other quick-service food, described generically.
- Dessert wheelCakes, frozen treats and sweet snacks for when the answer is something sweet.
- Snack food wheelSmall bites for between meals — salty, crunchy, cold or warm.
- Breakfast food wheelEggs, pancakes, toast and other morning food, also good for brunch or dinner.
- Pizza wheelPizza styles and toppings, for when the only open question is which kind.
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Why a wheel helps
The hard part of dinner is rarely the cooking. It is two people each saying "anything" and waiting for the other to name something. A wheel breaks the tie by taking the decision out of both of your hands, and people tend to know right away whether they like the result.
Saying no to a result
If the wheel lands on something you do not want, press Not today and that dish is taken off the wheel for the rest of the visit. If you do eat it, press I'm eating this and it stays off for seven days, so the wheel stops repeating itself.
What is not here
There is no nutrition advice, no restaurant search and no chain-restaurant menus. The wheel picks a kind of food or a dish, and where you get it is up to you.
How the wheel picks
Every slice on the wheel has the same chance of being chosen. When you press Spin, the wheel asks your browser for a secure random number, uses it to decide the winning slice, and then animates the spin so that it comes to rest on that slice. The animation is only for show; the result is already settled the moment you press the button, and nothing in how you press or how long you wait can change it.
Because the choice comes from a random number rather than from the picture, the wheel is not biased toward slices that look bigger or sit nearer the top. A fresh wheel of ten dishes gives each one a one-in-ten chance, and a wheel of six gives each a one-in-six chance.
Starting broad, then narrowing down
The home page wheel picks a kind of food, such as Italian, Mexican or breakfast. That is the right question when you have no idea at all. Once it lands, you can open the matching cuisine page and spin again to pick an actual dish from that cuisine. Two quick spins take you from a blank mind to a specific meal, and each step is small enough that nobody feels they are being forced into anything.
You can also skip the first step. If you already know you want, say, noodles or something sweet, open that cuisine or category page directly and spin there.
Why a wheel beats an argument
Choosing what to eat in a group is often less about taste than about who is willing to decide. Someone has to name a place, and then everyone has to react to it, and a small preference can become a negotiation. A wheel removes the person from the decision. The result is not anyone's choice, so no one has to defend it or feel overruled.
It also gives a real answer where "anything is fine" gives none. Many people find they actually do have a preference as soon as something comes up, and the wheel is a quick way to surface it.
Making the wheel work for you
Two buttons help you steer. Not today takes a result off the wheel for the rest of your visit, which is the right move when you can see the dish and know it is not for you. I'm eating this removes it for seven days, kept on your device, so tomorrow's spin does not offer you the same meal. Together they stop the wheel from repeating itself without you needing to curate a list.
If the wheel is dealing with a smaller set of dishes after you have removed a few, the odds of the remaining ones rise, which is intended: the more you say no, the closer the wheel gets to something you will accept.
When to use something other than the wheel
If you want to choose between your own options, such as three restaurants a friend suggested, try the marble race, plinko or marble battle pages. They take a list that you type and decide among its lines. The wheel on the home page and the cuisine pages is built for general food ideas, while the race pages are built for your own shortlists.
What is kept on your device
The dishes you have removed for seven days are stored in your browser so they stay off the wheel when you come back. Nothing is sent to a server, there is no account, and clearing your browser data resets everything. If you use more than one device, each keeps its own memory.
Questions people ask
Does the wheel know what I like? No. It treats every slice the same and only adjusts for what you have removed.
Can I add my own dishes to the wheel? The wheels here come with fixed lists. To spin your own choices, use one of the race pages, where you type the lines yourself.
Is the spin fair if I stop it early? There is no way to stop it. The result is decided when you press Spin, so timing makes no difference.
Will it work offline? Once the page has loaded the wheel needs nothing more from the network, though the page itself must be opened online first.
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