Restaurant Moneyball: A Reviewers’ Guide. 5 Point Evaluation Methodology for Quantifying and Reporting Consumer Value & Reviewer Credentials. Restaurant Moneyball is about value of food, whether fine dining or street food. Evaluation/recommendation on whether meal is over- or under-priced. Helps consumers looking for great deals on meals (whether at the high or low end). This 5 point Restaurant Moneyball Scale (RMS) is a key yardstick reviewers can use.

1. Restaurant Moneyball:
A Reviewers’ Guide
5 Point Evaluation Methodology for
Quantifying and Reporting
Consumer Value & Reviewer Credentials

2. Meals That are a Steal at
Twice the Price
• Restaurant Moneyball is about value of food,
whether fine dining or street food
• Evaluation/recommendation on whether meal
is over- or under-priced
• Helps consumers looking for great deals on
meals (whether at the high or low end)
• This 5 point Restaurant Moneyball Scale (RMS)
is a key yardstick reviewers can use

3. The Restaurant Moneyball Scale (RMS)
1. Completely Unwarranted Fleecing
An entire waste of money
2. Overpriced
Not quite worth the price
3. Accurately Priced
At par with general market value
4. Good Value
Worth more than the price
5. Superlative Value
A steal at twice the price

4. Expert Reviews/Unimpeachable Credentials,
Smart & Informed Novice Opinions
• Reviewers are smart informed people
– But freely admit they’re not experts in every cuisine
• When rating with RMS, will also self-score (1-5)
their Level of Experience (LOE) in a given cuisine
– Quantifying the familiarity that allows them to
accurately gauge the value of a meal
• This backs up expert reviews on value with
unimpeachable credentials
• Yet reviewers can offer smart/informed novice
opinions on value of newly experienced cuisines

5. Reviewer’s Level of Experience (LOE)
with a Given Cuisine
1. Very Limited Experience
New to this cuisine, expressing instinctive opinion
2. Not My First Rodeo
Can’t claim special knowledge of this cuisine, know lay of land
3. Well Versed
Regular experience of this cuisine, can’t claim specialized
knowledge
4. Significant Research & Experience
Know this cuisine intimately, has broad and varied background
5. Unimpeachable Expert
Grew up with this cuisine, is part of reviewer’s culture and
identity, or reviewer has detailed education in it and opinions
should be regarded as expert level