Hi, I'm Arnie.
My wife and I love exploring Melbourne's ridiculous food scene. Hunting for hidden gems across the city. Kebabs. Ramen. Almond croissants. Matcha. A magic in the morning.
The problem? We never know what to eat. And when the two kids are hangry too, guess who cops the blame?
Sound familiar?
You've probably saved a dozen places this month. A ramen spot from TikTok. A bakery someone raved about on Instagram. You sent it to the group chat, it got buried, and when you're actually hungry, you can't find any of them.
That's why I built STF.
It pulls together what Melbourne's food creators are recommending, puts it next to the Google reviews, and shows you where's actually worth eating. No scrolling back through chats. No guessing. No unnecessary meltdowns.
And maybe it saves you from copping the blame too.
Acknowledgements: STF was inspired by the old Urbanspoon (RIP).
The goal is simple. Anyone trying to figure out what to eat should get an answer easily, clearly and credibly. Here’s how the site does that.
We follow a list of Melbourne food creators. Every day we pull in their new posts and transcribe the videos, so we catch what they say out loud, not just the caption.
AI sums up what each creator said and matches the venue on Google Maps. Every pick is checked by hand before it goes live.
Posts that look paid, gifted or hosted get an Ad label and never count toward the rankings.
Top 10 Viral is the places the most creators have covered in the last 30 days. Top 10 By Category does the same across restaurants, cafes, bakeries, sandwiches, coffee, matcha and desserts.
Address, opening hours, rating and the map link come straight from Google each time you open a place.
This is where it's heading. Creators get the list started, but the end goal is for Spill the Feed to be the go-to place for genuine reviews from people who actually went. Been somewhere? Have your say on the place page. One review per person per place, confirmed by email, so it can’t be gamed.
This site will never, never, never sell its soul. No rankings or spots shown because someone paid, bribed or blackmailed us. (Unless it's a million dollars. I'm joking. I'm joking.)
We'll always aim for the most credible information we can get, and show you where it came from.
Get it out there.
Tell me how shit it is. I want to know.
Fix what you told me, add what you asked for.
The goal is reviews from real people who actually went.
For the busy folk who want to be ITK all the time.
