Acceptance
By accessing or using FoodGuessr, you agree to these terms and to our privacy policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site. If you use the site on behalf of a school, club, or organisation, you confirm that you have authority to accept these terms for it.
We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows the current version, and material changes will be described on this page. Continuing to use the site after an update means you accept the revised terms.
The service
FoodGuessr is a free browser-based game. You are shown a dish, place a pin on a world map, and receive feedback on how close you were. Modes include a daily challenge, an unlimited practice mode, and Cuisine Match. Progress is stored locally in your browser, as described in the privacy policy.
The service is provided for personal entertainment, general education, and classroom use. No account is required, and no purchase is necessary. There is no paid tier, subscription, or in-game currency.
Fair use
You are welcome to play, share your results, and use the game in a lesson. You agree not to:
- scrape, crawl, or bulk-download the site in a way that degrades service for others;
- attempt to disrupt, overload, probe, or bypass the site’s security or hosting controls;
- copy the game or its content and present it as your own product or service;
- remove or obscure photo credits, licence notices, or attribution;
- use the site for unlawful purposes, or in breach of applicable law or third-party rights;
- frame, mirror, or proxy the site so that it appears to be hosted somewhere else.
Automated access for indexing by a standard search engine is allowed. Other automated access requires written permission. Sharing a screenshot of your result card is encouraged; copying the whole dish database is not.
Content & accuracy
Dish origins, histories, and ingredient notes are researched and edited in good faith. Food history is often contested, and borders and national claims change. Where sources disagree, the editorial policy on the sources page explains how a dish is attributed.
The game is for entertainment and general learning. It is not a scholarly citation, a legal reference, or a source of dietary, medical, or travel advice. Distances on the map are approximate and use simplified 1:110m boundaries; they are not suitable for navigation or for determining legal boundaries. If you spot a factual error or a miscredited photograph, please tell us so it can be corrected.
Intellectual property
The FoodGuessr name, logo, site design, game mechanics, written descriptions, origin notes, and original code are owned by the project and protected by applicable intellectual-property law. You may not copy, redistribute, modify, or create derivative works from them for commercial purposes without written permission.
You may link to the site, quote a short excerpt with clear attribution and a link back, and share your own game results. Classroom use that does not republish the site or its database is permitted. Dish photographs are licensed separately, as described below.
Third-party material
Dish photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and remain the property of their respective photographers. They are used under the individual licences listed on the sources page and on each dish page. Map boundaries derive from Natural Earth, which is in the public domain.
Your use of a third-party image is governed by that image’s licence, not by these terms. If you believe a credit is wrong or a licence has changed, contact us and the material will be corrected or removed.
Availability & changes
The game is offered as-is and free of charge. We aim to keep it available every day, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. Maintenance, hosting issues, or changes to the game may cause downtime or alter a mode, the dish collection, or scoring.
We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time. Because progress is stored in your browser, clearing site data or changing devices will reset it. We are not responsible for lost streaks, scores, or locally stored history.
Disclaimer
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the content is complete, current, or free from errors, or that the site will be free of bugs or harmful components.
Nothing on the site constitutes professional advice. You use the game and rely on its content at your own discretion.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, FoodGuessr and its contributors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or opportunity, arising from your use of or inability to use the site.
Where liability cannot lawfully be excluded, our total aggregate liability for any claim relating to the site is limited to the greater of the amount you paid to use it (which is zero) or the minimum amount required by applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the project operates, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute should first be raised with us directly so that it can be resolved informally. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under mandatory consumer-protection law in your country of residence.
If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
