Frequently asked questions

You describe your mood or craving in plain language — for example, “something light after the gym” or “spicy, cheap, and fast.” SavorMood then asks a set of AI models to curate three meals with different jobs:

• Best match — the option that fits your mood, goals, and available time most closely.
• Safe choice — an easier win you can probably make tonight with less effort.
• Wildcard — a stretch suggestion worth trying when you want something new.

Each result includes a title, short description, ingredient list, step-by-step instructions, estimated cook time, and rough nutrition. If you save meals, react to them, or tweak them, SavorMood learns your preferences and adjusts future matches.

Yes, if you add items to your pantry. When pantry stock is available, the generator is instructed to prioritize meals that use ingredients you already have, which helps cut food waste and shopping trips. Pantry-aware suggestions also power the restaurant feature: local kitchens can see dishes they are able to cook from stock they already carry.

Allergies are treated as hard rules, not soft preferences. SavorMood uses two layers of protection:

1. AI instruction. Your allergies are sent to the model as a strict, non-negotiable constraint that outranks mood, cuisine, and pantry contents. The model is told to avoid the allergen in all forms, including hidden derivatives and garnishes.
2. Code-side guard. Every suggestion is checked before it is shown. Each allergy maps to a broad list of ingredient names and aliases. If a flagged ingredient appears in the recipe, title, or description, that meal is blocked and replaced.

That said, no automated system is foolproof. AI can misread an ingredient name, and cross-contamination can happen in any kitchen. Anyone with a severe or anaphylactic allergy should always read labels and confirm directly with the cook or restaurant.

No. SavorMood is a helpful filter, not a medical guarantee. We do our best to keep flagged ingredients out of suggestions, but we cannot inspect your physical ingredients, control how a restaurant prepares food, or guarantee that an AI will never make a mistake. If an allergy is life-threatening, please double-check every dish and communicate directly with the kitchen.

Visitors can try one free generation without an account: type a mood, add optional filters, and see a full set of three AI-curated meals. Saving to your cookbook, adding to a meal plan, ordering from a restaurant, or viewing your Savor Profile requires signing in.

The Kitchen dashboard is a live operational view for registered restaurant partners. It includes:

• Today at a glance — current service status, today’s order count, earnings, and payment totals.
• Active orders — pending, accepted, cooking, ready, and completed orders with one-tap status updates.
• Pending dishes — quantities of dishes that need to be prepared, including off-menu suggested requests waiting on a price quote.
• Earnings — gross sales, commission, paid amounts, and outstanding payments over today, 7 days, and 30 days.
• Menu management — live availability toggles, sold-out alerts, and smart menu importing for Pro Partner accounts.
• Best sellers — the dishes driving the most orders so kitchens can plan prep and promotions.

When a diner requests a meal that is not on the restaurant’s published menu, the kitchen receives the request as a suggested dish. The kitchen must name a price first; the diner can accept or decline the offer. Nothing is cooked until the diner accepts, which keeps both sides from wasting food or money on a dish that was never agreed upon.

SavorMood offers a free taste tier with a monthly generation limit, plus Pro, Duo, and Family tiers that unlock unlimited generations, meal planning, pantry sharing, group leaderboards, and restaurant partner tools. A separate Restaurant Partner plan unlocks bulk menu imports, lower commissions, and advanced dashboard features. See the pricing page for details.

We use industry-standard authentication, encrypted storage, and row-level security so your data is only accessible to you and the people you explicitly invite to a household or group. We do not sell personal data. Payment processing is handled by our billing provider; we do not store card details.