We’re on a mission to support high street businesses through our discovery and social platform, recce.
Discover, save and share authentic places to eat, drink and shop.
Browse the homepage to see places around you; filter your search to match your personal taste, and discover a refined selection of results with trusted recommendations from your social network.
Put simply, recce is a community-led platform that connects people, through a shared love of local, authentic high street businesses.
Filtered search. Tailored results. Trusted recommendations.
Filtered search - filter every search to match your personal preferences; be it a vegan restaurant; rooftop bar; a pub serving the perfect Sunday roast; or a dog-friendly, work-friendly, scenic cafe with strong wifi and even stronger coffee.
Tailored results - simply choose your current or future location, say how far you’re willing to travel, and see a tailored selection of places around you.
Trusted recommendations - connecting recce to your social network will empower you to see exactly who has been, who has saved it to their profile, and what theyd recommend it for.
Capture, log and share new discoveries on your profile.
Create lists and view your favorite places by city.
Take a look at the profiles of friends, family, and trusted content creators for inspiration.
If you’re visiting a city and know someone who lives there, you can view all the hidden gems shared on their profile.
If you are on holiday somewhere a friend has already been, you can see all the places they would recommend.
Why independent?
From your local coffee and farm shop to the craft beer found in selected pubs - independent businesses offer us a sense of authenticity that has been somewhat lost with larger brands. The very nature of them, however, makes them hard to find. They are too often hidden in the backstreets and unable to bid for our attention online. They remain hidden gems - loved by those in the know, but impossible to discover by those who aren’t.
With the help of our community, our mission is to support these businesses - providing them with a platform and voice that captures consumer attention, ultimately helping to bring color and prosperity back to our high streets.
Why recommendations?
Third-party reviews and ratings, whilst giving us a broad indication of quality, fail to reflect and therefore satisfy the individual preferences that make us who we are.
Instead, they are more often than not influenced by extreme emotions (displaying the very best and worst experiences) and not the intricate details that make an experience desirable to you.
This is why recommendations have been placed at the heart of recce. It is our friends, family, and surrounding network that have the greatest influence on, and understanding of our personal taste.
It is the recommendations from these people that we trust. Even within our network of peers, who we ask recommendations from will vary depending on where we go and the type of experience and occasion.
Our aim is to showcase content from reliable individuals with amazing local knowledge of their area, using your trusted social network to validate the places you discover.
‘On a recce’ - to familiarise yourself with a new place