01 · Seat12:30
Set the table
Open a sitting, name the restaurant and the table, and add a place card for everyone eating with you. Aftertaste keeps who ordered what, so a shared plate is never yours by accident.
A sitting, from seat to filed
Three things happen at the table.
02 · Taste13:42
Write the card
One card per course: the dish as the menu names it, the time it landed, three lines of notes at most. There is no camera. Critics taste; the flash stays in the bag.
03 · Stamp15:10
Press the verdict
TASTE in red or SLOP in black, pressed onto the card with the date under it. A verdict can change until the bill arrives. After that it is filed, and it stays filed.
A filed card
The review, one course at a time.
Course 4 of 9 · 13:42Table 7
Charred leek, salted cream, ash
The cream was cold and the leek was not, which was the point. Salt from the flat outside, crushed at the table. Too much ash on the second bite; the first was perfect.
Best before Fri 09 Oct
Mesa Blanca · Salar de Uyuni
Taste04 Oct 2026
- Course and time
Set by the app the moment you open the card, so the order of a sitting is never in doubt.
- Three lines
Notes stop at three lines. If a course needs more, it needs a second visit.
- The stamp
Red for TASTE, black for SLOP, nothing in between. Aftertaste has no stars and no scores out of ten.
- Best before
Every verdict carries a date. Two days before it, the date turns peach; on the day, Aftertaste asks whether you want to taste again.
The desk
From cards to column.
The desk lays a sitting's cards out in the order they were served, with every verdict and every best-before date. It writes nothing for you. You write the column; the cards keep the facts straight.
Export
Plain text, Markdown or a print-ready PDF of the cards, in serving order.
Shared desk
Editors see filed cards from every critic on the desk. Drafts stay with the critic.
Offline
Cards are written and stamped with no signal and filed when the phone finds one.
Private
Restaurants never see a card, and nothing is posted anywhere you did not choose.
Pricing
Pay for the sittings, not the seats.
Diner
Free
- Three sittings a month
- Cards, stamps and best-before dates
- Works offline
Critic
£9 a month
- Unlimited sittings
- The desk, in serving order
- Export to text, Markdown and PDF
Desk
£48 a month for five critics
- One shared desk
- An editor's view of filed cards
- Every critic's history, kept
Questions
Asked at the table.
Does it work with no signal?
Yes. Restaurants worth reviewing are often underground, up a mountain or in the middle of a salt flat. Cards are written and stamped offline and filed when the phone finds a signal.
Why is there no camera?
Because the dish is for eating. Your notes are what you publish, and the photographer, if there is one, is someone else.
Can I change a verdict?
Until you close the sitting. A closed sitting is filed, and a filed stamp cannot be lifted, only answered by a new card on a new visit.
What happens on the best-before date?
Two days before, the date turns peach. On the day, Aftertaste asks whether you want to taste again. Ignore it and the verdict stands, marked as old.
Who can read my cards?
Only you, and on a Desk plan the editors you add. Restaurants never see a card.
Free for three sittings
Bring it to your next sitting.
Leave your email and the notebook is waiting on your phone before the bread comes.