Pesto Finder

Find the pesto. Anywhere.

Point Pesto Finder at any restaurant menu and it instantly highlights the pesto pasta, the pesto pizza, the pesto everything. No more squinting through three pages to learn there is, in fact, pesto.

0.8sAverage scan time
1.2MMenus scanned
97%Pesto detection rate
Basil enthusiasm

The scanner

Watch it find every pesto dish

Pick a sample menu or upload a photo of your own, then hit scan. Pesto Finder sweeps the menu and flags every pesto item it spots.

Da Vincenzo — Pasta

Sample menu

  • Trofie al Pesto GenovesePesto

    Hand-rolled trofie, basil, pine nuts, Parmigiano

    $16
  • Spaghetti alle VongolePesto

    Clams, garlic, white wine, chili

    $19
  • Gnocchi al Pesto e PatatePesto

    Potato gnocchi tossed in fresh basil pesto

    $17
  • Tagliatelle al RagùPesto

    Slow-cooked beef and pork ragù

    $18
  • Lasagne Verdi al PestoPesto

    Layered spinach pasta, pesto béchamel

    $20

Pick a menu

The finder

Pesto, ranked by how near and how good

Open the map and Pesto Finder pulls every spot serving the good stuff nearby. Each one gets a match score so you skip the sad jarred-pesto impostors.

  • Sorted by distance

    Closest pesto first, always.

  • Match score, not just a match

    We rank the quality of the pesto, not only its presence.

  • Fresh-basil filter

    Hide the powdered-cheese-and-oil pretenders.

pesto near me
Within
  • 98

    Da Vincenzo

    Trofie al Pesto Genovese

    4.80.4 km
  • 91

    Olive & Oak

    Caprese & Pesto Bowl

    4.60.9 km
  • 95

    Forno Rosso

    Pizza Verde al Pesto

    4.71.3 km

Match score ranks how good the pesto really is, not just whether it exists.

Break glass in case of craving

Pesto emergency?

For the moments the craving hits without warning. One tap routes you to the nearest, freshest pesto. (It is a button. It is also a public service.)

The origin story

Built for two very specific siblings

My best friend orders pesto pasta everywhere. New city, fancy tasting menu, a roadside diner at 1am - it does not matter, the eyes go straight to the pesto. So I built Pesto Finder: point it at a menu and it lights up every pesto dish on the page.

Then her sister saw it and said, with total seriousness, "okay but what about tendies." Fair. So Tendie mode joined the party - same scanner, same map, now hunting golden, crispy chicken tenders instead. Flip the switch up top and the whole thing changes its stripes.

Made with basil and an unreasonable amount of love.

“I once ordered pesto at a steakhouse. Now I just open the app.”
The best friend in question