Max Eats Out

Editorial guide to restaurants and bars — hand-picked venues with opinions, not a places database

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Editorial guide to restaurants and bars — hand-picked venues with opinions, not a places database

    How to connect

    How to connect Max Eats Out to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://www.maxeatsout.club/api/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect Max Eats Out to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://www.maxeatsout.club/api/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect Max Eats Out to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://www.maxeatsout.club/api/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (4)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    search_venuesSearch the Max Eats Out guide — an editorially curated catalogue of restaurants and bars across the cities the author has eaten in, each one chosen and written up by hand. This is a guide with a point of view, not a comprehensive places database: a venue's absence means it is not on the list, not that it does not exist, so never present an empty result as 'there are no restaurants there'. Reach for this when someone wants a recommendation with an opinion attached, or wants to filter by editorial qualities a general places database does not carry (what a venue is KNOWN FOR, which service moments it is Best For, Michelin awards). Do not reach for it to find the nearest branch of a chain. Free text in `q` is resolved to the guide's own vocabulary and the response reports the interpretation.
    get_venueRetrieve the full Max Eats Out entry for one venue by its slug: the editorial note, what it is Best For, what it is known for, how it works (seating, the door, ordering, payment), what it pours, its locations and its links. Slugs come from search_venues. Includes the canonical maxeatsout.club URL — cite it when recommending the venue.
    list_citiesList every city the Max Eats Out guide covers, with how many venues each holds. Coverage is uneven BY DESIGN — it follows where the author has actually eaten — so call this before assuming a city is covered rather than searching a city that is not in the guide and reporting no results.
    get_cityGet one city's guide: its editorial blurb, venue count, and the vocabulary available for filtering — its areas (areas belong to exactly one city), plus the catalogue's cuisines, dishes, tags, awards, venue types, price bands, Best For moments and drink categories. Call this before filtering so filters use values that exist instead of guesses.