Updated: October 2026
Menu Price Wise is a free guide to US restaurant menu prices, and advertising helps pay for keeping it running — the hosting, the research time, and the regular updates. This policy explains, in plain terms, how advertising works here, what ads do and do not influence, and how we keep ads clearly separate from our editorial content.
We are an independent site. no restaurant, chain, franchise, or delivery company owns, runs, or sponsors this site. That independence applies to advertising too: an advertiser cannot buy a better price listing, a friendlier write-up, or a higher place on a page.
What Kind of Advertising You May See
You may see display advertisements on our pages, including advertising served through Google AdSense. These ads are typically shown in standard placements around our content, such as in sidebars, between sections, or at the top or bottom of a page. The specific ads you see can vary based on factors controlled by the advertising provider, such as the topic of the page you are reading, your general location, and your own advertising settings with that provider.
We do not control every individual ad that an automated network serves, and the appearance of an ad on a page does not mean we have reviewed or approved that specific product or service. If you see an ad that looks misleading or inappropriate, you can use the controls provided with the ad itself, where available, to report it or hide it.
Ads Do Not Influence Our Editorial Content
This is the most important part of this policy. Advertising does not influence what we write, which restaurants we cover, which menu items we list, or what prices we show. Our price research follows our Editorial Policy: we check public sources, such as official restaurant menus and delivery listings, and we write each page in our own words for readers.
Advertisers do not get to review, edit, or approve our pages before publication, and they do not get advance notice of what we plan to publish. If a company that advertises on this site is also mentioned in one of our guides, that mention is there because readers are looking for that restaurant’s prices, not because of the advertising relationship.
The Site Earns Nothing From Listing a Restaurant’s Prices
Simply listing a restaurant and its menu prices earns us nothing from that restaurant. We do not charge restaurants to appear on this site, and we do not receive a payment from a restaurant because its prices are shown here. Our advertising revenue, where it exists, comes from the ad placements described above, not from the restaurants we cover.
That separation is deliberate. It means a page can list a restaurant’s prices honestly — including noting that prices may vary by location — without any pressure to make those prices look lower, higher, or more attractive than they really are.
Sponsored Content, If Any, Would Be Clearly Labeled
We do not currently publish sponsored articles as a regular practice. If that ever changes, any sponsored content would be clearly labeled as sponsored or as an advertisement, in a way that is obvious before you read it, so you can tell at a glance that it is paid content rather than our independent editorial work.
The same rule applies to any paid link, paid placement, or partnership mention: if money changed hands for that content to appear, we will say so on the page itself, not hide it in fine print elsewhere. Our independent price guides and editorial pages will never be presented as sponsored content, and sponsored content will never be disguised as an ordinary guide.
Affiliate Links
If we ever include an affiliate link — a link where we might earn a small commission if you make a purchase or sign up through it — we will disclose that on the relevant page. At present, our core price guides are not built around affiliate links. Any future affiliate arrangement would be disclosed clearly and would not change the prices we report or the restaurants we choose to cover.
Your Choices and Privacy
Advertising providers such as Google use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads and to measure how ads perform. You can manage your advertising preferences through your browser settings and through the advertising provider’s own ad settings pages. Our use of advertising does not change the way we handle your privacy, which is described in our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review that policy alongside this one if you want the full picture.
Questions About Advertising
If you have a question about an ad you saw on this site, or about how advertising works here, please reach out through our Contact page. We are happy to explain our approach, and we take feedback about ads seriously — especially if an ad seems to blur the line between advertising and editorial content, because keeping that line clear is central to earning your trust.