Guess Where Each Dish Comes From

DishGuessr is a free food guesser and geography game. Look at a dish, guess its country of origin on an interactive world map, and see how well you know world cuisine — solo or with friends.

123 dishes to guess · 62 dish guides · 5 languages · free to play

How it works

DishGuessr takes seconds to learn. Here is the idea in three steps — for the full rules and scoring, read the how to play guide.

See the dish

A photo of a real dish appears, along with its main ingredients.

Guess the country

Click the interactive world map to place where you think it is from.

Score points

The closer your guess, the higher your score across five rounds.

Explore dishes by region

Find out where a dish is from: 62 in-depth guides across 62 countries. We add guides over time rather than publishing a thin entry for every dish in the game.

Africa (6)

BobotieSouth Africa
CouscousMorocco
Doro WatEthiopia
Ful MedamesSudan
Jollof RiceNigeria
KoshariEgypt

Doubles — a dish from Trinidad and Tobago

Americas (13)

AsadoArgentina
Bandeja PaisaColombia
CevichePeru
DoublesTrinidad and Tobago
FeijoadaBrazil
Gallo PintoCosta Rica
HamburgerUnited States
Jerk ChickenJamaica
MofongoPuerto Rico
PoutineCanada
PupusaEl Salvador
Ropa ViejaCuba
TacosMexico

Oceania (2)

Meat PieAustralia
PavlovaNew Zealand

Browse all 62 dish guides

How to read a dish

Every dish carries clues to where it comes from. A few to watch for:

Vinegar or fermentation → food preserved for a hot climate or a long winter, like Filipino adobo or Korean kimchi.
Tomato, potato, maize or chilli → the dish is at most about 500 years old: these all came from the Americas.
Dairy and dill → somewhere cold and northern.
Fish sauce and lemongrass → Southeast Asia.
Ingredients from far away → old trade routes: rice in Spanish paella, Italian pasta in Egyptian koshari.

Read: what a dish tells you about a place

Common questions

Is DishGuessr free?: Yes — it is completely free to play in your browser, with no download or sign-up required.
Can I play with friends?: Yes. Create a lobby and play in real time with up to eight players.
How does scoring work?: Each game has five rounds with up to five guesses each. The correct country on your first guess scores 5,000 points, near misses still score well, and each extra guess costs 500 points.
How many dishes are there?: 123 dishes to guess from 123 countries, and 62 in-depth guides on where they come from, with more added over time.

See all frequently asked questions

Challenge your friends

Create a private lobby, share the code, and see who really knows their world cuisine in real-time multiplayer for up to eight players.