The Council
A dinner club with bylaws.
The people behind the scorecards
Meet The Council.
Beatle
A sales guru with a writer’s eye for the details. Beatle can make a compelling case, but at Meat Hause, the food has to do the talking.
Boo Man
Fresh off launching an AI startup, Boo Man is building the future by day and judging the present steak by night.
Bri Guy
A product master with an appreciation for the details. Bri Guy knows the difference between a promising concept and the finished product.
Stygs
A lawyer with an eye for the fine print. Stygs brings a healthy appetite for evidence to the Council table.
Tree
Marketing savant and the Council’s resident storyteller. Tree treats every steakhouse visit like a case worth examining.
Wilbur
Commodities and minerals are his world. Wilbur knows value is worth examining, and at the Council table, even the finer things are up for scrutiny.
Our standards
- 01
One rubric for every table.
Every restaurant faces the same seven-category scorecard, the Meat Hause Rubric. The math is published, and the math is the verdict.
- 02
Members only vote.
Official scores come exclusively from Council members. Guests contribute appetite and opinions, not numbers.
- 03
Real dinners only.
We only write about meals we actually ate, and we never put words in anyone's mouth.
- 04
Humans, not models.
No AI decides a score. Arithmetic does the adding; people do the eating.
- 05
Humor, within reason.
We take steak seriously and ourselves considerably less so.
Editorial independence
We pick up the check. When we don't, we say so.
We ordinarily pay.
The Council ordinarily pays for its own meals.
Invitations are disclosed.
If the Council visits at a restaurant's invitation, the review says so.
Comps don't score.
Any complimentary item is identified and excluded from the official score — even if it's something we meant to order anyway.
Described separately, if at all.
A complimentary item may be discussed in a clearly labelled, non-scoring editorial section.
A comp doesn't void a category.
Independently purchased items can still support a category. Several steaks we paid for can carry Steak Experience even if a complimentary porterhouse is discussed separately.
Not enough evidence, no score.
If we didn't purchase enough to judge a category fairly, its weight is not quietly redistributed and no score is invented. It goes to an editorial decision, and the official score may be withheld.