The Tonight criteria
We look at these criteria when we recommend places for the time and mood you choose.
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1. Open at the time you picked
“Now” = open now; “Tonight” = open tonight at 21:00 (or now, if it’s already later); “Friday”/“Saturday” = open on that day at 21:00. Places open past 23:00 get a boost. Places with unknown opening hours only appear when there are few results, and we say so.
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2. Vibe
We show places that match the vibe you picked (Chatty / Party / Wine), based on OpenStreetMap tags. If there are few of those, places with other vibes appear too, and we say so. With “Anything” this doesn’t count.
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3. Game halls further down
Billiard, darts and snooker halls (per OpenStreetMap tags) are moved further down, as they’re more for playing than for a night out. If there are few results, they may appear too.
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4. Distance
Walking time from your location if you allowed it, otherwise from Deák tér. We first look at places within a 30-minute walk, best within 15 minutes. If there are few results, we show places further away, and we say so.
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5. How reliable the data is
Manually checked places rank higher, followed by OSM data checked within the last 2 years. Opening hours entered by a partner don’t get this boost.
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6. Daily rotation
Places with similar scores swap order daily (based on the place ID and the date), so the same one isn’t always on top.
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7. No paid placement
Nobody pays to rank higher, and partnership gives no advantage. User ratings don’t affect the order for now; the average only shows after at least 5 ratings.
No paid placement: nobody pays to rank higher. Partnership gives no advantage in the order: a place with the “Verified partner” badge can only manage its own listing (opening hours, description, photos, events).
Trending beta
“Trending” (beta): the latest-closing places in the city centre (districts V–IX), for the time slot you picked (now / tonight / weekend). There’s no real popularity data yet, and the screen says so.
Roulette
The Roulette draws from the places on the wheel, each with the same chance. “Let the app choose” puts the top places from the order above on the wheel.
What does not count
No paid placement
A place cannot buy inclusion or a better position, neither on the Tonight list, nor on Trending, nor on the NightFinder picks list. If this ever changed, we would clearly label the paid place, and we would update this page first.
Fees and ranking
If the partnership becomes paid, the fee will be tied to the place’s measured attention. This is still a plan; we have not finalised the thresholds or the fees. For attention we take the monthly number of route requests, not page opens, and we count only what comes from at least 5 different devices. The place’s own taps do not count, and we calculate from a three-month average so that a busy weekend changes nothing. A place can move up a tier after two consecutive months, and down immediately, and one month before a change of tier we send a notice on the partner portal. The tier affects only the fee: it plays no role in the order, payment does not buy a better position, and basic, public listing remains free for every place. We will also put in writing the more favourable terms of founding partners who join in the launch period, before the fees are introduced, and this does not affect the order either. When the thresholds are final, we will publish them on this page.
Verified partners
The owner of a hospitality venue can register on the partner portal. We check by phone or e-mail that the place really is theirs, and if so, we approve it. After that the app gives it a “Verified partner” label, and the owner can provide the opening hours, the introduction, the contact details, the photos, the offering and the events themselves.
- “Set by the venue”: this data (opening hours, photo, offering, event) was provided by the place itself. We do not rewrite it, but we may remove anything that violates our rules.
- Partnership gives no advantage in the order: a place with the “Verified partner” badge can only manage its own listing (opening hours, description, photos, events).
- Events: the Events tab shows only real events posted by partner venues and by NightFinder, in chronological order. For each event we show who uploaded it and when.
Ratings
In the app you can rate a place with 1–5 stars; there are no written reviews. You need an account to rate, and each account can rate a place once (and change it later). We don’t verify raters, and owners can’t rate their own place. The average only shows after at least 5 ratings and doesn’t affect the order.
NightFinder picks are made differently
The weekly list in the “NightFinder picks” section is hand-picked, not the order above. We choose places from different districts and of different types that, according to the data, are open on Friday and Saturday nights. Nobody pays to be on it, and we explain why each place made the list. The weekly list
Where does the data come from?
Place data comes from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL licence). Next to the opening hours you always see where we got them from:
- “Verified” and the month: we checked the opening hours manually.
- “Set by the venue” and the month: the place (an approved partner) entered them itself. If it was updated more than 3 months ago, we say so. It gives no advantage in the order.
- “Per OSM”: OpenStreetMap data we haven’t checked manually. If OSM has it, we also show the year it was last checked there.
- “Opening hours unknown”: there’s no data, or we can’t read it reliably.
Before launch we also check some of the places by hand. Even so, the opening hours can be wrong: a place may close, or open at a different time on a public holiday. That is why we ask you to tell us if something is off. Place data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL licence.
If something is off
- In the app, with one tap: with the “It was closed” button on the place’s profile.
- Report in the app: incorrect data, a closed place, or “This is my place”. If the place is yours, register as a partner, and you can keep it up to date.
- By e-mail: info@bardanapp.com
- In OpenStreetMap: if the data is wrong there, you can fix it there too, and it will be better for everyone: openstreetmap.org
We look at every report.
We publish this information on the basis of Section 7(7) of Hungarian Act XLVII of 2008 on the Prohibition of Unfair Commercial Practices against Consumers (Fttv.). If the method changes, we will say so here. Last updated: 31 October 2026.