Is Dolici free to use and what features does it offer?

Yes. Dolici states that you can sign up to explore, save, and plan "all for free." The site presents itself as a tasting guide that puts every acclaimed restaurant and bar in the world on one map — 110,000+ venues drawn from 22 guides — and the free account is the way to access the full map and the planning tools around it.

What Dolici is

Dolici is an aggregator of recognized restaurants and bars. Rather than publishing its own reviews, it collects venues that have already earned recognition from established culinary authorities and places them on a single map. According to the site, it aggregates guides including Michelin, World's 50 Best, James Beard, OAD, and La Liste, and claims that "nowhere else aggregates all of them."

The core promise is efficiency: instead of cross-referencing Michelin, World's 50 Best, and food blogs separately, you see the combined picture in one place.

What you get with a free account

The sign-up page describes the following capabilities:

• Explore — browse the full map of 110,000+ recognized restaurants and bars, a list the site says is growing every week.
• Save — keep track of venues you want to visit.
• Plan — build out a trip or an evening around those saved places.
• Browse a new city before you land — useful for pre-trip research.
• Discover what's acclaimed near you tonight — the same data applied to your current location.
• Updates by email — new guide additions and notable openings worth knowing about.

How the listings are organized

Every venue on the map carries the recognition it earned, so you can judge it by source rather than by a single score. Examples from the site's featured venues show how this looks in practice:

The site also highlights culinary capitals with award counts, such as New York City (10,595 awards), Tokyo (6,673), Osaka-shi (1,275), and Seoul (1,001), all aggregated from the world's leading guides.

What "curated" means here

Dolici's distinction is that inclusion is conditional on outside recognition: "If it's on the map, it's been validated — not just reviewed." That matters if you want a shortlist you can trust without reading through user reviews, but it also means the map reflects the biases and coverage gaps of the underlying guides — a well-regarded neighborhood spot with no major award won't appear.

Practical notes before you sign up

• The free sign-up is described as the route to the full map; the site does not state that browsing is available without an account.
• The site's materials mention no pricing tiers, paid plans, or payment methods, so there is no published indication of a paid upgrade — but absence of pricing information is not the same as a guarantee about future terms.
• Email updates are part of the sign-up, so expect guide additions and opening announcements in your inbox.

If your goal is to plan meals around internationally recognized restaurants and bars across multiple cities, a free Dolici account covers exploration, saving, and planning in one place. If you're looking for local, un-awarded spots or original criticism, this isn't the tool for that job.