Project Spotlight: Building a Review Management Platform for Restaurants

Building a Review Management Platform for Restaurants

⭐ Project Spotlight: Building a Review Management Platform for Restaurants In the real world, businesses don’t need fancy code—they need solutions that work. That’s exactly what our students built: a Review Management Platform to help restaurants manage, respond to, and analyze customer reviews. Here’s how they built it from scratch 👇

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🧩 1. The Problem Restaurants struggle with:

• Scattered reviews across Google, Zomato, and Yelp
• No easy way to respond or analyze trends
• Losing customers due to unmanaged feedback

🎯 Goal: One dashboard to manage all reviews in one place.

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🔧 2. The Tech Stack Frontend: React.js
Backend: Node.js + NestJS
Database: MongoDB
Extras: Chart.js, REST APIs, JWT Auth 🎯 Built with tools used in real SaaS companies.

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📲 3. Core Features

• Multi-platform review import (mock APIs for now)
• Sentiment tagging (positive, neutral, negative)
• Reply to reviews from a single dashboard
• Analytics: review trends, most-mentioned dishes, issue frequency
• Role-based access: Manager vs. Staff

🎯 Not just CRUD—this was data-driven, user-focused development.

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🧪 4. Testing & Deployment

• Unit tests on API logic
• Manual tests on review filters and replies
• Deployed with Render + MongoDB Atlas
• Integrated Swagger for clean API documentation

🎯 A polished project ready for recruiters and real users.

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🏁 5. The Outcome

• Real-world problem solved
• Working SaaS-style dashboard
• Live demo + GitHub repo
• Students now showcasing this in interviews and client pitches

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✅ Final Thought This project wasn’t just a feature dump.
It was a solution—designed, built, and shipped by our learners. At Meander, we don’t just teach skills.
We build proof.