💙 Our Story
ABOUT CLEBEN
Cleben's restaurant-facing service (2024–2026) is no longer taking new clients. The dataset and insights built along the way — 25M+ reviews, expectation-gap models, and market benchmarks across Greater Vancouver — are available for licensing, research collaboration, or acquisition. Details below.
Every Decision Feels Like
A Shot in the Dark
Should you raise prices? Hire more staff? Change your menu? Launch a promotion? Restaurant owners face these decisions daily — but without clear data, every choice feels like a gamble.
The reality: Most restaurant owners rely on gut feeling because they don't have access to the market intelligence that big chains take for granted.
From Guesswork to
Confident Decisions
Cleben gave restaurant owners the clarity they needed. See your exact position in the market, understand what's working for top performers, and get specific recommendations tailored to your restaurant.
No more wondering. No more guessing. Just clear insights that told you exactly where to focus your energy to grow.
Why I built Cleben
Throughout my career in data science, I kept seeing the same pattern: large restaurant chains had entire teams dedicated to market analysis, while independent owners were left making critical decisions based on gut feeling alone.
I've watched talented restaurant owners struggle with questions that data could easily answer: "Should I raise prices?" "Why is my competitor busier?" "What do customers actually think about my service?" The uncertainty was exhausting — and expensive.
The tools existed, but they were locked away in enterprise software that cost tens of thousands of dollars. Independent restaurants deserved the same insights that big chains had.
That's why I built Cleben: to give every restaurant owner the confidence that comes from knowing — not guessing — exactly where they stand and what to do next.
The client-facing service wound down in 2026, but the dataset and the analysis pipeline behind it didn't disappear. I'm now opening that work up to teams who want to license the data, collaborate on research, or acquire it outright.
Turn uncertainty into
confident action
Every restaurant owner deserves to make decisions with the same confidence as the big chains. We built Cleben to eliminate the guesswork and give them clarity.
The dataset behind Cleben
Built 2024–2026, Greater Vancouver — available for licensing on request
What drove us every day
Clarity Over Complexity
No jargon, no overwhelming dashboards. Just clear answers to the questions that matter most to your business.
Actionable Insights
Every insight comes with a clear next step. We don't just show you data — we tell you what to do with it.
Decision Confidence
Our goal was simple: help restaurant owners make decisions they feel good about, backed by data they can trust.
The data is still here.
Cleben isn't onboarding new restaurants anymore, but the 25M+ review dataset, the expectation-gap models, and the methodology behind them are available to license, research, or acquire.
