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tastingtable.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202629 issues · 81 checks
This review found 29 issues worth fixing on tastingtable.com, 5 of them high impact, across 81 checks. The most urgent: 81 text elements with low contrast. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
84BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 870 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 874 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 891 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 895 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 895 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 890 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 880 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 874 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 872 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 884 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 889 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 893 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 900 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 892 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 886 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 888 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 885 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 880 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 882 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 884 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 887 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 891 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 900 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 907 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 919 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 189 ms |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 182 ms |
| May 2, 2026 | 187 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 179 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 180 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 181 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 164 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 165 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 185 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 190 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 194 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 215 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Improve image delivery
750 ms · 562 KiB22 images could be 562 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
600 ms · 696 KiB15 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (696 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 79
79/100Your mobile performance score is 79 (desktop: 72). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 786 KiBAbout 786 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (adthrive.com, Google Tag Manager and Google/Doubleclick Ads and others), adding 1.7 MB and 649 ms of main-thread time.
adthrive.com adds 221 ms
221 msadthrive.com costs a phone 221 ms of main-thread work and 733 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Main-thread work: 2.2 s
A phone's processor spends 2.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Google Tag Manager adds 182 ms
182 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 182 ms of main-thread work and 310 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
5 long tasks on the main thread
5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 192 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
14 KiBAbout 14 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Legacy JavaScript
13 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 13 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
1 checks passed
Server response: 3 ms
3 msYour server sent the HTML in 3 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 15.1 s
15.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.9 s
3.9 sYour largest element takes 3.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Person cutting slab of beef.”.
First Contentful Paint: 2.7 s
2.7 sThe first text or image appears after 2.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 233 ms
233 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 233 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 15% slower for real visitors
+15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 189 ms to 215 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 0.9 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors wait 0.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 83 ms
83 msReal visitors wait 83 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.8 s
0.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 306 ms
306 msReal visitors wait 306 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 2.7 s
2.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 2.7 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.7 MB in 169 requests
2.7 MBYour homepage downloads 2.7 MB in 169 requests on a phone: scripts 1.6 MB (22), images 826 KiB (35) and other files 111 KiB (100). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
15 images below the first screen load straight away
15 images further down the page (464 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
1 image far larger than shown
45 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example intro-1791261796.webp at 780 px wide, shown at 163 px. Resized copies would save about 45 KiB.
About 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit
0.76 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.76 g of CO₂e: 90.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
81 text elements with low contrast
81 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 34 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
40 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 43 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “The Country That Produces The Most Beef In 2026 I…”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
30 links with vague text
30 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
245 internal links, 30 external
The homepage links to 245 pages on tastingtable.com and 30 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 99 characters
Your meta description is 99 characters: “Breaking food industry news, cooking tips, recipes, reviews, rankings, and interviews - since 2008.”.
Title: 65 characters
Your title is a healthy 65 characters: “Tasting Table | Food, Restaurants, Reviews, Recipes, Cooking Tips”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.tastingtable.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.tastingtable.com/sitemap_index.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://www.tastingtable.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,826 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 111 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://pixel.rubiconproject.com/token?pid=49096&us_privacy=1YNY.
74 small tap targets
74 of 150 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 third-party cookies
2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of null (reading 'addEventListener')”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
No calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 762 words of copy
The homepage carries about 762 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 3 testimonial or review blocks and 2 customer or partner logos.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Comscore, Criteo, Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
17 cookies set on arrival
17Opening the homepage sets 17 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
47 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 47 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at tastingtable.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
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- CMS
- WordPress
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
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