What is LOOrank?

The word LOO, in the U.K., is slang for TOILET

Welcome to our first LOOrank blog post!

To kick things off we thought it would be a good idea to tell you what LOOrank is and why we feel that it’s an essential app/resource.

So, what is it?

LOOrank is an app and a website that you can use to rate public bathrooms (restaurants, bars, airports, train stations, hotels, institutions, companies, etc.).

We use Google Places, so we have more than a hundred million toilets within our database for you to search for and rate: most likely any public toilet you are using will be listed on our website (our estimate is above 90%).

There may be other resources which allow you to find public restrooms, but LOOrank is the only app that allows you to rate bathrooms for cleanliness, hygiene and commodities available - and post images.

Why is there a need?

Do you find it frustrating when you go out for a nice meal, at a restaurant with raving reviews but then you head to use their bathroom to find them unhygienic or smelly? Lacking toilet roll or soap? In other words, not properly attended, as it should be?

We know that it’s definitely frustrating for us. We think that a restroom is a reflection of the hygiene of the restaurant, bar, hotel… whatever it may be, as a whole.

On the other hand, isn’t it lovely when you use a public facility that is of exceptional cleanliness and quality? We think that these toilets deserve to be shouted about and celebrated.

Which is why we created LOOrank. We want to provide a friendly platform for people to give their honest opinion about the quality of the facilities at hand. Don’t get us wrong, we’re not here to bash establishments or tarnish reputations; ultimately we want to do our part to help raise standards.

How does it work?

Simple, we currently have a live and mobile responsive website - www.loorank.com - where you can create an account and start rating!

Just enter the name of the city followed by the name of the public place you are in (restaurant, airport, …) in the search box, and click ‘Rate Toilet’.

We encourage including photos so either (1) rate the toilet right there and then or (2) take some pictures and rate it later.

Your review is then held until one of our administrators checks it over to make sure there’s nothing explicit or defamatory. If everything is okay and honest, we’ll approve it for everyone to see.

We’re currently working on an extra special app for iPhone and Android users that will make creating and publishing reviews even easier!

What to include in the review?

We’ve kept this nice and simple. You rate the toilet using a 5-star system, then you add some comments.

Include everything and anything that you think is relevant. How clean were the toilets? Did they smell fresh? Was there plenty loo roll and hand soap? Were they dated or quite modern?

We encourage including photos, as long as they are not explicit or defamatory and reflect your experience as a user of the public facility. The more photos the better.

When is the app available?

We’re working on that now and we’ll have a release date for you VERY soon: we are currently looking at November 2017. Sign up to LOOrank now - www.loorank.com - to start rating and be kept up to date and we’ll let you know when to expect the app AND we’ll even remind you on the day.

We’re really excited and truly believe in raising public facilities’ standards across the world. We hope you’ll get involved and help us achieve this goal.