A new Puerto Vallarta pilot project called Six New Friends invites locals, foreigners, newcomers, and longtime residents to complete a personality and lifestyle questionnaire for curated dinner-table matching. The free service is designed for people who want a real-life connection, not another online group or random mixer. Guests will be individually matched to small dinner tables based on shared interests, social style, availability, and compatibility.
Six New Friends Launches Free Puerto Vallarta Pilot to Help People Build Real Friendships
A new community project called Six New Friends is launching a free pilot program in Puerto Vallarta, offering curated dinner-table introductions for people who want to build real friendships offline.
The concept is simple: participants complete an intake questionnaire about their personality, lifestyle, interests, availability, and the kind of friendships they hope to build. Six New Friends then privately reviews the responses and matches people into small dinner tables designed around compatibility, comfort, and shared interests.
The Puerto Vallarta pilot will be free while the project builds its first group of participants and learns what kinds of matches work best.
A Dinner Table Instead of Another Online Group
Six New Friends was created around a familiar challenge for many people living abroad or starting over in a new place: meeting people is easy, but building real friendships can be much harder.
Puerto Vallarta has no shortage of Facebook groups, events, and casual meetups. But those spaces can feel random, crowded, or difficult for people who are shy, newly arrived, or looking for something more meaningful than small talk.
Six New Friends is designed to offer a more intentional alternative.
Rather than creating public profiles or asking users to browse other members, the project keeps the matching process private. Guests do not see match scores, profile lists, or other guests’ names before dinner. The goal is to create a comfortable table where people can arrive with curiosity instead of social pressure.
Open to Locals, Foreigners, Newcomers, and Long-Time Residents
Although the pilot is expected to attract many foreign residents, Six New Friends is not being launched as an “expat-only” project.
The service is open to locals, foreigners, newcomers, long-time residents, part-time residents, and anyone seeking a more authentic connection in Puerto Vallarta.
The idea is not simply to meet other foreigners. It is to help people find compatible friends in their area.
“Puerto Vallarta is full of people with interesting lives, but many still feel disconnected,” the project explains. “Six New Friends helps people build real friendships through curated dinner tables matched by personality, lifestyle, and shared interests.”
How the Matching Works
Participants begin by completing a private intake form at SixNewFriends.com. The questionnaire asks about social style, preferred conversation topics, interests, lifestyle, language comfort, dinner availability, and the kind of connection the person hopes to find.
The matching system is designed to consider more than shared hobbies. A good table may include people with overlapping interests but different backgrounds, experience levels, and perspectives.
For example, a dinner table might include new arrivals, longtime residents, locals interested in meeting international friends, and foreigners seeking a deeper connection to the community.
The project is built around small groups of six because that size allows for one shared conversation while still giving guests enough variety to find natural connections.
No Plus-Ones and No Couple Matching
Six New Friends matches each person individually.
Couples may both apply, but each person must complete their own intake form and be evaluated separately. Your spouse may be invited to a different group that better matches them. Dinner invitations are for the invited guest only and do not include a plus-one.
The policy is intentional. The project is not designed around couples, groups, or people bringing someone along at the last minute. Each table is curated based on the individual people assigned to it.
Not a Dating Service or Business Mixer
Six New Friends is also not a dating service, networking event, or sales opportunity.
Participants are expected to attend with the intention of meeting people respectfully and socially. The project’s community standards prohibit harassment, aggressive sales pitches, recruiting, and pressure to exchange contact information.
The focus is friendship.
Guests who attend a dinner will be asked afterward how the table felt, whether the match was comfortable, and whether they would attend another curated dinner. That feedback will help improve future matches.
Free During the Puerto Vallarta Pilot
During the pilot period, Six New Friends will be free. Guests will pay their own restaurant bills directly, but there are no matching or membership fees during the launch phase.
The free pilot is intended to build the first participant base, test the matching process, and learn what types of dinner tables work best in Puerto Vallarta.
Future versions may include memberships or expanded dinner options, but the initial launch focuses on building trust, gathering feedback, and helping people meet in person.
How to Join
People interested in joining the Puerto Vallarta pilot can complete the intake questionnaire at sixnewfriends.com
Once the form is submitted, participants will receive a confirmation email and may later be invited to a curated dinner table when a compatible group is available.
Because matches are based on compatibility, availability, and table balance, completing the questionnaire does not guarantee an immediate dinner invitation. But it does place the participant in the matching pool for upcoming pilot dinners.
All information provided in your questionnaire is private and only used to find the best matches and contact you with dinner invites. No information is shared with other invitees.
