https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/yelps-top-100-restaurants-in-america-2016
portos best place to eat yummmm
but i yelp everything. lawyers. dentists. doctors. clubs. barbers. i mean it.
yea. but im reading lately that yelp is more and more scammy
I don’t leave reviews myself, but do read reviews from Yelp, Trip Advisor, etc. I automatically assume every 5 star review is by the owner and employees and every 1 star is by competitors.
I wrote a Yelp review for Analyst Forum. Good site, informed me about the man who eats live snakes. Too bad 70% of the members are likely serial gropers, so I deducted 1 star.
^hahahahahaha.
in other news. i had bottle service at this spot.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-argyle-los-angeles
just read the reviews for the first time. HILARIOUS!
fancy place. score?
I hardly ever use yelp. I rely on word of mouth recommendations.
i use yelp. i have heard all the horror stories about bribery but generally places with many reviews i find to be pretty accurate. 3.5 is typically a minimum for anything but drinks, 4 stars youll usually get some quality food. Most of the time poor reviews are due to service more than the food though
Like a locust, I free ride off of the information contributed to the aggregate ratings, relying on the wisdom of crowds, without lifting a finger to help the system in any way.
Same, never written a review. If I did, I’d probably write good ones for places I didn’t like so that places I do like are less crowded.
I’d be afraid to write a bad review for a place and then getting sued.
i really dont know if you write a truthful review based on your actual experience what standing they would have to sue. If you are making stuff up sure, but i have written some reviews. Usually only review places i like though, dont bother with places I didnt care for.
i think ive written two or three reviews my entire life but use it on a daily basis. both reviews were scathingly bad (1 star). The first was a haunted house in nyc that i paid $100 for my ex and iat the time for 15 minutes of abs no scariness whatsoever and having to run through a tube (probably full of diseases). In my review i think i said something along the lines that i’d rather jerkoff with sandpaper than repeat such a horrid service.
The other was my audi dealer that tried to screw me over. made sure no one makes the same mistake as me. that dealership was so fraudulent - even by dealership standards. I still have dreams of revenge against them.
i’d prefer a place with a 4.2 star rating and 300 reviews over a place with a 4.8 star rating and 10 reviews. the more reviews, the less likely they are fake. reviews by people who review a lot of places and who like a lot of places that you like are good. i think yelp needs to advertise “star reviewers” more as i think they are just as important as the average star value.
I find that one category where you should treat reviews with skepticism is Chinese restaurants, since these are typically dominated by angry white people who complain about the service, and in particular, rude waiters. That is just how things work in those places. Don’t walk into KFC and ask for cheeseburgers, is what I am saying.
+1 they dont get you just have to grab any random person who works there and tell them what you want and they will do it. Seems rude to most americans to do that but its just how they work, cultural differences.
Some places have a condition hidden in their terms of service that you cannot leave bad reviews in a public forum. Even without such a condition, you still have to respond to a lawsuit or you lose. Responding costs time and/or money. Google “sued for bad review” and you’ll see it’s not as uncommon as you might expect.
A lot of diners at Chinese restaurants also fail to appreciate the complex flavors associated with fried road kill.
wasnt there a funny yelp story few years ago about a pizzza joint in san diego?