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Michelin's reviews have nearly always been in line with my own tastes. Yelp, not so much. A good portion of Yelp reviews are written by rubes who don't don't kn
by gyardley 11y ago
Michelin's reviews have nearly always been in line with my own tastes. Yelp, not so much. A good portion of Yelp reviews are written by rubes who don't don't know what good food is, tightwads who prefer a low price over quality, and boors who don't understand why a restaurant won't tolerate their embarrassingly bad behavior - enough to significantly botch their accuracy.
- Turing_Machine 11y agoCase in point: the person who gave a seafood restaurant in Alaska a bad review because the tilapia "wasn't fresh". First off, the closest place to Alaska where you can get really fresh tilapia is, like, Louisiana. It's a warm water fish (native to the Mediterranean, if I remember right). Secondly, it's a mass-produced trash fish. This place has wild-caught salmon, halibut, king crab... but nope. The dude orders tilapia, then throws a wobbly because it's not fresh.
- rottyguy 11y agoOn the other hand, I've eaten my share of expensive food at "fine" dining establishments across nyc and have found less then 10% are worth the price (eg. worth going back). The recent one was Maialino in Grammercy. So much wanted to like it but our dinner was disappointing (thankfully the company picked up the tab). Overly salty Fettucini and Sausage and mediocre chicken cutlet.
- tedunangst 11y agoHow many stars does Maialino have?
- 2muchcoffeeman 11y agoWell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law Most fine dining places I've been to in Sydney are nice enough, but also not usually worth a repeat visit.