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Doesn't surprise me at all. I have stopped using Yelp for recommendations and went back to asking locals whenever I'm traveling. Not only is their search algori
by tinbad 10y ago
Doesn't surprise me at all. I have stopped using Yelp for recommendations and went back to asking locals whenever I'm traveling. Not only is their search algorithm terrible (seems completely arbitrary to how or why places do/don't show up), the reviews and ratings seem to be a completely random and often times unreliable.
Part of the issue is that it's an oversimplified rating that doesn't allow for refinement. I can't recall how many times I see a place that has really good food only getting 3 stars because people don't like "the ambience" or the "service is slow" - two things that I, for example, don't care about as much.
- nradov 10y agoWe were in Vienna recently and wanted to find a good café to eat dessert. So of course I pulled out my phone and started searching for reviews. My wife just walked over to a fat policeman and asked him for a recommendation. Her technique seems to work pretty well.
- tunap 10y agoI used to trust and find gems with urbanspoon, but it feels like since the zomato change it misses niche places in small towns I know exist from previous experience. As stated above, ask a local. If they say Applebees, ask someone else.