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I feel it's kind of disingenuous to call it a "pub in the middle of nowhere" when it's a Michelen star rated restaurant that only offers a tasting menu. Also th

I feel it's kind of disingenuous to call it a "pub in the middle of nowhere" when it's a Michelen star rated restaurant that only offers a tasting menu. Also the article doesn't describe why it was named the World's Best Restaurant. It just says they used "an algorithm that takes into account the quantity and quality of millions of reviews". Reviewers on Yelp/TripAdvisor/etc are generally really terrible and know nothing about food, so this accolade is probably not worth much in real value. However it's crazy how quickly it affected their publicity.

jdmichal 9y ago
Also when the article itself says it was converted from a pub to a restaurant... "Banks’ parents, who are farmers, bought the North Yorkshire pub and converted it into a restaurant."
SeanDav 9y ago
> " so this accolade is probably not worth much in real value" Not entirely sure what the parent post was trying to imply here but, from the Article: - "We never imagined quite how big it would become. Things just went crazy. The phone rang off the hook, and e-mails, e-mails, e-mails. We took 1,200 bookings in four hours, and that has filled us up for the rest of the year." Unless the OP was trying to say the value was in the judgement of quality of the restaurant, in which case one has to ignore the 1000's of rave reviews...
- apetresc 9y ago
  Literally the next sentence after your quote was "However it's crazy how quickly it affected their publicity."
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stefemea 9y ago
tbf, most people in the wide world would consider a restaurant in the North York Moors, where there's just green on Google maps, the middle of nowhere. As opposed to, say, Paris or some other city. It's a bit of hyperbole but not wild or inaccurate. Plus the location has nothing to do with its tasting menu or Michelin star.
stefemea 9y ago
As for why it was named World's Best, you want more detail about the algo? The writer visited the restaurant, ate there, described the food, the preparation, quoted reviews from TA...

jdmichal 9y ago

Also when the article itself says it was converted from a pub to a restaurant... "Banks’ parents, who are farmers, bought the North Yorkshire pub and converted it into a restaurant."

SeanDav 9y ago

> " so this accolade is probably not worth much in real value" Not entirely sure what the parent post was trying to imply here but, from the Article: - "We never imagined quite how big it would become. Things just went crazy. The phone rang off the hook, and e-mails, e-mails, e-mails. We took 1,200 bookings in four hours, and that has filled us up for the rest of the year." Unless the OP was trying to say the value was in the judgement of quality of the restaurant, in which case one has to ignore the 1000's of rave reviews...

apetresc 9y ago
Literally the next sentence after your quote was "However it's crazy how quickly it affected their publicity."

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stefemea 9y ago

tbf, most people in the wide world would consider a restaurant in the North York Moors, where there's just green on Google maps, the middle of nowhere. As opposed to, say, Paris or some other city. It's a bit of hyperbole but not wild or inaccurate. Plus the location has nothing to do with its tasting menu or Michelin star.

stefemea 9y ago

As for why it was named World's Best, you want more detail about the algo? The writer visited the restaurant, ate there, described the food, the preparation, quoted reviews from TA...