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It's funny that this is your take on those two reviews, because my initial reaction was exactly the opposite: I would weigh the pub review more highly. In gener
by RussianCow 8y ago
It's funny that this is your take on those two reviews, because my initial reaction was exactly the opposite: I would weigh the pub review more highly. In general, I have found that people (especially Americans) tend to vastly over-exaggerate service issues at restaurants, and it's always unclear from those kinds of reviews whether this was just a one-time thing or something systemic. Plus, I'm not sure how it's possible to tell that "everyone hates their jobs" from one visit. On the other hand, someone saying that the crab cakes were "mostly batter" is a pretty objective observation about the food (you know, the most important part of going out to eat) that I can use to make my decision.
Either way though, I think we're mostly in agreement about how to find good places to eat.
- tragomaskhalos 8y agoThis is a good point - sites like notalwaysright.com have what are to this British person's eyes utterly jaw-dropping accounts of US businesses bending over backwards to accommodate idiotic, rude or blatantly dishonest customers, who would basically be told to bugger off if they tried their histrionics here.
- stephengillie 8y ago> It's funny that this is your take on those two reviews, because my initial reaction was exactly the opposite: I would weigh the pub review more highly. And I weighed the pub review more highly as well. And the pub has locals raving from 30 miles away. Nobody knows about the cafe; I went in once and it was completely empty, so I went to the McDonald's that had a few customers.