I usually skim a number of reviews on Yelp/Amazon, so that I can get a feel of the reviews for people who have similar taste to me. If someone gives a decent re

I usually skim a number of reviews on Yelp/Amazon, so that I can get a feel of the reviews for people who have similar taste to me. If someone gives a decent restaurant in DC or NY 1 star based on the price and then suggests I go to the Applebees down the street, I can just filter that out. On the flip side, ratings are not absolute -- when I'm reading reviews of a take-out burrito joint, I'm not looking for an 8 course meal, and it's possible that the local chipotle really is 5 stars among available burrito joints. My expectations of Per Se are really high, so maybe if I go there and get a meal that's 'only' awesome, it gets 4 stars, without that being inconsistent. Perhaps better filtering could be done by taking price more into account, or asking users to 'class' a restaurant? (Take out, family, sit-down, gourmet, etc)