Ultimately a professional reviewer wouldn't be so easily swayed by this kind of sleazy behavior, but this is the price for having a stack of "reviews" for every

Ultimately a professional reviewer wouldn't be so easily swayed by this kind of sleazy behavior, but this is the price for having a stack of "reviews" for every gin joint in every town in the world, all written by Joe Public. Ultimately I think the old system was better: for most restaurants or trips, the "cost" of finding out whether you personally like a place is relatively small, and for bigger outlays we had the Michelin guide, Zagat, or what have you.