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Ask HN: Calling all “foodies” – how effective do you find Yelp?
As an individual who typically eats out on weekends (only) - I've found in a number of cities - NYC, San Francisco, Philly, etc. restaurants having 100s, or 1000s of reviews with 4 or greater stars...leaving the restaurant scratching my head wondering "how the heck was that rated so well"?
I'm wondering how effective you find Yelp's reviews / rating system in your city <x> ?
What DO and DONT you like about it?
Thanks!
- nether 12y agoDon't. Use the primary newspaper's food critic's list. For Los Angeles, I use: http://ballots.latimes.com/lists/101-best-restaurants-jonathan-gold/ http://ballots.latimes.com/lists/101-best-restaurants-jonath...
- wclax04 12y agoI've started using FourSquare more and more recently for reviews. I just don't trust Yelp anymore.
- billconan 12y agoI like yelp and use it a lot. I think it has replaced the menu. I'd like to see the actual pictures of the food when ordering. but I did see some highly rated restaurants provide junk food and bad services. not sure if we can trust reviews.