Since joining Yelp I have almost no need to check out this tribe and some other suggestions..i LOVE YELP!
anyone here that loves yelp? in the bay area?love reading reviews.
www.yelp.com
anyone here that loves yelp? in the bay area?love reading reviews.
www.yelp.com
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Fri, April 4, 2008 - 1:41 PMI find yelp to be helpful, but a lot of the times, the reviews are a bit too snarky and unreliable. For the most part, I find that people are a lot more willing to complain about bad experiences than share good ones, so the ratings tend to make the places seem a little worse than they actually are. But that's just my opinion. -
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Fri, April 4, 2008 - 10:13 PMI agree with Mark. I find this to be true, that the negative reviews are mostly from people that pehaps have caused themselves to have a bad dining experience, and then get all snarky and pissy about in their reviews. Then there's the flip side, when people just gush about what a faaaaaabulous time they had and so and so forth...
Food is a very personal experience. I tend to take most restaurant reviews with a grain of fleur de sel ; )
However, I do agree with you that Yelp is pretty cool....
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Sun, April 6, 2008 - 6:50 PMyes, very true, many reviews are really negative, but not all of them...and yes, taking it with a grain of salt of course....for instance, I just tried "TAMARINDO" in down town oakland, it was DELISH! so good...tapas, everyone on yelp "raved about" there amazing cocunut flan....i thought i was ok...i wouldn't order it again. they did have this amazing crepe with caramel sauce though....
I guess I love writing reviews..and have only written a few negative ones (that really deserved it). I like to read them and see what a lot of people liked (since i really value consistency most with any restaurant) and that's the main reason i like yelp.... -
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Tue, April 8, 2008 - 4:04 PMI'm with you Angi! I love YELP, and I admit to YELPing a little everyday....And I always take the reviews with a grain of salt, but there have been a couple of times times that I have read about a place giving someone food poisoning, and ignored it...And then getting it myself! I just smack my head and say" Shouldda listened to YELP"
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Mon, April 7, 2008 - 10:14 PMYelp's okay in finding restaurants I haven't tried. Word of mouth rules, whether it be from people I know, people I know on the internet, or strangers on the internet.
Since it's all a matter of taste anyway, and obviously my taste is more important to me than your experience, I'll give a restaurant at least one try.
