Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles away in Waukegan

Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by warriormonk5 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @09:32PM (#18861807)

Serious question. I thought Yelp was basically dead? I essentially only use Google reviews.

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Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by nemothekid on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @10:27PM (#18862022)

I’m someone who prefers Yelp to Google Reviews. 4, 4.5 and 5 star yelp rating is as good as an objective top rating for me - and the volume of reviews seems to be higher on Yelp as well.

I find Google ratings are inflated as well. I’ve commonly seen restaurants that is 3 stars on Yelp have 4.5 stars on Google. A 4.5 Yelp restaurant (in SF) at least almost always means there is a line or a reservation. 4.5 stars on Google almost always means “they won’t poison you here”

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Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by skilled on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:53AM (#18862831)

I agree with this analogy. Mostly because I will give a place 5-star review if it's half decent and affordable. On Google Reviews that is.

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Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by gumby on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:24PM (#18862242)

There must be some weird Yelp-fu to which I am not privy.

I have never found Yelp to be useful in the slightest. Yet my gf is able to look in Yelp and find great places to eat or find something we need. I honestly haven't the faintest idea how she acquired this superpower.

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Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by slow_donkey on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @09:43AM (#18864977)

I don't pick the first place I see off Yelp, it's more of a filter for bad restaurants and then check remaining menus. I've found the actual written reviews to not be very useful unless I'm looking for authenticity (Chinese vs American Chinese)

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Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by lgats on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @12:12AM (#18862446)

girlfriends know yelp.

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Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by dagoat on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @09:44PM (#18861849)

Last I checked Yelp is used by Apple on their maps in the US (and perhaps elsewhere). As for Google reviews - they always appear inflated whenever I cross check them, so you're always eating somewhere good. Same thing for facebook reviews.

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Re:Yelp claims Chicago area's best restaurant is 40 miles aw... by reaperducer on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @09:00AM (#18864699)

I thought Yelp was basically dead? I essentially only use Google reviews.

I don't trust Yelp. But I trust Google even less. Yes, maybe the Google Reviews people are siloed from all the bad things happening elsewhere in the company. But as far as I am concerned, anything with Big G's logo on it is automatically suspect.

/Moving my e-mail and documents off of Google as I write this

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