re: Most Accurate Restaurant Rating (Google Maps or Yelp)?

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use Yelp too, but so many of its reviews look like someone just dashed off an "It sucks" or "Best sushi in town!" on their phone.

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I trust those more than the ones complaining about panty hose getting ripped because of the table undercoating

How fat do your thighs have to be to touch the bottom on a table?

This. I find this especially the case for hotels, and more specifically resorts. I've seen people write novels on various resorts and what not, giving every detail imaginable in a good way.

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I'm not sure if it's TripAdvisor (although I think it is), but there's a website where literally no place has a bad review

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Not sure which review site you're referencing, but it's not Trip Advisor.

There are plenty of scorched earth reviews there.

Not saying Yelp is legit but we also have this:

Google Bribes Users to Post Restaurant Reviews
Google is still trying to beat Yelp at the user review game.

"Google is trying to beef up its Local Guides feature, a piece of Google Maps that feels and acts like Yelp or Foursquare in giving recommendations and offering user-generated insights into businesses like restaurants. The Verge reports the search engine is turning the information, photographs, reviews, and ratings that users provide into a sort of game.

Each time a user submits a bit information — a photograph of a place, a review, a star rating, or an answer to a question — they earn points. These points can then be turned in for perks like early access to Google products, travel to a reviewer "summit," and even a terabyte of Google storage, which is valued at $9.99.

It's clear that though Google Maps is the most widely used map program, when it comes to deciding where to eat, users are more likely to use Yelp or another similar application. Apps that specialize in making restaurant recommendations have a long way to go, and are powered by a weird mix of human and artificial intelligence."

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I normally disregard reviews that have either 5 stars or 1 star. Half of them are written by psychos.
3 to 4 star reviews are usually the most logical, well said reviews.

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Is this a bad thing? I mean Yelp threatens restaurants to join them or they will move bad reviews to the top. Or did I read that incorrectly?

Billion Dollar Bully Documentary (Yelp)

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I think anything that de-legitimize a review makes the whole process compromised.

And I did say this in my post:

"Not saying Yelp is legit but we also have this: "

Shoot me over your Ben's Burger review. How did you like that beast burger?

I do google and yelp but take with a grain of salt most of the time. Most of the time I am looking at the pics.

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I do google and yelp but take with a grain of salt most of the time. Most of the time I am looking at the pics.

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Same, I'll read a few reviews just a shits.

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I normally disregard reviews that have either 5 stars or 1 star. Half of them are written by psychos.
3 to 4 star reviews are usually the most logical, well said reviews.

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i think it really depends on the total amount of reviews. if there are 100s of reviews and its a 1 or 2 star place, it probably sucks. conversely, a 5 star rating, with only 7 ratings, doesn't mean anything.

if a place has a ton of reviews, the rating should be accurate, as all the psychotic, illogical 1 star reviews (and 5 star reviews by friends or family of the owners) will have no bearing on the overall rating.

I don't trust any of them but that said if someone is in the business I will read or view the review if it's a place i am interested in.