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In contrast to many posters here, I really like Yelp (as a user, at least, never been a restaurant owner). I sort by number of reviews and find places that are highly rated (4 stars or so) and almost always this has worked well. Other services I've tried are not nearly as easy to use or reliable.
I don't understand why they don't offer delivery like grubhub?
I don't understand why they don't offer delivery like grubhub?
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Your choices aren't just Yelp and nothing though. There are things that are better than both, like Foursquare.
Tripadvisor has always been best for me, in the UK, but you do have to interpret reviews carefully.
I abandoned Yelp as a user pretty quick as it was just too much to filter through so many reviews by people who 1) Had some one off bad experience that is probably not representative of anything. 2) Wished that place they reviewed was like some other place that is kinda the same but ... it's twice the price so why are you comparing?
Seems a lot of reviews are hidden. Suspect they hide good reviews unless the owner pays to be an advertiser.
The same way HN uses green usernames.
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What do you use instead?
This might not be helpful, but I decided to rely on serendipity. Sometimes I feel like we think too much about finding the best of the 'best' and we rely on expert opinions of the crowd instead of taking a chance ourselves and trying out new things.
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Google maps reviews is just as good if not better in some ways IMO. That's what I use as an alternative.
This is really really not true. I did a local comparison any Google map reviews were REALLY REALLY bad whereas Yelp knew what the good restaurants were. Not even close, at least in my area.
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What do you use instead?
I don't know if this is accurate, but I have the sense that Trip Advisor is kind of taking over the space, at least for food and cultural stuff.