I honestly don't bother with online restaurant reviews anymore. No matter how good of a place it is, you can always have an off night or a challenging customer. These generate negative reviews in an indistinguishable manner from any other restaurant. The only positive reviews I see look suspiciously like what employees would write so those aren't helpful either. 1-5 star ratings are meaningless.
But movie reviews (a la Rotten Tomatoes) work somehow. Possibly because they aren't just flaming rants about how there was a hair in their popcorn. Maybe if the reviewing community were asked "what restaurants do you frequent and why?" and you could follow active citizen reviewers in your area it might generate more constructive feedback.
But movie reviews (a la Rotten Tomatoes) work somehow. Possibly because they aren't just flaming rants about how there was a hair in their popcorn. Maybe if the reviewing community were asked "what restaurants do you frequent and why?" and you could follow active citizen reviewers in your area it might generate more constructive feedback.