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Yelp - accurate?

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  • 18-04-2016 8:54pm
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    CalbArred
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭


    I am visiting from the US this summer and I have been looking to find good restaurants to visit while I am here. In the US yelp is a decent resource, even though based on their business model restaurants can skew the results. However, who can tell when a restaurant is definitely not a good choice.

    Looking at Yelp-Dublin it seems there aren't almost any bad restaurants. Is it just that people are less critical, the restaurants are better, or maybe there is a better resource to find honest reviews?


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    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,358 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    www.menupages.ie might be a better site to check.... I don't use it all that often but reviews seem to be reasonably fair on it.


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    Gmaximum
    Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭Gmaximum


    Your best bet is to ask the locals where they'd recommend. Review sites are rarely genuinely balanced in my view


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    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,358 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Or ask on here..... can't guarantee you won't get biased opinions, but opinions you'll get aplenty :D


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    Merkin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,230 ✭✭✭Merkin


    Mod: I'm moving this thread for you OP as its more appropriate to the Dublin City forum. Hope you enjoy your upcoming trip! :)


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Outside of Foursquare, there isn't a single crowdsourced review site that I trust. That includes Tripadvisor, Yelp, menupages etc. For some reason Foursquare has proved the most honest for me. Probably because people and venues aren't trying game it.

    Perhaps try to find a few good Dublin based blogs for ideas. Also read the food critics in the major newspapers to see what's hot at the moment


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    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 30,276 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    +1 for Menupages

    That would always be my first port of call for a Dublin restaurant I wasn't familiar with.
    And I have seen some brutally honest reviews up there in my time.

    Some Boards threads from last year or so that might be helpful...

    Best Eats in Dublin:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=93530970

    Early Bird Offers near Stephens Green (Central Dublin 2):
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=92527624

    Lunch Restaurants near Stephens Green:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=95938334

    Restaurants for a Special Saturday Night:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=93391718

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    CalbArred
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭CalbArred


    Totally off topic, but you guys rock. The amount ,quality and speed of feedback I get on this site is incredible. Really helpful.
    If this is a reflection of what it would be to live like in Ireland....


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    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    CalbArred wrote: »
    If this is a reflection of what it would be to live like in Ireland....

    It's not :pac:


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    strandroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭strandroad


    CalbArred wrote: »
    Looking at Yelp-Dublin it seems there aren't almost any bad restaurants. Is it just that people are less critical, the restaurants are better, or maybe there is a better resource to find honest reviews?

    People are less critical I think, if you see a picky detailed review it usually turns out that the author is American. It's not an Irish thing to complain or to demand to have the meal comped, normally it's just "it's crap so remember to never come back here". But then you don't need to tip as much so it's swings and roundabouts.

    I find that TripAdvisor tends to have more scathing (and sometimes entertaining) reviews, but for some reason it tends to attract slightly older clientele.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Stheno wrote: »
    It's not :pac:

    Stop putting us down....if we want to ,we'll do it ourselves :)


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    SB_Part2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭SB_Part2


    I think Zomato is decent.


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    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Lily Gigantic Fast-food wrote: »
    Stop putting us down....if we want to ,we'll do it ourselves :)

    Look Ireland is a decent place to live for the most part, people are helpful and friendly, but it depends on where you live :)

    Now in terms of restaurants and eating out, I've my regular haunts that I love, the staff know me etc and they are great.

    Guess it swings in roundabouts.


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    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,874 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    dudara wrote: »
    Perhaps try to find a few good Dublin based blogs for ideas.
    :D OP, you should definitely read dudara's blog for restaurant recommendations.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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