Yelp.com
This site was surprisingly very well organized. The amount of information included in this one site is overwhelming when you actually look at it, but that feeling is relieved by the categorized reviews. Without this, the site would feel like a mess of random reviews. Fortunately, the site was very easy to navigate and provided ample amount of information. I feel as if I would be well prepared to dine at any of these restaurants; my favorite is that the site suggests which meal is the best to attend. In addition, Yelp maps each of your search results and provides suggestions for other restaurants that are related to the restaurant being viewed. This helps to provide a variety and demonstrates no bias. The users of this site also aid the process of searching for a place to dine. Each review I read was well-written and provided ample first-hand diner suggestions. Also, the user is able to view pictures of each restaurant which aids in identifying the restaurant.
Tasting Menu
This site seems to be more for recipe reviews. The restaurants suggested here are simple and quick. Each is organized by location and does not elaborate on the restaurants. However, contact information is included. The recipes listed here are very well organized and easy to follow. Each is accompanied by a complimentary photograph which makes me hungry just reading about this. What I do not like about this site is that the recipes are taken from another site. I don’t like having to switch between sites in order to find what I need. That might be a personal thing.
Atlanta Foodies
This site is blog based which makes it unorganized. However, I could find a lot of really interesting food activities and restaurants in Atlanta. Some of these blogs were more detailed than others and included contact information and prices of activities which I appreciate. For the most part, there was only one blog that really helped me.
A Formal Goodbye to the Foodies Blogs
14 years ago
The best thing about Yelp is its layout on the homepage. On typing Yelp.com you are automatically redirected to the appropriate regional site depending on your location. This is helpful as it brings up links you are most likely to be interested in. Also the reviews cover everything from restaurants and shopping stores to hotel/travel. However, most of the reviews are amateur and biased - understandable considering the audience and contributors.
ReplyDeleteAs far as which would be most useful when trying to pick a restaurant, Yelp.com would be by far the most helpful. The ability to see multiple reviews of the same restaurant is a very useful feature.
ReplyDeleteThe multiple reviews are certainly useful because it allows multiple opinions. Since all restaurant reviews are opinion based, having multiple ones is certainly a plus. I also really liked all the different categories on the Yelp site. They allow one to focus in on exactly what you want instead of mindlessly perusing the site until you come across something interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with yelp was that there were so many contradicting views such that i feel it would be difficult to understand anything about the restaraunt. I looked over one restaraunt review in detail and it seemed like there was a collection of 5 star reviews saying everything was splendid followed by 1 star reviews saying everything was awful. We have remember these are not professionals and it is possible that they their reviews were affected by outside factors such as what mood they were in when they went.
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