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May 26, 2020
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ReyOso
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Reviews have greatly improved restaurants near tourist sites.
It used to be they generally sucked because clients never returned regardless. Reviews bring some honesty to the trade.
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How did people find quality restaurants before review sites became a thing?
Santi
5/26/20 3:24pm
Word of mouth
LiveCoug
5/26/20 3:25pm
Honestly, I still trust word of mouth over review sites.
SandYFan
5/26/20 3:29pm
You have a figure a good chunk of both positive and negative reviews are
Duke Silver
5/26/20 3:39pm
This is exactly why I'm wanting to move away from review sites.
Santi
5/26/20 3:50pm
Trial and error.
a priori
5/26/20 3:25pm
magazines and newspaper reviews meant a lot.
Cougarclaw
5/26/20 3:26pm
Also.. Zagat's
LiveCoug
5/26/20 3:29pm
I had forgotten about Zagat's. I still have some of those.
Cougarclaw
5/26/20 3:36pm
So... You're Beverly, not Hank.
LiveCoug
5/26/20 3:37pm
Ask someone coming out, as you're going in. "Was it good?"
lightmann
5/26/20 3:27pm
RE: How did people find quality restaurants before review sites became a thing?
kccougar
5/26/20 3:32pm
I think that was what made franchises so popular.
crack
5/26/20 3:40pm
Reviews have greatly improved restaurants near tourist sites.
ReyOso
5/26/20 3:42pm
People actually talked to other people.
agentx
5/26/20 4:01pm
We were less picky 30 years ago. Seems to me like we just went to restaurants, said "that was good" and then didn't
Pistol Shrimp
5/26/20 4:08pm
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