Yelp's Top 100 in the USA
Feb 13, 2016, 12:52 pm
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The list is based on yelp reviews with corresponding demographics.
I've been to probably a dozen (incl 1, 15, 16, 17) - they are all good and inexpensive places. This is not michelin etc formal dining but rather the kind of food i can afford to grab pretty much every day. (to address CMK10 comment - los agaves has some very good and some rather generic dishes just like most of them)
I've been to probably a dozen (incl 1, 15, 16, 17) - they are all good and inexpensive places. This is not michelin etc formal dining but rather the kind of food i can afford to grab pretty much every day. (to address CMK10 comment - los agaves has some very good and some rather generic dishes just like most of them)
Feb 13, 2016, 3:26 pm
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Why does anyone take Yelp seriously? I find the posts to be mostly whiney millenials who like to say extremely nasty things about a restaurant if the bus boy looks at them strangely. 
Feb 13, 2016, 3:47 pm
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Maybe it depends on the city and the particular restaurants. San Diego's listings don't seem too bad to me, for instance. Then again, I use Yelp mostly to find businesses and don't really pay too much attention to the reviews unless the business scores less than 4/5 or so.
Feb 14, 2016, 4:18 pm
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The methodology is interesting, and may explain some of the quirks.
The localization may end up penalizing especially east coast cities with multiple counties in the metro area. DC restaurants would exclude all the MD & VA residents who dine in the district; Manhattan restaurants would exclude workers from the other boroughs and NJ...
Businesses from across the country were compared using a ranking that looks at both the ratings and the number of reviews while accounting for quality, popularity, and statistical fluctuations. To localize the list, only reviews written by users whose profiles list their home location as within the reviewed businesses’ country were factored into the ranking.
Feb 15, 2016, 9:20 am
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The methodology is interesting, and may explain some of the quirks.
The localization may end up penalizing especially east coast cities with multiple counties in the metro area. DC restaurants would exclude all the MD & VA residents who dine in the district; Manhattan restaurants would exclude workers from the other boroughs and NJ...
The localization may end up penalizing especially east coast cities with multiple counties in the metro area. DC restaurants would exclude all the MD & VA residents who dine in the district; Manhattan restaurants would exclude workers from the other boroughs and NJ...
Feb 15, 2016, 12:35 pm
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To localize the list, only reviews written by users whose profiles list their home location as within the reviewed businesses’ country were factored into the ranking.
Why is everyone reading county?
Why is everyone reading county?
Feb 15, 2016, 12:46 pm
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Feb 16, 2016, 2:34 pm
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I've been a regular Yelp user & contributor for several years and I've only been to one of these restaurants. Ironically the lowest on the list (#100). And that one restaurant cemented for me my current method of using Yelp: I look for businesses that are well reviewed on Yelp but not too well reviewed. A restaurant with a few dozen reviews and a strong average? Probably a solid place. A restaurant with thousands of raves? That's past the tipping point where crowd sourcing becomes groupthink.
Feb 16, 2016, 6:04 pm
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Interesting. Past Yelp Top 100s seemed more exciting. I've been to about a dozen on this list. While some were deserving, some definitely were not. But its another list to review and there are a couple spots that I want to try that I've never heard of.
Feb 16, 2016, 8:24 pm
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Yelp's Top 100- I would think the list would be more useful as a reference for restaurants to avoid than as a list of restaurants I'd want to patronize. Granted both types of restaurants are bound to be on the list, but if one were to choose randomly, the likelihood of a miss would be much greater than the chance of finding a great restaurant.
Feb 16, 2016, 9:12 pm
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The problem with this list, and any put together from public ratings, is that it's more aligned with "exceeded expectations of the clientele" than "best". Check triapadvisor - you'll see very, very good Holiday Inn Expresses and Sheraton's at the top sometimes. They're very good for the price, and greatly exceed the norm for folks who stay there. But they're not Four Season's.
But if you're looking for a very good inexpensive restaurant, it's not a bad list to review. But food preferences vary so much, even the best list will be hit-or-miss for each person.
But if you're looking for a very good inexpensive restaurant, it's not a bad list to review. But food preferences vary so much, even the best list will be hit-or-miss for each person.
Feb 16, 2016, 10:22 pm
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Atlanta--in fact all of Georgia--has only one place on the list, and it's a cheapo little lunch spot in Midtown. Whatta joke. Seems to me someone at Yelp HQ needed to spend a little more time composing this list and adjusting criteria.