I tend to skip TA for reviews these days and just look at the forums for tips and advice and it's been quite helpful in that respect.

If I'm looking for hotel reviews, I tend to look at the ones posted on booking sites that only allow users to review a place they've booked through them so you know that they've actually stayed there (Booking.com, Expedia etc). The reviews might still be a little skewed due to overly high expectations of a property (I've read some that criticise the timings of FREE shuttles to theme parks when they also get free wifi and two double beds in the room for $45 a night!) but the average user wouldn't be able to flood the site with fake reviews.