Do You YELP?

[happytypinggirl]

Until Mollys opened, i had never heard of the website www.yelp.com and when i started searching for Molly's yelp kept coming up.

I was completely shocked to learn that they are HUGE even in NY, and I had never heard of them, and i still never hear anyone talking about them.

They are a site for regular people like you and me to review everything-- but mostly its taken off with restaurants and stuff. I now yelp several times a day-- to review restaurants, to see what people think of restaurants I'm going to and even to find new places to go.

One of the best features is their search for restaurants. I love that you can click on a map to exactly where you are and set a radius from that exact spot and then click on the type of restaurant you're interested in, and price range. Its great for in the city. Other sites let you search by town, or even neighborhood, but half the time in NYC im in between neighborhoods. Like if you're at 57th and 7th, you dont want midtown east, or midtown west, or the upper west side-- you want to know the restaurants in the 10 blocks around where you are to grab something for lunch, in all directions.

Also, they have a dorky little friend aspect to it where you can befriend people whose reviews you like, put up pictures of yourself, comment on other peoples reviews, and even send silly little hugs and waves to people you like. Its a cute little community there.

So my question is, do you guys know about this and have you been using it? Or is it just me? and if you are...lets be friends!!!

[Foster]

Never heard of it before, but it looks like it will come handy when I travel for work. I always have a hard time finding a decent place to eat when I'm out of town.
Thanks.

[BoondockSaint]

Who you calling regular? I'll have you know that I'm very irregular.

Yelp is great, I look at it all the time.

[happytypinggirl]

Who you calling regular? I'll have you know that I'm very irregular.

Yelp is great, I look at it all the time.

ok ok ok there's nothing regular about me either. but i meant reviews by customers, not critics. :)

[Chigworthy]

Cool site HTG. Even for my non-big ciy area, there are 13000 listings.

[Foster]

I just got back from South San Francisco (not the same as San Francisco) and my GPS was great for showing restaurants around the area, but I had no idea if they were any good or not. Now all I have to do is check with yelp.com for suggestions, and if it turns out the food stinks I can blame HTG.

[underdog]

I Yelp in Boston as much as possible, but I usually get lazy and don't write reviews.

Also, my friend's company just launched Zeer.com, which is like Yelp, only for just organic stuff, I think.

[A.J.]

Ha! I clicked that link and Madam's Organ came up! I haven't been there in years.

Cool site HTG. I need to check out the local reviews.

[happytypinggirl]

your welcome.

by the way you can find my stupid little page on

http://htg.yelp.com

i have six whole friends!!! wooohooo

oh and Artichoke (the place ronnie b has been talking about) has a huge yelp page with lots of 5 star reviews.

[Foster]

your welcome.

by the way you can find my stupid little page on

http://htg.yelp.com

i have six whole friends!!! wooohooo

oh and Artichoke (the place ronnie b has been talking about) has a huge yelp page with lots of 5 star reviews.

62 Reviews!
Is that all you do all day?

[underdog]

your welcome.

by the way you can find my stupid little page on

http://htg.yelp.com

i have six whole friends!!! wooohooo

oh and Artichoke (the place ronnie b has been talking about) has a huge yelp page with lots of 5 star reviews.

I totally friended you.

Now I'll know where to go when I go to Chicago (or NJ)!

[happytypinggirl]

62 Reviews!
Is that all you do all day?

hahahhahahaha! sometimes when i cant sleep at night i just sit and add reviews. i have no clue why. I guess when i find something that is awesome (relatively rare) i like to support it, which means i like supporting yelp and good places i find.

that plus im a super dork. i think sheepy has a page too, you can find him by looking at my friends.

[underdog]

If you haven't heard about Yelp Elite yet, it supposedly the best. Some of my friends are "elite". Yelp throws special Elite parties with free booze and food like every month.

[Landblast]

hahahhahahaha! sometimes when i cant sleep at night i just sit and add reviews. i have no clue why. I guess when i find something that is awesome (relatively rare) i like to support it, which means i like supporting yelp and good places i find.

that plus im a super dork. i think sheepy has a page too, you can find him by looking at my friends.

I've been looking around this site for alittle while now, and it seems like a good a time as any to join, THANKS HAPPY TYPING GIRL!

[happytypinggirl]

If you haven't heard about Yelp Elite yet, it supposedly the best. Some of my friends are "elite". Yelp throws special Elite parties with free booze and food like every month.

awww maaaaaaaaaaaaaan you have to be invited to be in yelp elite. sure i can pass for someone who people listen to for advice but it turns out you have to be irreverant and funny too! dammit! ok everyone start marking each others reviews useful and funny!!!!!!

oh and i dont know if this is new or i just never noticed before, but now when you do a search by city or zip or location or whatever, it gives you an option of what kind of distance radius you want to use--

birds eye view of x miles, driving distance of x miles, walking distance 1 mile, or what I call im fat and lazy and need someting here and now distance (4 blocks).

[Dudeman]

i've used it. and you can find things others than restaurants or cupcake shops- i was looking up barber shops on yelp.

[Chigworthy]

Dammit, now I'm hungry.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

this seems like a good idea

people say Im obsessed with food, this is way to give my advice to others about restaurants

[underdog]

awww maaaaaaaaaaaaaan you have to be invited to be in yelp elite. sure i can pass for someone who people listen to for advice but it turns out you have to be irreverant and funny too! dammit! ok everyone start marking each others reviews useful and funny!!!!!!

I think you also have to write some sort of essay of why you think you're an Elite Yelper.

[Annie Waits]

awesome site, thanks!!

[happytypinggirl]

I think you also have to write some sort of essay of why you think you're an Elite Yelper.

i just did! im such a dorkus!!!!!!! 75 reviews.

[nukinfuts]

This is awesome...I have lived in my crappy midwestern city for like 6 years and we are always looking for something that is NOT a chain resturant which is hard to find here because there is an Applebees on every corner. There were a lot of resturants for my city so thank you for posting about this I definately think you should receive the elite yelper status. :clap:

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

OOoh OooH! I am always checkin out Yelp... but I don't have an acct though... So i'm a lurker... I silently yelp :0) Maybe I'll skulk outta the shadows now!

I like to take a peek before we go out to try a new place around here in the DC area... see what the word on the street is.... or ya know.. check out some reviews after to see if others are with my epicurian tastes... heh heh... Yeah I dig!

Also i check out Chowhound.com (http://www.chowhound.com/)
/ chow.com (http://www.chow.com/)

Maybe you likey! 'Sides having all the regional boards and stuff there are all kindsa interesting foodie thangs to behold as well :0)

[Foster]

I wish you could review movies, I just saw the new Indiana Jones movies and lets just say I need to vent.:wallbash:

[GameRelatedSig]

So vent here.

And if any of your venting is about vines and monkeys, you're preaching to the choir.

[Sue_Bender]

I don't Yelp.

But it sounds neat.

Maybe I'll become a Yelper.

That would be neat, too.

[happytypinggirl]

So vent here.

And if any of your venting is about vines and monkeys, you're preaching to the choir.

or refrigerators.

and pleaaaaaaaaase join!!! and be my friend!!

http://htg.yelp.com yay!

[Friday]

i will yelp.
if i feel the spirit move me.

[A.J.]

Also i check out Chowhound.com (http://www.chowhound.com/)
/ chow.com (http://www.chow.com/)

Maybe you likey! 'Sides having all the regional boards and stuff there are all kindsa interesting foodie thangs to behold as well :0)

That's a great site Kathleen. One of my favorite sites is Roadfood.com (http://www.roadfood.com/) It's a little lacking for some states, but it gives me an idea for places to try when I'm travelling around the country. They always welcome suggestions for new places to try and review. Click on "Restaurants" at the top and use the drop-down box to choose a state -- or use the state menu at the bottom of the page.

HollyEats.com (http://www.hollyeats.com/index.html) is kind of a similar site. Check out the topics/areas on the left hand side of the page.

[LaBoob]

I never heard of this before but I want to Yelp! I have TONS of opinions :smile:

[happytypinggirl]

i have 99 reviews. i am a dork.

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

That's a great site Kathleen. One of my favorite sites is Roadfood.com (http://www.roadfood.com/) It's a little lacking for some states, but it gives me an idea for places to try when I'm travelling around the country. They always welcome suggestions for new places to try and review. Click on "Restaurants" at the top and use the drop-down box to choose a state -- or use the state menu at the bottom of the page.

HollyEats.com (http://www.hollyeats.com/index.html) is kind of a similar site. Check out the topics/areas on the left hand side of the page.


Thanks man!!! You know I somehow stumbled onto Hollyeats before and had forgotten bout it..... roadfood is new to me... ahhh yeah.. thankee kindly :0)

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

i have 99 reviews. i am a dork.

Ahem... you are not a dork! Ok, so more with the lurkin', but I've been readin ya reviews and I'd say... not a dork... but one who has a flair for reviewin :0)

OK! One thing I currently wanna be like... again... "OOOH ME TOOO!" about is Penzey's...
I loooove Penzey's.. how bad ass to have a location in the city... wow... well, yeah I love when the Penzey's catalog comes in... exciting times for the ole gal... They really have top quality spices...oh, and like every dried chile in life... I do geek for it...

Eh, anywhoo...sorry to ramble... just... good reviews there, you! Hope review 100 is a good'un :0)

[EffMeBoobs]

OOoh OooH! I am always checkin out Yelp... but I don't have an acct though... So i'm a lurker... I silently yelp :0) Maybe I'll skulk outta the shadows now!

I like to take a peek before we go out to try a new place around here in the DC area... see what the word on the street is.... or ya know.. check out some reviews after to see if others are with my epicurian tastes... heh heh... Yeah I dig!

Also i check out Chowhound.com (http://www.chowhound.com/)
/ chow.com (http://www.chow.com/)

Maybe you likey! 'Sides having all the regional boards and stuff there are all kindsa interesting foodie thangs to behold as well :0)

Lou and I also do roadfood.com (http://chowhound.com]chowhound.com[/URL] for places around us, they have some great reviews. Deb I will be yelping as well!

We also check out [URL="http://roadfood.com) for kitchsy, small mom and pop places that you'll never be able to find. We've found some gems with that as well.

We also do chowhound.com (http://chowhound.com) for local flavors and we've had nothing but luck with it, and great reviews too.

[biggestmexi]

so is zagat not cool?

[happytypinggirl]

Ahem... you are not a dork! Ok, so more with the lurkin', but I've been readin ya reviews and I'd say... not a dork... but one who has a flair for reviewin :0)

OK! One thing I currently wanna be like... again... "OOOH ME TOOO!" about is Penzey's...
I loooove Penzey's.. how bad ass to have a location in the city... wow... well, yeah I love when the Penzey's catalog comes in... exciting times for the ole gal... They really have top quality spices...oh, and like every dried chile in life... I do geek for it...

Eh, anywhoo...sorry to ramble... just... good reviews there, you! Hope review 100 is a good'un :0)

haha! i miss you!!!! and yes i totally love Penzeys-- kicks the bejezzus out of supermarket brands. YUMMM! Ive never been in one of their actual stores and cant wait to go and smell and look and buy. Love their cocoa stuff too. And review 100 was a doozie!

oh...side note...thank you to the 14 people who added me as a friend. Yay! http://htg.yelp.com happy yelping and thanks for all the other recommendations of good search sites. i'm gonna checkem all out now.

[JPMNICK]

haha! i miss you!!!! and yes i totally love Penzeys-- kicks the bejezzus out of supermarket brands. YUMMM! Ive never been in one of their actual stores and cant wait to go and smell and look and buy. Love their cocoa stuff too. And review 100 was a doozie!

oh...side note...thank you to the 14 people who added me as a friend. Yay! http://htg.yelp.com happy yelping and thanks for all the other recommendations of good search sites. i'm gonna checkem all out now.

you have some great suggestions and reviews, even thought i have been to 90% of the places on your reviewed list, i did find a few i am going to try soon

[happytypinggirl]

you have some great suggestions and reviews, even thought i have been to 90% of the places on your reviewed list, i did find a few i am going to try soon

thats pretty impressive since my reviews came from all over ny, nj, chicago, philly, boston and even amarillo texas! :)

we must be leading parallel lives.

[biggestmexi]

you are very well traveled excitedtypingwomen.

you should try kansas city one day and try Arthur Bryant's....


mmmmmmm bbq

[ahhdurr]

I'm a yelper - I'll be your friend.

http://bagofweasels.yelp.com

[PD]

HTG,

good catch; seems to be a good amount of local reviews - more than zagat (and free).

thanks.

[mikeyboy]

I signed up -- http://mikeyboy.yelp.com -- but I haven't reviewed anything yet because I'm a slacker.

[A.J.]

I signed up -- http://mikeyboy.yelp.com -- but I haven't reviewed anything yet because I'm a slacker.

Ditto for me: http://a-j.yelp.com (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z0MfNP8bCI8OA0RxJGr4ug)

[JPMNICK]

Ditto for me: http://a-j.yelp.com (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z0MfNP8bCI8OA0RxJGr4ug)

i will be your 1st friend

[A.J.]

i will be your 1st friend

Thanks. How exactly do you request friends?

[JPMNICK]

Thanks. How exactly do you request friends?

click on the member, on the left hand side of their profile you can make them friends

[happytypinggirl]

yay for 30 friends!

[AngelAmy]

http://angelamy.yelp.com/

there i are.

[JPMNICK]

http://jpmnick.yelp.com/

[topless_mike]

only when i cant poop

[ahhdurr]

Just did two reviews - I'm beating mikey, but a way to go before I overtake Deb.

[JPMNICK]

Just did two reviews - I'm beating mikey, but a way to go before I overtake Deb.

she eats out a lot!

and then has plenty of time to write about it

[Freakshow]

Yelp? That's a ridiculous and preposeterous made-up word. I would never associate with such a thing.


On another note, I justed started to twitter. :clap:

[biggestmexi]

On another note, I justed started to twitter. :clap:


ewwww?

[AngelAmy]

reviewing places i have been to is definately addicting.
i dont know what i will do when i run out of stuff.

[A.J.]

I signed up -- http://mikeyboy.yelp.com -- but I haven't reviewed anything yet because I'm a slacker.

Ditto for me: http://a-j.yelp.com (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z0MfNP8bCI8OA0RxJGr4ug)

I added a couple for now.

[ahhdurr]

I feel like Anthony during his Everquest days with the Yelp. I'm walking away now - ... that's it. I'll be in the fetal position. I'm glad I've been doing yoga - there'd be no other excuse for this.

[happytypinggirl]

reviewing places i have been to is definately addicting.
i dont know what i will do when i run out of stuff.

i never run out. there's always more. hotels, parks, movie theaters, bars (love doing that, cuz i hate not knowing which theaters are good when im away from home), even websites (i just reviewed hopstop.

i've started doing searches in different areas i want to go to, and bookmarking places i want to visit and that usually unearths some place i'd forgotten i've been and i review it.

why is this so addicting? i can't believe i found a new way to be a total dork.

[mdr55]

I think I wrote a review for the american indian museum or something.

[A.J.]

Awww...it won't let you review places overseas. I wanted to review Spazio's (http://www.spazio77.com/) and The Globe cigar lounge (http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/theglobe.cfm)in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! Both have incredible views.

The Globe:

http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/i/photos/globe1.jpg

[Reephdweller]

Awesome site suggestion Deb, I've been scouring the reviews of some of my favorite stomps and adding my own reviews now also.

Here's my page - http://reef.yelp.com/

[happytypinggirl]

Awww...it won't let you review places overseas. I wanted to review Spazio's (http://www.spazio77.com/) and The Globe cigar lounge (http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/theglobe.cfm)in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! Both have incredible views.

The Globe:

http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/i/photos/globe1.jpg

holy crap i wanna be there now!!! and i thought my deck was spectacular!

[AngelAmy]

I havent been to church in like 3 years and I just rated my church....DAMN YOU YELP!!

[happytypinggirl]

I havent been to church in like 3 years and I just rated my church....DAMN YOU YELP!!

oh dear god!!! thats the funniest shit ever!!! hahahahhahahahha

[A.J.]

Awww...it won't let you review places overseas. I wanted to review Spazio's (http://www.spazio77.com/) and The Globe cigar lounge (http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/theglobe.cfm)in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! Both have incredible views.

The Globe:

http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/i/photos/globe1.jpg

holy crap i wanna be there now!!! and i thought my deck was spectacular!

Yeah, it's pretty cool design which offers a 360 degree view of the city. Now for the bad news: no booze or women allowed (I think -- they may have their own section).

Here's a view of The Globe from the outside. It's the black ball at the top of Al-Faisaliah Tower.

http://www.ameinfo.com/images/news/3/18213-Al-Faisaliah-tower.jpg

[A.J.]

I havent been to church in like 3 years and I just rated my church....DAMN YOU YELP!!

Did you give the communion 5 stars?

[AngelAmy]

Did you give the communion 5 stars?

i shouldhave complained about the wine being too watered down

[happytypinggirl]

http://www.yelp.com/biz/ron-and-fez-show-new-york#hrid:p_hB-l7eKcSI3cSwVUAMfg

The Ron and Fez Show has a Yelp Page!!!

Review!

[A.J.]

Cool. I have to dig up a post I wrote a couple of years ago to add here.

EDIT: Done and done.

[ahhdurr]

Awww...it won't let you review places overseas. I wanted to review Spazio's (http://www.spazio77.com/) and The Globe cigar lounge (http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/theglobe.cfm)in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! Both have incredible views.

The Globe:

http://www.alfaisaliahhotel.com/i/photos/globe1.jpg

AJ - wtf do you do for a living?... oh, I just saw where you live.

[A.J.]

AJ - wtf do you do for a living?... oh, I just saw where you live.

No, not that. I work for the Navy.

[happytypinggirl]

No, not that. I work for the Navy.

what's "that"?

[A.J.]

what's "that"?

McLean is home to many diplomats, members of Congress and high-ranking federal government officials, entrepreneurs and service businesses partially attributable to the close location to Washington, D.C. and the Central Intelligence Agency.

[ahhdurr]

No, not that. I work for the Navy.

Hey - I didn't say shit about nothin. I don't even know you. Prank caller, prank caller...

<img src ="http://www.geocities.com/paperbag3/dealer1.jpg">

[A.J.]

HTG, I hate you for getting me hooked on this site.

[hedges]

Ha! I clicked that link and Madam's Organ came up! I haven't been there in years.

Cool site HTG. I need to check out the local reviews.

Isn't that place in D.C.? A lot of punk bands used to play there in the early 80s.

[A.J.]

Madam's Organ is in DC but I don't recall it being where punk bands played -- seemed more blusey to me. Maybe you were thinking of the 9:30 Club?

[happytypinggirl]

Dont hate me!!!! im hooked too. but i've found so many great places that are now favorites by searching yelp. does this make us yelpoholics?

<3 yelp!

[A.J.]

Dont hate me!!!! im hooked too. but i've found so many great places that are now favorites by searching yelp. does this make us yelpoholics?

<3 yelp!

Pity you don't live down here. Based upon your own reviews, you'd probably find some great places I'm missing!

[happytypinggirl]

Pity you don't live down here. Based upon your own reviews, you'd probably find some great places I'm missing!

aww that just means you need to come visit ny!

[Flea_Man]

aww that just means you need to come visit ny!

happytypinggirl
Location: NJ


so you're telling A.J. to visit somewhere you don't live :blink:

[hedges]

Madam's Organ is in DC but I don't recall it being where punk bands played -- seemed more blusey to me. Maybe you were thinking of the 9:30 Club?

Madam's Organ was originally a combination art gallery punk/New Wave club further south on 18th St. In 1992 it reopened as a blues and bluegrass bar. Madam's Organ moved to its present location in 1997 after a temporary closure.
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[happytypinggirl]

happytypinggirl
Location: NJ


so you're telling A.J. to visit somewhere you don't live :blink:

almost all my best reviews are of ny places. he should come visit the cool places, not me silly. i'll come to ny too.

[A.J.]

aww that just means you need to come visit ny!

I get that a lot.

And now I know where to go!

[A.J.]

Madam's Organ was originally a combination art gallery punk/New Wave club further south on 18th St. In 1992 it reopened as a blues and bluegrass bar. Madam's Organ moved to its present location in 1997 after a temporary closure.

Huh. I didn't know that. I haven't been to Madam's Organ in years.

[hedges]

Yeah, neither have I. Adams Morgan is a great part of town.

[A.J.]

Belated congrats to HTG for earning Yelp Elite Status!

If you're looking for good places to go the NYC area, check out her reviews (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=yBSBXzYJR7z4OmgjSVrpGg). They're well-written and very helpful!

[happytypinggirl]

YAY ELITE 09 STATUS!

btw, yelp is having a huge event for inauguration in manhattan. anyone going?


aaaaaaaaaaalos.....yay congrats to the RF show for having 100% 5 star reviews at the end of 08. Of course there are only 13 reviews on that page, but its growing.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/ron-and-fez-show-new-york

[Reephdweller]

Very cool, I just got back into posting reviews. I have to make one for the show also.

[MacVittie]

cool, I can review all the places that I've worked at.

[A.J.]

btw, yelp is having a huge event for inauguration in manhattan. anyone going?

I recommend going to one of those than trying to come down to DC. It's going to be insane down here.

[Freakshow]

Huh. I didn't know that. I haven't been to Madam's Organ in years.

I was there maybe 5 years ago. Not all that impressive anymore.

There is sometimes a bit of punk at Asylum next door. And then i've played a few shows down on U Street, at the U-Turn (now something else), DC9, and Velvet Lounge.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

Yesterday I went to New Hope, PA with friends. After a couple of hours of walking (and not buying anything. Budgets you know!) we decided to go to a mexican place (http://www.thebluetortillarestaurant.com/) on North Main Street. It was awful and SUCH a rip off.

This morning my friend sent me a Yelp link for the restaurant. Bad reviews for the most part. I joined and typed a sternly worded review about said restaurant. Now the William Foster (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/) is coming out in me and I want my voice to be heard!!!

I'm so behind the times!!!

[led37zep]

Big Fan of Yelp. I'll usually check it out before I hit up a new place just to get a feeling what I'm getting into.

[TooLowBrow]

my favorite yelper (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=yBSBXzYJR7z4OmgjSVrpGg)

[SatCam]

im hooked on crack-cocaine

[led37zep]

im hooked on crack-cocaine

You should yelp that.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cocaine-anonymous-hotline-new-york

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

You should yelp that.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cocaine-anonymous-hotline-new-york

:clap:

[SatCam]

You should yelp that.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cocaine-anonymous-hotline-new-york

if its anonymous how will they know where to send me the stuff?

[led37zep]

if its anonymous how will they know where to send me the stuff?

They have vendors.

Tompkins Square Park (http://www.yelp.com/biz/tompkins-square-park-new-york-3#hrid:Evp5HYRmTJRqjPN5o2QxMQ/src:search/query:Drugs%20to%20you)

[happytypinggirl]

Whats your page? I'll give you lots of useful cool and funny votes! :)

htg.yelp.com

soooo addictive. i've also made lists. lists are fun.

yelp is also really great for figuring out what to order at a new place. not that i cant do that on my own, but if a place is known for having the greatest apple pie on the planet, i wanna know that going in.

[ecobag2]

I, too, yelp.

I'm an eliter 08 and 09... it gets me nowhere in life but may be my crowning achievement before someone throws dirt on me.

[happytypinggirl]

I, too, yelp.

I'm an eliter 08 and 09... it gets me nowhere in life but may be my crowning achievement before someone throws dirt on me.

would love for all the rf.netters who yelp to post their links, and share their reviews.

[ecobag2]

done and done.

Sonofabeeswax... it should seem I"ve been stripped of my elite status for the 09 season.

Cant say I've been keeping up though.

http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=TW9KdXV1eiyILp0qdrwYhw

[A.J.]

Whats your page? I'll give you lots of useful cool and funny votes! :)

htg.yelp.com

soooo addictive. i've also made lists. lists are fun.

yelp is also really great for figuring out what to order at a new place. not that i cant do that on my own, but if a place is known for having the greatest apple pie on the planet, i wanna know that going in.

I blame you for my own addiction (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z0MfNP8bCI8OA0RxJGr4ug)!

But I have found some really great places thanks to Yelp.

[razorboy]

This thread is so 2009.

[EddieMoscone]

moscone.yelp.com (http://moscone.yelp.com)

I've only just started using yelp, have a couple of reviews up, but in general love being able to find out if I should even waste my time on a place.

[A.J.]

I merged Fuzzy's thread with HTG's original just because she (HTG) should get credit for spreading the word about Yelp on the board.

A year ago HTG, had "only" 62 reviews. You've come a long way baby!

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I merged Fuzzy's thread with HTG's original just because she (HTG) should get credit for spreading the word about Yelp on the board.

A.J. rocks like that. It's great that curmedgeons like us have a place to vent... ALTHOUGH I know A.J. gave kudos to a few establishments.

I'm going to have to bring this up at the UFoPP-- the United Front of Pissy People.

[happytypinggirl]

A.J. rocks like that. It's great that curmedgeons like us have a place to vent... ALTHOUGH I know A.J. gave kudos to a few establishments.

I'm going to have to bring this up at the UFoPP-- the United Front of Pissy People.

yea i totally pussy out in some of my reviews. dunno why either. i REALLY try not to over-star. cause whats the point if you just give everyone a great review?

[TooLowBrow]

yea i totally pussy out in some of my reviews. dunno why either. i REALLY try not to over-star. cause whats the point if you just give everyone a great review?

htg love your reviews. its tough not to over star, but you eat at some top notch places, so thatd justify the starring

[A.J.]

It's great that curmedgeons like us have a place to vent... ALTHOUGH I know A.J. gave kudos to a few establishments.

Indeed. I've had some great experiences and some very bad ones too. The beauty of Yelp is that you can either promote the good or warn against the bad.

htg love your reviews. its tough not to over star, but you eat at some top notch places, so thatd justify the starring

Ditto. And as I told HTG before I wish she lived down here because she has a knack for scooping a variety of good places. When I go up to NYC, her reviews will be my guide.

The bad thing is that when I first joined up, I immediately listed all my favorite places right up front with not very compelling reviews. I may have to go back and update those to better make the case for them.

[razorboy]

I had a bagel and some honeydew this morning. Yelp yelp.

[led37zep]

I'm Yelping, but only when I find something I like.

[Sinestro]

Do people yelp escort services? I'm just saying.

[Ritalin]

I found the chicken place talked about on the show through HTG's yelp. I was in the neighborhood, but I didn't get a chance to go. It was out of my way.

I just went to look at her yelp page, and I have to say, I think it's pretty funny that she reviewed Falling Water, probably one of the most famous houses in the United States.

"Hey, when in Paris, check out a painting called the 'Mona Lisa'. And I'll tell you one thing, that 'Eiffel Tower' sure is tall."

[EddieMoscone]

Do people yelp escort services? I'm just saying.

They definitely yelp strip clubs. One thing leads to another. I love when the reviews says that the girls "earn" their money. LOL

[Furtherman]

What a scam. I'm guessing Yelp will be over very soon.

Yelp Is Now Pissing Off Internet Pioneers (http://gawker.com/5496622/)

Indeed, Yelp's dependence on a cadre of regular users is a "tough" break for many businesses besides Greenspun's flight club. It places disproportionate influence in the hands of a limited group of people with plenty of money to spend in restaurants, bars and shops; with time on their hands to write reviews; and an inclination to work free at advancing Yelp's bottom line, without getting so much as a full-name byline in return. Restaurants and other merchants feel obliged to wine and dine this group at Yelp-sanctioned "Yelp Elite" events and less formal contexts, leaving ordinary users to guess at which reviews have been influenced by payola and which haven't.

Then there are merchants who, like Greenspun, can't get Yelp reviews from their happy customers to stick, and don't feel like paying Yelp to get a "favorite review" moved to the top of their Yelp listing, a favor Yelp openly acknowledged selling to customers ("clearly marked"). Said merchants have been suing like mad; since February 24, when we posted a veterinarian's class-action lawsuit alleging Yelp extortion, a spa owner filed yet another class action, nine other business filed a class-action and a furniture restorer filed his own suit.

[happytypinggirl]

I found the chicken place talked about on the show through HTG's yelp. I was in the neighborhood, but I didn't get a chance to go. It was out of my way.

I just went to look at her yelp page, and I have to say, I think it's pretty funny that she reviewed Falling Water, probably one of the most famous houses in the United States.

"Hey, when in Paris, check out a painting called the 'Mona Lisa'. And I'll tell you one thing, that 'Eiffel Tower' sure is tall."

ha! point taken but I was also reviewing the tour which you're forced to take, which is a bit pricier than seeing the eiffel tower, and pretty time consuming. and since almost nobody would have a reason to happen to be in that neighborhood (its an hour south of pittsburgh) i definitely think people would want to know if its worth it to make a long trip there, pay a good amount of money, and spend over an hour with their guides. for me, it was. but if it had been a shitty tour, i might have bailed on the whole idea.

also, i wish i had known before i headed out there that there are other wright buildings nearby to check out (some that you can even rent and spend the weekend in) and that you kind of have to carefully plan out your day if you want to hit more than one.

[SatCam]

What a scam. I'm guessing Yelp will be over very soon.

Yelp Is Now Pissing Off Internet Pioneers (http://gawker.com/5496622/)

Outside of the favorite review thing, it seems like they are a victim of their own concept. It is really impossible to be fair when it comes to the weighting of the ratings, or to prevent the whole "yelp elite" pampering that apparently goes on.

[happytypinggirl]

Im not sure i get the criticism there. I have no idea whether any of the lawsuits have merit-- if the allegations are true that part would be a genuine criticism, but the rest of that story really looks like the writer is just trying to find problems.

I have a hard time seeing the Yelp Elite Events as payola. The reviews of those events end up in an 'event' thread where anyone reading them knows that its not the restaurant being reviewed...but the party.

The restaurants who host or contribute to those events are hoping that the 'elite' reviewers will like the place enough to come back and check it out for real. Ive also seen people be brutally honest in their reviews of the events, sometimes negatively, so Im not sure the big payola fear is genuine.

Besides its not like yelp reviews are some official city rating. Anyone who uses it knows these are regular people writing the reviews who are subject to all the biases that can affect anyones opinion on anything.

When I read reviews with that in mind, I find they've been REALLY helpful, not only in finding new places to go, but in figuring out what are the best things to order at some places and at figuring out where not to go. Its not perfect, but it is a great resource.

[A.J.]

I can see where the Elite thing might be a bias. But for the most part, those folks seem to be pretty impartial.

The problem with YelpDC is that it seems that you see the same few places reviewed over and over again.

Maybe I'm just jealous that my own stellar reviews are being overlooked. :glurps:

[happytypinggirl]

I can see where the Elite thing might be a bias. But for the most part, those folks seem to be pretty impartial.

The problem with YelpDC is that it seems that you see the same few places reviewed over and over again.

Maybe I'm just jealous that my own stellar reviews are being overlooked. :glurps:

you need to move to a city where people dont evacuate at 5pm. :) what happens in that town at night!!??

[mikeyboy]

you need to move to a city where people dont evacuate at 5pm. :) what happens in that town at night!!??

It really depends on what area of the city you are in. Some places have a night life, and other places die once the work crowd goes home.

[TjM]

That's a personal question!

[A.J.]

you need to move to a city where people dont evacuate at 5pm. :) what happens in that town at night!!??

I want to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep.

[CruelCircus]

Apparently, the Yelp folks may be a little bit shady...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100319/D9EHQGEO2.html