dementedturnip26 OP t1_iv3vtve wrote on November 5, 2022 at 2:14 AM

Reply to comment by konajinx in Chengdu gourmet McKnight by dementedturnip26

3.5 stars is pretty bad on yelp

hundo-peter t1_iv3wvdw wrote on November 5, 2022 at 2:23 AM

Funny you say that https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/christopherhudspeth/tiktok-says-the-best-chinese-food-yelp-3-5-stars

Interesting theory that came up not too long ago on Tiktok haha

konajinx t1_iv3wxmh wrote on November 5, 2022 at 2:23 AM

Not really. It’s better than average. Now 1-2.5 stars? I’d generally skip some place like that.

But that place averages 4 on Google. So if they have 4 and Yelp 3.5, that would get me to check the reviews and give it a shot if I was interested.

As far as Yelp goes, they do have areas of reviews called “not recommended” usually written by people who only write one or two reviews or have a severe slant, good or bad to their reviews. So maybe the reviews there are by legit users. I dunno. I used to be one of those local Yelp Elites for a couple years on there and it was just the goofiest shit ever.