[troncheadle]

I've moved twice in the past four years and I have gone to yelp for food recommendations a few times -- totally useless, sadly. Always wants me to go to Papa Johns or some other chain. The days of interesting food discovery via yelp are over. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

[frandroid]

That's why I use Foursquare.

[beamatronic]

I don't know if anyone remembers the old days of Yelp ( talking 2006-2007-ish ). It was a fun community to be a part of. As a reviewer you had a great feeling like you were appreciated. There were community organizers setting up get-togethers at bars, sending swag to you in the mail, and earning stars and badges. It's really too bad they threw that all away.

[hsod]

I use Yelp all the time when I'm in a part of the city I don't know well. I mostly ignore the star rating and just look at the pictures and skim individual reviews for relevant info. Works great for that purpose.

[M_Grey]

It's still moderately useful, if you know how to read for bullshit reviews and the usual disturbed people, as a way to find out if the place you're thinking of getting food from is alright.

[buckhx]

My thoughts on Yelp is that you are getting the average recommendation instead of exceptional ones because of the law of large numbers.