[whycombagator]

> However, hasn't Google reviews pretty well made Yelp irrelevant at this point?

If it were a race to rate everything as close to 5/5 as possible, yes. Google, Facebook, and Tripadvisor are all winning that race.

Yelp typically has lower ratings and is easier to filter/search.

It's far from the perfect platform, but certainly less astroturfed than the others.