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by icanhasfay 2513 days ago
(Serious Q) What other good alternatives are out there for Yelp?
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I use Foursquare and really like it (compared to Yelp). As it's crowd-sourced, the data can be iffy (missing hours, phone numbers) in some lower density regions, but that hasn't been a huge drawback.
Loved Foursquare, but stopped using it when it seemed all the recommendations were a few years old. Even now I go into it and most reviews/recommendations are from 2014. Shame it fell off.
For food, I've enjoyed Foursquare for a better signal:noise ratio in reviews. I am generally quite satisfied eating at its top-reviewed places for any given search term. Coverage of locations is almost as good as Yelp although you'll miss a few restaurants here and there (I'm in NYC).

Just be sure to turn off the always-on location tracking and go through the other privacy settings.

I typically cross-reference Foursquare with Google Maps reviews to make sure the overall rating is similar, since I'm a stickler like that.

Google Maps reviews are actually pretty good for many businesses.