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Originally Posted by Bearcat
I've always thought Google reviews were pretty accurate if there's a large enough sample size... anything ~4.5+, I'll read the most recent reviews just for any red flags and filter out any dumbass "nOtHinG hAd AnY fLaVor" 1 stars. If nothing else, it's a green light to look at a menu and food pics, but don't usually regret choosing them.
Places in a ~4.2-4.4 range tend to be less predictable in my experience... some are those hole in the wall gems and others just aren't good at all.
And if you can't hit at least a 4.0, it's probably only worthy of a road trip or late night stop if there's really nothing better available.
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A Popeye's opened up locally to me and within 4 days it had amassed 300+ reviews all from Indians saying how professional and attentive the store manager Raj was. Drunk me then spent 1 hour in a bar reporting every review that looked fake (99% of them). I looked at the spot a week later on Google and it had zero reviews. **** those guys putting themselves above great local independent food spots on the Google algorithm. All things considered, a worthwhile hour.