{"id":91,"date":"2007-03-25T20:46:03","date_gmt":"2007-03-26T03:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steve.isitfridayyet.info\/?p=91"},"modified":"2007-03-25T20:46:03","modified_gmt":"2007-03-26T03:46:03","slug":"on-dining-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steve.isitfridayyet.info\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"On dining out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, March 25<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Featured in today’s San Francisco Chronicle: Food bloggers dish up plates of spicy criticism<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s what really stuck with me: One person interviewed for the article had recently checked online reviews for a particular restaurant. Noting that the restaurant had received \u201cone star\u201d (i.e., not good), the woman commented that she probably wouldn’t have chosen to dine at a restaurant with such a review. However, since the restaurant was the venue for celebrating a friend’s birthday, the woman went. She was glad she did; she had a much better experience than she expected after reading the review.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

I sometimes check online reviews for restaurants, including restaurants I’ve already enjoyed dining at. And I’ve seen \u201cterrible food\u201d and \u201cawful service\u201d comments about restaurants with what I consider to be good food and adequate (or better) service.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Why are so many restaurant reviews negative? I think:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n