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		recursive on July 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A few negative online reviews early on can hurt a ... I don't use review apps like yelp. My personal experience is there's a weak correlation at best between my experience and the average rating.

jchw on July 25, 2020 [–]

I check the reviews in Google Maps since they’re there anyways, but I don’t use them as a guide. I used to use Yelp as a guide but stopped when I realized how lackluster it was for that, and I assume that applies to probably any rating system where anyone can submit a review.

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