Most people have at one point used Yelp to solve the timeless question of what they should eat.
Sometimes, Yelp is helpful in finding you the perfect meal; other times, you finish your research and end up just as clueless as when you started — and slightly hungrier.
if i could take back all the time i've waisted perusing through yelp trying to figure out what to eat
Well, based on a Business Insider interview published earlier this week, professional chef and speaker of controversial opinions Anthony Bourdain thinks you might be better off without reading those reviews. 😮
The reason behind his disapproval?
It's Elite Yelpers, whose negative reviews Bourdain thinks might be unfairly skewing your image of a restaurant — and hurting the business.
"They're bad for chefs, they're bad for restaurants," he says.
So it's not really Yelp as a whole that he hates with a burning passion. Just the Elite-ers whose unaccredited opinions might be biasing your decisions.
Bourdain does, however, stan for Instagram — which he believes is a more democratic way of dispersing opinions on food.
Obviously, Yelp had thoughts on the matter as well: "Most reviews on Yelp are not negative. Yelp provides a two-way platform for consumers to discover restaurants and share experiences while chefs/restaurant owners can respond to their customers and use the platform to be more successful."
