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Food reviews???
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02/21/20 06:08 PM
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If you look at the reviews when deciding where to go for dinner, do the reviews match the place? Here lately we have hit some places that have 4.75 stars and the food is carp.... What say you?
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752661
02/21/20 06:20 PM
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I don't use yelp etc. My inlaws use it and reviews quite a bit. What I find is that places that rank very high on the reviews I find myself wanting to walk out after I look at the prices.
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752671
02/21/20 06:28 PM
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bill oxner
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Re: Food reviews???
[Re: Tin Head]
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02/21/20 07:34 PM
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NORML as can be
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All food is crap for me, I smoked for 46 years and I killed my taste buds.. They said it would come back That's BS! I quit two years ago and I'm still waiting....
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 07:38 PM
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All food is crap for me, I smoked for 46 years and I killed my taste buds.. They said it would come back That's BS! I quit two years ago and I'm still waiting.... Sucks to hear but after 46 yrs I would assume its gonna take more time to get them back . maybe try more spicy foods.
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752759
02/21/20 07:46 PM
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MikeC
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All food is crap for me, I smoked for 46 years and I killed my taste buds.. They said it would come back That's BS! I quit two years ago and I'm still waiting.... I quit 7 months ago and so far I can't tell any real difference in the way foods taste. I have gained some weight though since I still have those cravings and will eat something instead of smoking.
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 07:56 PM
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I usually wait until someone I trust says yay/nay. Even BigPig
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 08:03 PM
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 08:10 PM
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I will look at posted pictures on yelp/trip advisor.
It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile - J. Fred Schmidt
The internet is an I.Q. Test, people post their scores in the comment section.
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 08:11 PM
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Food is such a personal choice. I have found that most people accept mediocre food and call it great. Maybe there's so much bad food out there a little OK food becomes 4.75 on a review. I think most of the reviews that are high on the scale come from folks that don't cook. I don't think they know what good food is. The quality of ingredients matters to me. To some, not so much. Look how popular Burger King and Jack in the box are. Don't get me wrong I'll eat a Jack in the crack taco any day but overall their food sucks. Both keep opening new stores. I don't recommend much either because when I do sometimes people come back with "how can you think that's good" BS. Just look at all the good BBQ places now and I still see more Dickey's opening up . I like to try new places and discover good spots by chance. I'll eat just about anywhere once.
Last edited by jetdad; 02/21/20 08:12 PM.
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 08:16 PM
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Food is such a personal choice. I have found that most people accept mediocre food and call it great. Maybe there's so much bad food out there a little OK food becomes 4.75 on a review. I think most of the reviews that are high on the scale come from folks that don't cook. I don't think they know what good food is. The quality of ingredients matters to me. To some, not so much. Look how popular Burger King and Jack in the box are. Don't get me wrong I'll eat a Jack in the crack taco any day but overall their food sucks. Both keep opening new stores. I don't recommend much either because when I do sometimes people come back with "how can you think that's good" BS. Just look at all the good BBQ places now and I still see more Dickey's opening up . I like to try new places and discover good spots by chance. I'll eat just about anywhere once. haha, I agree with you and the others . Ill stick with old school word of mouth and my spidey senses. 100 dollars for 4 burgers and chicken nuggets and fries , no one finished the burgers, was the 4.75 stars. I also needed 2 tums to make it through the night.
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 08:18 PM
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Food is a lot like movies for us. Sometimes the reviews suck and we really enjoy it, other times the reviews are great and we are not impressed.
It's all relative. So, we use reviews for things like how good or bad the service is, portion sizes, pricing, stuff like that... but don't pay as much attention to the actual food reviews unless it overwhelmingly sucks.
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 09:34 PM
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To many un honest reviews that are staged and what not to win awards.
Yelp is so so to poor and Trip advisor is pretty good. I see a lot of garbage posted in the on the roads section here but there are a few that know their stuff.
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 10:11 PM
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I would never trust anyone that thinks stew is good.
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 10:20 PM
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Anyone ever check out On The Road forum on THF?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 10:29 PM
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Anyone ever check out On The Road forum on THF? wins the internet for the day!!!! For me anyways, haha
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/21/20 10:37 PM
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I would never trust anyone that thinks stew is good. Did you take a lot of hallucinogenic drugs as a juvenile?
If you`re running down my country, man, You`re walking on the fighting side of me. (Merle)
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752926
02/21/20 10:39 PM
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fadetoblack64
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I would never trust anyone that thinks stew is good. Did you take a lot of hallucinogenic drugs as a juvenile? and??????????? its nasty garbage.
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752931
02/21/20 10:43 PM
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NORML as can be
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I would never trust anyone that thinks stew is good. Did you take a lot of hallucinogenic drugs as a juvenile? Did they find out something good in regards to people who did?
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752975
02/21/20 11:42 PM
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All food is crap for me, I smoked for 46 years and I killed my taste buds.. They said it would come back That's BS! I quit two years ago and I'm still waiting.... You have to quit smoking everything. Lol.
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752980
02/21/20 11:45 PM
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Ate supper at a place I’ve been to several times. Good burgers and decent chicken fried steak. But, due to my diet, today I had a hamburger steak. Good Lord, it was awful. My wife had crab cakes, and gave me half of one. Nasty. Couldn’t get the nasty fishy taste out of my mouth.
Soooo, my point is that a restaurant might do some things pretty well and be the pits on some other foods.
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Re: Food reviews???
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#7752989
02/21/20 11:53 PM
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Ate supper at a place I’ve been to several times. Good burgers and decent chicken fried steak. But, due to my diet, today I had a hamburger steak. Good Lord, it was awful. My wife had crab cakes, and gave me half of one. Nasty. Couldn’t get the nasty fishy taste out of my mouth.
Soooo, my point is that a restaurant might do some things pretty well and be the pits on some other foods. Only complaints I've ever had about your posts is that you always hold something back. Why don't your ever tell us what you really think?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/22/20 12:45 AM
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Why hold back? If it needs saying, say it. I paid $34 for a meal that sucked. I won’t mention the name of the place. This darned diet I’m on has me eating foods I’d normally not eat and eating less food overall, so when I do get to eat I’m expecting something worthwhile.
I used to live in New Orleans, where you had to work hard to get a bad meal. Now I’m in fried food world - fried chicken, fried catfish, fried steak, French fries, fried onions. Not many decent unfried food options. Of course, I do happen to like fried foods, but can’t have any. Darn it!
Luckily, the wife is a great cook, so I’ll live.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/22/20 12:48 AM
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bill oxner
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Why hold back? If it needs saying, say it. I paid $34 for a meal that sucked. I won’t mention the name of the place. This darned diet I’m on has me eating foods I’d normally not eat and eating less food overall, so when I do get to eat I’m expecting something worthwhile.
I used to live in New Orleans, where you had to work hard to get a bad meal. Now I’m in fried food world - fried chicken, fried catfish, fried steak, French fries, fried onions. Not many decent unfried food options. Of course, I do happen to like fried foods, but can’t have any. Darn it!
Luckily, the wife is a great cook, so I’ll live. She is also beautiful.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Food reviews???
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02/22/20 12:51 AM
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Yes, the beautiful little freckled redhead I met and married all those years ago is still lovely.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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