The Downside of Yelp

This is going to be a direct rant against one review on yelp that I read the other day. Making this rant even worse is the fact that the reviewer is one of my friends and she's really a good and honest person. The problem is people reviewing places that they have a negative predisposition towards. What do I mean by this? The problem with her review is that 1) she doesn't like red meat and 2) she's reviewing it through the eyes of a college student. Who in their right mind, if they don't like red meat and who is living on a "college" budget goes to Lawry's in Beverly Hills. Oh, but it was for her friend's birthday. Okay, fine, but even then why would you review the place? Hmm, let's see, you dock 2 stars for the food and the price. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT! Seriously. You just rated a consistant 4.5-5 star restaurant a 3 because you don't eat the type of food they tailor too and because it's out of your price range? It's reviews like this that aggravate me the most, but what can you do. Yelp has no negative feedback system in place for inappropiate reviews, and "flagging" the review seems too harsh as a course of action. Thus, I am left to do nothing but stare the review right in the face. The real losers in this situation though is the people reading the review. I hope they're smart enough to know what her point of view was in writing what she thought was reasonable, but if they don't that's their loss. Maybe the other 200+ solid reviews will pursuade them otherwise.

CrepeMaker - Irvine, CA 92618

I don't know how this place has a 4 star rating (at the time of this review). I suppose if you're just the casual person who impulsively says, "hey I want a crepe", then you'll think this is okay. But seriously? Don't subject yourself to that abuse. Ignorance is definitely not bliss. Good crepes are bliss. Sure, you can watch your crepe being made, but that's not always a good thing. The crepes were all overdone, the one I had was actually crunchy in some sections. I shared a "black, white, and red all over", which is a dessert crepe made with strawberries, nutella, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, with my girlfriend and were both sorely disappointed. Starting with the bad, the strawberries were sour. Like puckering my lips, I'm a 1st grader going for a kiss sour. Yea, I had to add sugar to the crepe just to make it bearable. Second, the nutella is squirted on from a bottle, not spread on. This means that it doesn't hold the crepe together very well. But that's okay, CrepeMaker has found a way around that but burning the crepe to a crisp into its neatly folded triangle. Not that this neatly folded triangle tasted like anything though. Their batter is bland, not even plain. It tastes like nothing, and it's definitely not crepe batter. The ice cream was the best part of the crepe, but that's expected since it's not made here. If you want real crepes, make the trek to Jack and Jill's in Beverly Hills. Drive out there for fun, turn it into a day trip, do anything, just when you do you're not going to want to come back here.

Pros: - Good vanilla ice cream

Cons: - the crepes

Score: 1/5 stars