I Tried Restaurants with Bad Reviews
I tried eating at some of the lowest rated and 1 star restaurants to see if you should really trust bad reviews. Are these restaurants actually terrible, or was someone just having a bad day? Sometimes we are told not to judge a book by its cover, but does that apply to restaurant reviews too? Join me as I explore food, cooking, recipes, and honest restaurant experiences.
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The big problem with reviews is, that people are far far more likely to post about a negative experience. Than they are to post about a positive experience!! Also we all have different expectations.
I will read all the top and bottom reviews. That way you see any trends. I have only left 2 bad reviews online my entire life and trust me, they were deserved. Both were for spoiled food and bad responses to that situation. Both at different restaurants of the same chain, a place called Dingbat's.
One thing is absolutely true: It's very hard to find a restaurant where you can get a great steak. Many places make okay>good steaks, but great steaks, even at supposed "steakhouses", are hard to find. So when you do, let the world know about them, so they can stay open! In Knoxville there is Ye Olde Steakhouse, and it's very polarizing, either you love the rustic almost-medieval style or you hate it, and it's not cheap, but they do have exceptional prime rib, ribeyes, and filets, just pass on the NY Strip and Porterhouse. Also the sides and salads are damned good.
I truly enjoy how Guga tastes all the unique dishes because it makes me feel really good about food.
Well your there filming obviously doing a review. So that is a factor. They probably won't give you the stale crappy stuff.
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yoyos burgers is def a hidden gem with that price and ig worthy looking quality burgers
I do meatball smashburgers all the time. I make my normal meatball recipe and make 6 meatballs per pound. Then you cook them like you cook smashburgers but with mozzarella cheese slices . While they cook butter your buns with garlic butter and grill them then top the patties and cheese with some marinara. It's easier to do than type out and they are delicious.
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It is known that there is a high chance that bad reviews are outliers that skew the picture. As can be good ones. For good ones the experience was either truly fantastic or they were bought.
The truth is that most satisfied customers won t leave a review.
Edit: It is also worth noting that places will usually be on their best behavior if they notice cameras. Let alone if they recognize an influencer. I don t think Guga hides his camera(s).
I love that people can have heated arguments what "chicken sandwich" actually is. I know that I would call that thing a "chicken burger" because it is inbetween burger paddies and not sandwich slieces.
I only look at the recent reviews.
If a place has bad reviews but they are all years ago (particularly during 2020/2021 when lots of things were tough) but recent reviews are all looking good or trending better and better then I just assume they had a rough spot/time and have turned it around.
Cheese on a cinnamon roll is going to be good. It's actually something Americans should be used to, given Cheddar cheese is commonly paired with apple pie, or apple butter.
One bad review does not a 1-star restaurant make. It requires enough one-star reviews/ratings for one-star to be the average. And it seems to me like a lot of these places would be in the higher tier. Ranging from an average of 3, 4, or 5-stars.
And there is a problem with the odd 1-star review here and there. Some people just want to dunk on a place, some people are having an off-day and want to take it out on a business, some people are "Karens" who got decent service but shrieked and made a fuss the whole time because of their entitled, arrogant nature, and some genuinely had a bad experience that likely isn't the norm because the restaurant had an off-day or made a mistake (or several) somewhere — it happens, the staff are only human, they're not going to give the best experience every time.
You can't really judge a place based on the occasional 1-star, you need to look at the overall average and decide for yourself if it's worth giving a try or not.
Buddy the food at these places look AMAZING.
The old saying of don't eat steak at a seafood restaurant is an old saying for a reason lol
Here from Alton Brown’s collab. Not much empirical value to this exercise but a good excuse to hang out with Guga.
these restaurants are NOT 1*, he just pulls out 1* review— cmon guga, go to an actual 1* rated restaurant🙄
Even before watching: I always read bad reviews. Cause everyone can buy good reviews, while the bad ones are based on real experiences. Of cause I also take a look at when the review was written and what was the problem.
I guarantee you one thing, when the staff sees a camera coming into their restaurant they are gonna make sure the food comes out good.
There's another foodtuber I watch called Greeno Eats–he likes to go to restaurants that have gotten bad reviews, so he can give them another chance and see if the bad reviews were warranted. This video reminds me of that. 🙂
Not only do i look at bad reviews. I also look at the people posting the bad reviews to see if they have a history of bad reviews
that croquetta burger looks divine. I love ham croquettas. Lomo Saltado is delicious.
Phenomenal video, love this! Can you make it into a series? It's like redemption for places with bad reviews. I loved your honesty and that you told us what was actually not great, but also the positivity, pointing out the good things. Some of these are no-brainers, like, why order steak in a sea-food restaurant, but yeah. 👌👍🤌
2:21 Guga are you saying you’ve never had cream cheese frosting on your cinnamon rolls?
The Burgers turned me off hard, i like my Burgers compact so u can eat them easily.
The problem with restaurant reviews, at least especially yelp reviews (or even sometimes Google reviews too), is that too many people give a place a bad review based on the stupidest reasons, and not actually based on the food. Heck, sometimes you'll read the review and they'll say the food is amazing yet its only a 2 star review, like, huh???
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Of course your food& service will be good. No Brainer
Next time try to disguise/hide your face and review it again
I care more about RECENT reviews. The last 5-10 are usual decent indicators of current quality.
The one review mentioned accessibility concerns, which is huge. But you didn't show us if the accessibility concerns, like the ramp, were true or not.
I hope you are ordering blind because you will otherwise have the kitchen be on its game and you won't experience the same things that others do. If a restaurant has 1400 reviews and 2.5 stars then that is not someone having a bad day, that is a restaurant not being consistent.
Learning to filter reviews is a skill…
Trusting blindly can cost you.🥲
This feels… sponsored