SFist: Best Yelp Review Ever

pantsgolem

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:45:33 -0800

Oh, the huge manatee? (Can't believe nobody did that yet.)

seany

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:49:27 -0800

The yoga-manatee review is not even close to being the best. I have submitted to Brock what I consider to be the Best Yelp Review Ever. If he doesn't publish it here in the next week or so in a "Best Yelp Review Ever" post, I will. But I have to give him a chance...

Shibi

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:42:11 -0800

I'm an English Lit. major and I still don't get the "manatee" reference at "5pm". (That yoga place exudes a terribly funkified odor when they throw open the doors and the people escape their sweat-fest. Do manatees smell funny?)

Agent510

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:41:44 -0800

I can't stand the stupid anecdotes (nobody cares if the place you're reviewing reminds you of your old high school days. OK?) But when they start to annoy me, I ask myself why I'm reading Yelp in the first place, and I realize it's because there's a lot of useful info in those reviews, and that those reviews were left by real people voluntarily, and that there might not be so many people participating if the site censored those self-indulgent blog-style rants that make me not want to read it. And then I get all confused and cross-eyed from the circularity of it all.

icbalaam

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:29:24 -0800

I think JimBobJoe is right, no doubt Creative Writing Majors at State figure into the Yelp demographic as well. I agree with cowsaysmeow. Personally I like the anecdotes people leave on the site. How else am I going to learn that a waitress at the Lucky Penny used to be a gangster's moll in the 40's and once gave a member of the Rat Pack a rusty trombone? Go there? No way!

JimBobJoe

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:40:45 -0800

Yelp is proof that there are approximately 400,000 Lit majors in San Francisco just waiting for the opportunity to pull their metaphorical dick out to each other. Bah, get to the point already.

troymccluresf

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:44:41 -0800

xyz- Well, like I said, it takes some work. I'm basically on Yelp for taquerias and dive bars, and it can take a bit of work to dig out what you want, but it's been invaluable to me the past few years, finding new places. And I don't just mean "new places" like Monk's Kettle and Broken Record, but actual little neighborhood spots.

xyz123

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:27:42 -0800

If I may suggest: Look for the best comment about Medjool. I swear, people on Yelp absolutely detest that place (for good reason, and why I like Yelp!) Well maybe there is a glimmer of hope afterall!

xyz123

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:26:27 -0800

It's hard enough work weeding out reviews of Lucky 13 written by people who think Matrixfillmore is OMG SO fun! Exactly why I do not like Yelp. I feel it is for the Marina and Bridge and Tunnel crowd, opinions that don't matter to me.

cowsaysmeow

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:23:47 -0800

I've been getting addicted to the site myself (more so in the last couple of months), and personally I happen to like the anecdotes about banana-flavored lubricant or an ex-boyfriend's pet, as long as I know whether or not it's worth making the trip to a given location for say, a heat lamp. Nothing wrong with a little creative license as long as it's at least somewhat relevant and not too wordy.

RollingJ415

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:18:04 -0800

If I may suggest: Look for the best comment about Medjool. I swear, people on Yelp absolutely detest that place (for good reason, and why I like Yelp!)

manys

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:44:14 -0800

They just got a big round of funding this week, I doubt it'll get any better.

troymccluresf

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:38:07 -0800

I love Yelp, and I'm active on the site, but it's reviews like that which make the site incrementally shittier and shittier. Have these people not heard of Livejournal? It's hard enough work weeding out reviews of Lucky 13 written by people who think Matrixfillmore is OMG SO fun! without having to read reviews about Cole Hardware that somewhat insert stories about ex-boyfriends, overripened bananas, childhood pets, and flavored lubricant.

Leanne

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:11:36 -0800

I almost like this one from the same review even better: "To my chagrin, there is always a strong funk wafting out of the door and into the neighborhood. It's a blend of asparagus-tainted urine with an unclean belly button; throw in a dash of room temperature pickle juice."