Admittedly I haven't tried as their site runs off a "pay to see the full content of this review" model.
The Michelin Guide is actually a 'bunch of reviews written by a handful of writers', which isn't a bad thing in my opinion. Every restaurant I've been to that's even been Michelin rated has been superb.
It is interesting to note that the Michelin Guide itself orignated as a complementary marketing tool -- Michelin makes tires, and wanted people to use their cars more. So they compiled a list of places people might want to go, and added the reviews to make them even more attractive.
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"Zagat Survey ... in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagat#Rating_system
Admittedly I haven't tried as their site runs off a "pay to see the full content of this review" model.
The Michelin Guide is actually a 'bunch of reviews written by a handful of writers', which isn't a bad thing in my opinion. Every restaurant I've been to that's even been Michelin rated has been superb.
It is interesting to note that the Michelin Guide itself orignated as a complementary marketing tool -- Michelin makes tires, and wanted people to use their cars more. So they compiled a list of places people might want to go, and added the reviews to make them even more attractive.