Chefs and Owners Share Their Most Unhinged Yelp Reviews
- bigrickstuart
- Sep 29, 2025
- 1 min read
"the sushi was undercooked"
Yelp is crazy...
Eater says
We’re here to talk about a dreaded four-letter word in the industry: Yelp. You don’t need me to tell us how annoying, cruel, and occasionally inaccurate that review platform can be, but you also can’t deny that Yelp’s influence is everywhere today, echoed in platforms like Resy, Beli, or Google Maps. This year, Eater has been celebrating its 20th birthday by looking back on the last two decades, and we’d be remiss to talk about them without mentioning the app, born a year before Eater, that you love to hate.
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Point Seven in New York City’s MetLife building is known for its seafood, including an extensive roster of sushi, sashimi, aguachile, and crudo. “I received a review that the raw fish was too raw,” said chef Franklin Becker. The review in question complains that “everything was undercooked.”
