Food Review Sites Evaluation

The most professional of the three food reviewing sites was definitely Tasting Menu. It has an attractive layout and background. This food review site looks very well thought out, especially all of the colorful photographs. This site would be ideal for the more experienced "food warrior". The posts are not only informative, but also give background on some of the foods, which helps to give the author credibility.

The other two sites, Yelp and Atlanta Foodies, seemed geared to amateur foodies, or people just looking to find a reasonably cheap and fun place to eat. My favorite of these two was definitely Yelp, which had to be the least professional of all the sites. The food reviews on Yelp were casually written in everyday language. Some even included profanity, which could have been offensive to certain readers. Yelp was simply organized. The most important information about all of the restaurants was listed at the top of each page. It is also easy to find the number of stars each one received.

Atlanta Foodies seemed more like a journal than a food review site. The author uses the same blog site we use and it just seems like something he does for fun. Although there is nothing wrong with this, it is easy to tell that he probably does not put much effort into his posts. The pictures are amateur. His posts are informative, however, and that's what counts.

Although these three sites differ, all of them give their readers the important information about which restaurants are a big hit and which ones should be avoided.