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Sunday, 23 November 2014

Best Restaurant in London according to TripAdvisor...

This post follows an article published on Sat 22nd Nov edition of The Guardian by Joe Warwick.

It would be lovely to agree with a good review of a restaurant in London only because a choice of Italian dishes on the Menu like Lasagne, Frittata, Affogato and Tiramisu among others.

The restaurant is Eritrean, an African country on the Red Sea and since Italy occupied Eritrea in the 40's, around 70.000 were living there during the IIWW.
That's why this Eritrean Menu is influenced by Italian cuisine.

That is not the point, though.

I love TripAdvisor, I upload reviews every now and then. It is a useful tool for tourists and gourmets, but there is something wrong in the ranking.

How could a restaurant with only 40 reviews be ranked at n.4 of 17,445 restaurants in London? This is something I have noticed since working in a 4-star hotel in Firenze



#7 has over 400 reviews and Le Gavroche has over 1700.
Even Gordon Ramsey, with over 1300 reviews is at #9!! what the..!!

In closing,  what is the point of an article on The Guardian about an average restaurant in London with 40-some reviews on TripAdvisor?

Is is perhaps a new subtle way of advertising?

Luckily, even Mr Warwick states that "such listings are nonsense". 


bye for now






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