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Restaurant Plays Recordings of Bad Yelp Reviews on Stereo

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In the restaurant industry, there's no one that people love to hate more than Guy Fieri Yelpers. Entire Tumblr blogs have been dedicated to poking fun at their half-assed reviews, and actors have even created dramatic parody videos mocking their terrible writing.

According to HuffPo Craft & Commerce, an uber-hip cocktail bar and gastropub in San Diego, has taken a more tongue-in-cheek approach -- playing recordings of their negative Yelp reviews on their bathroom stereo systems.

Now, anyone who has ever visited a chain like Bucca di Beppo knows how jarring it can be to have unclaimed voices chattering in the bathroom, but we have to admit this is a pretty interesting marketing approach. Especially for a bar/restaurant that has an average rating of 4 stars.

We just hope there are some gems like this one:

"Yuck! If you want to fart alllll night and feel like crap from eating a bunch of greasy food, then this is your place! What really grossed me out is a worker coming through the isle with the trash can full should have taken it as a sign not to eat there! The hot dogs were way to thick. Yuck oh yuck! Happy Farts!" --1 star review of Dog Haus by Katie H.

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  • birdtird

    Is this the place Ron Burgundy plays the flute at?

  • that resto is one of the few saving graces of the san diego dining scene. pricey but quality and food is mad decent

  • and then you sit outside and enjoy the smell of bum piss in the air.. mmm.

  • This is even more obnoxious than people who retweet disparaging remarks about themselves.

  • Sullivan131

    Someone gave this amazing coffee shop a one star because he would always get there when it was closed. Get there earlier you f*ck!!! Don't bring their overall score down because your lazy ass cant get there sooner.

    I take the reviews with a grain of salt because they can either bash a wonderful establishment or over hype a mediocre one.

  • MTkill_a_manJaro

    I have to admit my knee-jerk reaction sometimes is to defend yelpers because im not above saying I do use the app to look for things in a town Im not too familiar with.

    But then you do come across gems like the "review" mentioned above and you have to think, "yeah, some idiots deserve their comeuppance'

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