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Restaurant Plays Recordings of Bad Yelp Reviews on Stereo
Photo courtesy of Craft & Commerce on Facebook
In the restaurant industry, there's no one that people love to hate more than Guy FieriYelpers. Entire Tumblr blogs have been dedicated to poking fun at their half-assed reviews, and actors have even createddramatic 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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