Originally Posted by
Blackthorn
As others have said, the problem I have with them is when there is no mention of anything else about the pub, other than the food, and the reviewer in question hasn't ever reviewed any other pubs. What makes it even worse, as in the recent example that I flagged up, was that the "reviewer" went on to say he had a much better experience in another pub - but did he review that one? No, of course not, he just wanted a rant.
I have, on occasions, probably had a food rant myself, but always as part of a balanced review of the pub, other aspects of which may be quite positive.