The trouble with these rating systems is that they're usually done by one of two groups: people who wish they were foodies or people who had a bad experience.
It's nice to see Foursquare get into this space, but like another commenter said -- it'd be nice to see them tackle the minor issues like hours of operations and menus (maybe through some sort of reward?).
We definitely agree that menus + hours and all sorts of things like that are important too. We've already got a couple hundred thousand menus in the system and are working on getting more.
Ok, that wasn't fair. A proper foodie is an aficionado.
To compare it to tech, it's the difference between someone who understand technology and has a background in it versus a self-proclaimed 'techno-geek' who slobbers over a best buy flyer.
http://xkcd.com/1098/
The trouble with these rating systems is that they're usually done by one of two groups: people who wish they were foodies or people who had a bad experience.
It's nice to see Foursquare get into this space, but like another commenter said -- it'd be nice to see them tackle the minor issues like hours of operations and menus (maybe through some sort of reward?).