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Nicole Carullo's avatar

I love this and need to know: how much do you let reviews inform your order vs. flying blind and getting whatever sounds good? I sometimes like to know what the skips/must-gets are, especially if it's a spendier spot, but also... surprise and delight, baby!

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Olivia Weiss's avatar

I personally rarely use reviews to order, but I will ask friends who I know have been if there are must-gets! Sometimes I listen :)

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Austin Tedesco's avatar

Yeah, same. If it's a new place or a new menu, I'll ask the waiter for one or two must orders, and I'll text friends the same question before arriving.

If it's a place I'm particularly excited about with a huge menu — like my first visit to RVR — I'll do some iG stalking on the restaurant page and the tags to see if something catches my eye.

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Mary's avatar

Me at the thought of skipping Mac and cheese at kestrel….🤯🤯🤯

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Ice Cream for Lunch's avatar

Great post! I agree with the importance of knowing how to order but restaurants with small menus and high prices shouldn’t all dishes be worth a try?

I live in Vancouver and most of the higher end restaurants I have been to have not been up to par with the price. Maybe its al differents between cities.

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