Shanghaiist: Who needs Zagat?

Peter

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:11:26 +0800

I like Dianping. So far I have found the ratings not far off the mark. But I always look at sites like this with suspicion. How can we be assured that the ratings stem are from genuine, (assumedly) low-baised customers, and not from self-serving restaurant management? At least Zagat has its own staff doing the reviews, so you can have some neutrality.

jay

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:04:10 +0800

registration takes all of 5 seconds. dianping has a significantly broader coverage and much more #s of reviews per restaurant, especially if u're really into local cuisines. smartshanghai is a great site also, one doesn't have to use one site to the exclusion of others. there's definitely power in number.

Milton

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:43:26 +0800

I can't access any reviews without registration on that site ? SmartShanghai has user reviews of Restaurants in english & without registration : http://www.smartshanghai.com/en/scripts/reviews.php

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:20:37 +0800

Wow they even got a "dot-com guy" logo.

Clark

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:19:35 +0800

Cool,dianping.com is really amazing

Jay

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:37:05 +0800

went to dinner w/ friends. Dianping said 112 rmb per, 4 of us and the bill came to 432. freaky!

yu888

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:45:52 +0800

Great site. Formerly known as Z-Survey and was in fact in English and Chinese when it first came out. But alas the CHinese market is just much bigger than the effort needed to put together an English version. Great site and very helpful in searching for my next meal for sure!