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DougS

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What I miss most on Roadfood Sat, 01/15/11 7:57 AM (permalink)
The new layout has likes and dislikes and that is common when ever there is a change in format. Fair enough! a lot of hard work has gone into upgrading the Roadfood web site.For the most part I like the changes.
But what I miss most on the restaurant reviews, is the price paid for various meals. Meal price is important to travelers.
 
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    DougS

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    Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Sun, 01/16/11 8:39 PM (permalink)
    Hmmmm! 76 views and not one comment.
    I guess, not knowing meal prices is not a concern.
     
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      ces1948

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      • Location: Port St Lucie, Fl
      Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Sun, 01/16/11 8:49 PM (permalink)
      I should have commented when I saw this earlier but to me a restaurant review without the prices is incomplete and leaving out a critical part of the review. I would hate to show up at a place for their "succulent" hamburger based on a review and find out it was $29.95. Having said that our local newspaper restaurant reviews never include specific prices, usually just a range like $10-20. Recently they reviewed what basically sounded like a sports bar which had some seafood dishes and the only comment about price was "All entrees are priced under $30. I would hope so.
       
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        wheregreggeats.com

        Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Sun, 01/16/11 10:50 PM (permalink)
         
        I suspect a $29 burger reviewed here on RF would be so noted.  Any exceptional prices (low or high) I suspect would be noted.
         
        They'd need a staff to keep prices up to date.  Time passes quickly.  I'd rather have a wider array of reviews than many removed because pricing hadn't been confirmed.
         
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          ces1948

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          Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Sun, 01/16/11 11:05 PM (permalink)
          I don't think they would need to keep all the prices up to date.  Just note the prices at the time the review was done.
           
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            6star

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            • Location: West Peoria, IL
            Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Mon, 01/17/11 12:24 AM (permalink)
            Even a price range by symbols would be helpful, and would seldom be necessary to update.  For example for an entree (or maybe a meat-and-three):
            $ = under $10
            $$ = $10 - $20
            $$$ = $20 - $30
            $$$$ = $30 to $40
            $$$$$ = over $40
             
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              DougS

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              Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Sat, 01/22/11 6:02 PM (permalink)
              I think the symbols would be a good idea if advertising a restaurant but when a person is writing about the meal they had....why not through in the price they paid at the time. It is a no brainer as far as a review goes; essential to the persons experience.
               
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                plb

                Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Sat, 01/22/11 8:05 PM (permalink)
                As long as it is an official Roadfood place I have to visit it at least once no matter the price.  For really expensive places, like Peter Luger's, the reviews warn us. 
                 
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                  sk bob

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                  Re:What I miss most on Roadfood Sat, 01/22/11 9:24 PM (permalink)
                  is people that  pay attention.
                  there is another thread that was started in mid 2010 EXACTLY like this one.
                   
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