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YelpVersion: 3.1.0

Free
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4.0 out of 5 mice Reviewed Aug 28, 2008 Reviewed Unknown
37355 user reviews

Developer: Yelp, Inc.

Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Filed Under: Travel

Looking for a burrito joint open now? An Irish pub nearby? A gas station you can drive to before your tank hits empty? Yelp for your iPhone is here to help. Use us to search for places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play then read reviews from an active community of locals in the know.

FEATURES:

- Search for businesses near you using the iPhone's built-in location finder
- Tap quick links to find nearby bars, restaurants, cafes and more
- Narrow your searches by 'hood, distance, price, and what's open now
- Browse reviews to read what's great (and not so great) in your city
- Add Quick Tips, photos, and draft reviews for your favorite businesses
- Look up addresses and phone numbers for thousands of businesses, then call or map them from your iPhone

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Customer-review app finds local businesses when you need them

by Kelly Turner, Macworld.com

You’d be hard pressed to find a more opinionated, verbose, and downright catty group than the citizen reviewers on Yelp.com—which is one reason this user-driven business directory is so popular. Yelp now offers an iPhone app that lets you access all this snarkiness on the road while also finding local eateries, shops, and gas stations that are open when you need them.

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User Reviews

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Macworld user review snapshot

Fun 84.0%
Attractive 80.0%
Met expectations 84.0%

Macworld user reviews IN DETAIL:

Discovered a lot of great places w/ Yelp

Reviewed by khaugen

We've found great restaurants locally and while traveling, including hole-in-the-wall places in marginal neighborhoods that serve up amazing food as well as new places in town. Great search & filter (especially "open now" which limits results to, you guessed it, places that aren't closed.) Also helpful for shopping, etc. It works better than a generic Google search, and the bookmarks and built in link to Google maps seal the deal. Major downside is the snarky reviews posted by some people, and the fact that the reviewers fit a pretty narrow demographic.

Great on-the-go App!

Reviewed by finalcut

This is great if you're on-the-go, whether by foot or car! It was incredibly helpful on a six-day road trip I recently took. I highly recommend!

Good Tool

Reviewed by windhamr

I don't always agree with the reviews, but I do use the app to find new places to try. I also agree with one of the previous reviews that the app is easier to use on the iPhone, than the site itself.

Does what it says

Reviewed by bresnik87122

I am mostly concerned with the honesty of folks who do the YELP reviews. App is good, but not great.

Yelp is an indispensible restaurant finding tool

Reviewed by nobodaddy

and the app is easier to use on the iPhone, than the site itself.

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