Trip Adviser No 2 Sosua Restuarant

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Olly

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You dont really mean "Street Meat" do you! They have all been rounded up!!

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Agreed. Trip Advisor is a bad source for accurate information.

There is this Canadian guy that arrived "in the Dominican" a few years ago who bought a pretty low-end hotel in Cabarete. He decided to leverage TA as a marketing tool (probably because it was free...he wouldn't have to actually pay for advertising on sites like DR1...brilliant!). He had all his family and friends write reviews (large number of 5 star reviews from brand new TA users that decided to take the time to create accounts, and their one and only review was of this hotel). For a while the strategy appeared to be working. He even got his rating up to #1 (in it's hotel class...not a "full" hotel), and this became his marketing slogan. "Come stay at that World Famous XX Hotel, rated #1 on Trip Advisor!".

He spent lots and lots of time policing his rating, responding to each and every negative review, somehow getting many of them removed And those that he couldn't get removed he made bizare accusations against the reviewer. Kind-of weird, but again, that was the marketing plan.

However even with all this manipulation, his rating went from #1 to #5 (in it's class) in the last 18 months.

Bottom line, the truth eventually comes out, but I would never book a hotel, or go to a restaurant, based on a rating on Trip Advisor.
 
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tomas2 said:
Agreed. Trip Advisor is a bad source for accurate information.

There is this Canadian guy that arrived "in the Dominican" a few years ago who bought a pretty low-end hotel in Cabarete. He decided to leverage TA as a marketing tool (probably because it was free...he wouldn't have to actually pay for advertising on sites like DR1...brilliant!). He had all his family and friends write reviews (large number of 5 star reviews from brand new TA users that decided to take the time to create accounts, and their one and only review was of this hotel). For a while the strategy appeared to be working. He even got his rating up to #1 (in it's hotel class...not a "full" hotel), and this became his marketing slogan. "Come stay at that World Famous XX Hotel, rated #1 on Trip Advisor!".

He spent lots and lots of time policing his rating, responding to each and every negative review, somehow getting many of them removed And those that he couldn't get removed he made bizare accusations against the reviewer. Kind-of weird, but again, that was the marketing plan.

However even with all this manipulation, his rating went from #1 to #5 (in it's class) in the last 18 months.

Bottom line, the truth eventually comes out, but I would never book a hotel, or go to a restaurant, based on a rating on Trip Advisor.
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The person of whom you are speaking of is well known on TA aswell as here and most folks take his comments and reviews with a grain of salt. I am not sure but I belive TA also gives him vacations (like DR1 did) for his postings as he seems to "dissappear" for various lengths of time.
Over all TA does ok

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I booked hotels in the past guiding myself with the TA reviews, most of them were accurate but i dont just go and read one or two, some people start like " BEST vacation ever" and the hotel is 4 starts out of 5... but when you continue to read you will find out that most of the people have something negative to say. I was just looking like a week ago and couldnt understand how come a hotel with 4/5 starts can have so many negatives review... now i kind of get it! THANKS TO DR1 posters!! lol
if you want to trust it i guess you have to spend time ready most of the reviews before booking.
 
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Remember as well that a lot of the TA negative reviews are sketchy as well. I remember my old hotel apparently had no beach, according to a TA poster who hated the place for a laundry list of mostly made-up reasons.

Fess up now... which of you was it? ;)
 
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I basically go to the DR for the nightlife and weather....Dominican restaurants, be it Dominican or ex-pat owned, the food basically is crap and the portion size small....maybe that's why I always lose at least 20 lbs every trip there....DR pizza: a joke, DR wings: excuse me, but are those Hummingbird wings? (they're so small), steak: (small size, expensive, and the quality ain't that great)....tacos: wow, I never knew people could screw up something as easy as a taco....I got one in Santiago that had all the ingredients that AREN'T in a regular US taco.....and the Burrito Hut in Sosua: YOU DON'T PUT BEANS IN A GODDAM TACO!!!!! It's just meat, lettuce, tomato, cheese!!!!!!!
 
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FritoBandito said:
I basically go to the DR for the nightlife and weather....Dominican restaurants, be it Dominican or ex-pat owned, the food basically is crap and the portion size small....maybe that's why I always lose at least 20 lbs every trip there....DR pizza: a joke, DR wings: excuse me, but are those Hummingbird wings? (they're so small), steak: (small size, expensive, and the quality ain't that great)....tacos: wow, I never knew people could screw up something as easy as a taco....I got one in Santiago that had all the ingredients that AREN'T in a regular US taco.....and the Burrito Hut in Sosua: YOU DON'T PUT BEANS IN A GODDAM TACO!!!!! It's just meat, lettuce, tomato, cheese!!!!!!!
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A regular us taco? Tacos are not an American food. All I can say is the Lord would have made pu--y look like a taco if it wasn't meant for eating.
 
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FritoBandito said:
I basically go to the DR for the nightlife and weather....Dominican restaurants, be it Dominican or ex-pat owned, the food basically is crap and the portion size small....maybe that's why I always lose at least 20 lbs every trip there....DR pizza: a joke, DR wings: excuse me, but are those Hummingbird wings? (they're so small), steak: (small size, expensive, and the quality ain't that great)....tacos: wow, I never knew people could screw up something as easy as a taco....I got one in Santiago that had all the ingredients that AREN'T in a regular US taco.....and the Burrito Hut in Sosua: YOU DON'T PUT BEANS IN A GODDAM TACO!!!!! It's just meat, lettuce, tomato, cheese!!!!!!!
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A regular us taco? Tacos are not an American food. All I can say is the Lord would have made pu--y look like a taco if it wasn't meant for eating.
 
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bob saunders said:
A regular us taco? Tacos are not an American food. All I can say is the Lord would have made pu--y look like a taco if it wasn't meant for eating.
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I know tacos aren't original American food...but the most popular US version has the ingredients that I mentioned.

Burritto Hut in Sosua: Their "beef" taco has about 80% beans and 20% meat. They use beans as a filler, because it's cheaper than meat.......There are some Mexican restaurants around my house that would blow away any Mexican food restaurant on the North Coast......
 
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Abraham, the chef at the restaurant on Calle Sin Salida, is from Mexico, and he makes tacos, chimichangas, burritos, and nachos with "unfilled" chicken and beef. His Mexican combination platter is delicious.
 
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Olly said:
Here is the No 2 Restaurant in Sosua according to Trip Adviser - what a joke !!!


OLLIES PORK SANDWICH, Sosua - Restaurant Reviews - TripAdvisor

It only caught my notice as it was close to my DR1 name - well nearly

How can you believe this !!! No 2 no Not ever!

Olly
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Back in college, after a night of drinking IHOP was the greatest restaurant. A pork sandwich at 4am on PC when nothing else is available is going to taste like heaven.
 
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Big Dan said:
Abraham, the chef at the restaurant on Calle Sin Salida, is from Mexico, and he makes tacos, chimichangas, burritos, and nachos with "unfilled" chicken and beef. His Mexican combination platter is delicious.
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Where is that located in Sosua??? I'll check it out the next I'm there.
 
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Good to see Trip Adviser has now down graded the "restaurant" -Ollies Pork Sandwich - to 11th in Sosua. I still think this is too high and does not reflect the many "good" Restaurants in Sosua! Can you trust "Trip Advisor"

HTH

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Olly said:
Good to see Trip Adviser has now down graded the "restaurant" -Ollies Pork Sandwich - to 11th in Sosua. I still think this is too high and does not reflect the many "good" Restaurants in Sosua! Can you trust "Trip Advisor"

HTH

Olly
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Hey if you're walking out of 4 Roses at 2 AM Not many options.
 
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FritoBandito said:
Where is that located in Sosua??? I'll check it out the next I'm there.
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Turn onto DR Rosen, which is a one way street, pass Terra Linda, New Garden, etc, and then continue straight at next intersection. The name of the place is Luna Llena, and it is the first business on the left side of the street.

I ate there again a couple of days ago....a Fettucini with chicken and primavera sauce, garlic bread on the side...
 
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