Customer Reviews

Zagat 2008 New York City Restaurants (Zagatsurvey)

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By Bill Marsano. The Zagat Survey series finds itself in an "enviable" position between newspapers that publish "professional" but infrequent reviews and dining blogs that rate more often but too often indulge in "amateurish score-settling," "tirades" and hostility. Zagat is almost always "up to date" if not "up to the minute"; it's easily "navigated" and many readers come to rely on it. All the dope a diner needs is in Zagat, as are, unfortunately, more quotation marks than "anyone" wants. I understand that they indicate that specific comments are contributors' own "words" asnd not the editors' "opinions," but they have long since outlived their "usefulness." The result is a "slim volume" whose "malformed prose" sounds like a "cacaphony."--Bill Marsano is an award-winning writer on travel, wine and spirits.

Where would we be without Zagat? I don't always agree with their reviews, but it's somewhere to start. After you read the review you can always check out the web site. If anything the reviews are more critical than they need to be. I have never been disappointed.

This book is awesome!! If you like to go out to eat and try new things this is the book to help guide you. I get one every year and use it all the time. I recommend this book to anyone who goes out to eat in NYC!

There's only so much you can pack in a book. The Zagat guide is woefully short when it comes to listings and does not (cannot) review a vast number of restaurants out there. For example, Taim, a great place to get Falafel in West Village is not mentioned here. Another example: check out the number of restaurants it lists in Union Square. Also, it's far more difficult to 'search' a book than just search for something online. The amount of page-flipping is tiresome and does not always yield great results.

Put simply, this is a relic of the bygone era - the information it contains is much better delivered via the internet. Far more detailed reviews are available online - why waste money on a book?

Very informative for finding just the right place for your cravings! Easy to navigate and understand. Find by neighborhood, cuisine, price and more.

The Zagat is indispensible when it comes to reviewing restaurants. When I plan a dinner or lunch I always consult my little red book. It is exceptional and even has the restaurants subdivided into various catagories e.g. prix fix, neighborhoods, most popular, etc. An essential must have for anyone dining in NYC!

If you're wondering about a restaurant in NYC, the first (and only) guide to grab is Zagat's. More efficient than the internet, if not as detailed. Very easy to read up on a place before you go. It's the one guide locals and tourists can both agree on. Very hard to navigate the choices in New York without it. The only challenge is keeping current, as the restaurant scene changes so quickly. Get the 2006 version, and you're already out of date!

A must have for vacations to NYC. A tremendous help with accurate information in a very usable format.

Waht's to say? Restaurants come and go so frequently in New York that even natives are lost without one of these.

I love the Zagat guides for the dining recommendations, helpful information and the varied opinions of "the people". Helpful in making an educated decision as to where to dine.