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Originally Posted by Michael 61
... I am an admitted “foodie” and also a pretty good cook myself. During my lifestyle visit, I checked out all the highest rated restaurants based on Yelp reviews. I thought Harvest/Blue Fin/Chop house were all “OK”, as well as Thai Ruby. The Mexican and Chinese places were awful. (We have excellent Mexican here in the West). For the TV being so large, where are the Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Greek, Cuban, Cajun, German restaurants? Where are the French bistros and Spanish tapas places? ... I can’t want to move in a few months, but I will miss my restaurants.
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You would fit right in with
The Villages Gourmet Club. They know where the best ethnic and diversified restaurants are. Their huge database is
Searchable too. They've been around since 2006. The reviews are screened and verified by the club leaders. Yelp posts glowing reviews from the restaurant owners themselves and even the nasty ones from the restaurant owners across the street. The reviews are not in chronological order. It's full of ads and sponsored top billing too. You can't rely on Yelp! (IMHO). Too easy to "stuff the ballot box" in your own favor and it highlights locations that buy advertising.
But keep an open mind. When 10 people try a new restaurant you might get 10 different experiences. Also early patrons find that the kinks have not been ironed out yet and might rate their experience poorly.
Besides
Dining Out, the club has
Dining In groups that create shared meals at home for about 8 members. Sounds like you would fit right in with either group.
The count right now is 111 full service restaurants INSIDE
The Villages (well, golf cart accessible anyway). That's hard to beat in any metropolis.
The club's
Info Page has all the details and when the next club meeting is (I think it's Oct. 2nd).
Welcome to The Villages, Michael.
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