Tripadvisor
Complaint signal is 14.9%.
Praise signal is 77.0%.
Baseline signal is 14.3%.
Delta vs baseline is 0.6 points.
Topic
What restaurant reviews say about food in New York, United States
Food appears in 12.8% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.
Tripadvisor is above the baseline by 0.6 percentage points.
- Confidence
- 32,981
- Reviews analyzed
- Last update
- September 16, 2026
- 2 platforms in the sample
At a glance
Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.
This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.
Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.
Google Maps
Signal balance: +50.1pp
Complaint signal
10.8%
Praise signal
60.9%
Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +62.1pp
Complaint signal
14.9%
Praise signal
77.0%
How this market compares
Compare this subdivision with country-level Restaurants patterns.
Largest gap:
Tripadvisor is above baseline by 0.6 points.
Google Maps
Country baseline
10.8%
Tripadvisor
Country baseline
14.3%
Platform-by-platform signal
Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.
Google Maps
Complaint signal is 10.8%.
Praise signal is 60.9%.
Baseline signal is 10.8%.
Delta vs baseline is 0.0 points.
Largest difference from baseline
This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.
Tripadvisor
0.6pp aboveCurrent signal is above baseline by 0.6 points (current 14.9%, baseline 14.3%).
Google Maps
0.0pp aboveCurrent signal is above baseline by 0.0 points (current 10.8%, baseline 10.8%).
What reviewers keep mentioning
These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.
Google Maps
Top complaints
Food was bland.
Google Maps
Top complaints
Food was mediocre.
Google Maps
Top praises
Great food.
Google Maps
Top praises
The food was delicious.
Google Maps
Top praises
Great food!
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
Food was average.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
The food was bland.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
Didn't detract from a fantastic meal, it was just disappointing when you don't see it on menu's too often.
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Great food.
Tripadvisor
Top praises
The food was very good.
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Food was delicious.
Representative review quotes
These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.
Google Maps
Complaint quote
She just insisted that she needed a card but seated us anyways because they “weren’t busy.” The meal was fine.
Review rating: 2.0
Google Maps
Praise quote
I had the Pistachio Pasta, and it was rich and flavorful.
Review rating: 4.0
Tripadvisor
Praise quote
Very, very good food, the price-performance ratio is top-notch, and the service is friendly and fast.
Review rating: 5.0
What the signal means
Coverage
363 insight listings mention Food in this scope.
Signal strength
Complaint signal is 12.8% across available platforms.
Praise signal is 69.0% across available platforms.
Next step
Pick one issue worth checking, then use recent reviews to see whether the pattern is still present.
Compare New York, United States with the national Restaurants pattern to see what stands out locally.
Use the Food signal to decide where to look, then check it against recent feedback from your own Restaurants.
Evidence behind this topic
- Food groups review language such as food, taste, flavor, menu, dish, and meal, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
- New York, United States, Restaurants uses 32981 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 4 locality records, and 363 supporting insight listings for Food.
- Tripadvisor has the strongest complaint signal for Food at 14.9%, compared with a measured average of 12.8% across platforms.
- Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Food at 77.0%, compared with a measured average of 69.0% across platforms.
How reliable is this signal?
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Reviews analyzed
32,981
Collected reviews: 909,172 · Analysis coverage: 3.6%
Platforms covered
2
Last update
September 15, 2026
Reports behind this finding
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Google Maps
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