Letter: Critic gets zero stars

I read the Showcase on a regular basis and have to say over the past few months after reading the food critic’s restaurant reviews I feel they are very off on their ratings.

Many of the restaurants that have been critiqued I have dined at myself, both before and after the critic’s reviews. I feel the reviews are inaccurate on their judgments and rate some very deserving restaurants lower than they should be, as well as others that should be much lower.

For example this week, Joe’s Crab Shack, three stars? Compared to what? A chain and fine dining both having three stars is not a good comparison. Encore was rated higher than I feel it deserved, and I have a sister who is a server there who even felt the rating was too high. These reviews are confusing and leave readers baffled. I think the reviewer should concentrate more on privately run restaurants and focus on good food, not fried, fast, cheap deals that are way off.

I eat out frequently and have friends who do as well and feel this critic doesn’t have a true feel for many of the restaurants he rates and is misleading the public, resulting in a waste of money and time.

Julia Vaux/Naples