Tripadvisor

Tripadvisor aggregates traveller reviews of attractions, hotels and restaurants worldwide, with one of the largest review databases in travel.

Its breadth is the advantage: for a destination where local review platforms are unfamiliar, it usually has coverage, and reviews from travellers describe the experience of arriving as an outsider.

Ratings skew toward places that attract tourists, which is worth remembering — the highest-rated restaurant in a city is often the one visitors find, not the one locals go to.