What are Zagat Surveys?

Zagat surveyors rate and review a wide range of lifestyle/leisure products and services including restaurants, nightlife, hotels, golf courses and movies. Each questionnaire is compiled by Zagat's content department in conjunction with expert editors. The questionnaires are posted on Zagat's Web site, where consumers give us their ratings and reviews. An independent data processor compiles the votes. The published reviews are based on these questionnaires, with numerical ratings reflecting the average scores given by all participants who voted on each establishment and text based on direct quotes from, or fair paraphrasings of, participants' comments.