Hi! My name is Daniel, I’m born and raised in Orange County. I’ve always been a fan of going out and trying new restaurants so about 3 years ago I started reviewing sites on Yahoo Local after that I discovered Yelp and moved my reviews to there. During this whole time I also posted reviews on my personal blog Powered By Dan. About 6 months ago I had an ideal of starting my own review site that I would exclusively post my restaurant reviews and with that Eat in OC was born. The site officially launched May 4th, 2008 and slowly but surely it has gained fans from all over Orange County. I’m always looking for ways to improve and make this site better, so please contact me if you have suggestions or would like to offer advice.

Eat in OC Code of Ethics as stated here.

1.  I don’t accept free meals to review.

2.  I will not trade advertising reviews for discounts or free meals.

3.  I will accept free items, since there are restaurants that just randomly give out free items to try, I’ve tried to clearly mention this when it happens.

4.  I’m as anonymous as possible.  I don’t go out in public with my EatInOC.com superhero outfit (with matching cape).  I don’t tell servers, owners, or managers of my intention.

5.  I choose to post a review of a restaurant after I visit the restaurant.  You might notice that I have more positive reviews them negative reviews, that’s because I don’t always review the bad after the fact.  Most the negative reviews I have were for places that standout as just plain bad, or places I had terrible service (which is completely subjective).

6.  I give my readers as accurate account of my visit to the restaurant as possible.

7.  My reviews are completely subjective and may not reflect your opinions or the actual day to day quality of the restaurants I review.  I don’t have the resources to visit a restaurant numerous times to build up my review, I choose to do my reviews based on single visits.  I will attempt to point out bad service if I receive it but will do my best to refrain from letting it cloud my judgment on the quality of the food and that of the restaurant.

If I visit a restaurant for a special event I will not rate the review of the meal (Such as when I went to Veggie Grill).  If I attend a special event I will notify my readers of such.  Coupons don’t count as free meals.  I do occasionally post about events I attend or events I have been sent press releases for but these are clearly labeled as such and no bartering of advertising was done.

In addition to this code, I also follow the eGullet Ethics Code for Online Writers.

Thanks,
DanGarion and Mrs. DanGarion