Yelp lets a review sit as a draft indefinitely — a star rating locked in, no text ever added. This is that stash: 206 businesses Roger rated but never reviewed in writing, 2015–2024. It's raw data, not editorial — no invented commentary behind any of these, just the rating and the date. Below that: his Google Maps ratings history, 2018–2026, pulled straight from his own Google Takeout exports — he rates places from more than one Google account, so this combines exports from both.
Ratings
206
Average
4.3★
San Diego County
157
Travel
49
Dates and star counts come straight from Yelp's draft-reviews list. 9 of these already match an existing published place on this site (linked below, but only where the neighborhood on file confirms it's the same physical location) — the rest are rating data only, not a recommendation either way. See Check-Ins for the (even sparser) log of businesses visited with no rating at all.
By the stars
How the ratings break down.
Skews positive, same as the published reviews — a rating Roger never bothered writing up was rarely a bad one.
★★★★★80
★★★★☆104
★★★☆☆21
★★☆☆☆1
★☆☆☆☆0
Every rating, one row each
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Search by name or neighborhood. These are star ratings straight from unpublished Yelp drafts — no written review behind them. A handful of names already link to a full write-up.
206 of 206 ratings
Xinjiang BBQLinda Vista
★★★★★
Gum Kuo RestaurantOakland Chinatown, Oakland · Travel
Feng Mao Lamb Kebab - OlympicKoreatown, Los Angeles · Travel
★★★★☆
Shin-Sen-Gumi Hakata Ramen - GardenaGardena, CA · Travel
★★★★☆
Cat & Cloud CoffeeSanta Cruz, CA · Travel
★★★★☆
Khyber Pass ZarparanHillcrest
★★★★☆
Forager Tasting Room & EateryDowntown, San Jose · Travel
★★★★☆
Milk & WoodDowntown, San Jose · Travel
★★★★☆
The Fountainhead BarDowntown, San Jose · Travel
★★★★☆
Sante Adairius Rustic AlesCapitola, CA · Travel
★★★★☆
CassavaFinancial District, San Francisco · Travel
★★★★☆
Topsy's BarFinancial District, San Francisco · Travel
★★★☆☆
Florio Bar & CafeLower Pacific Heights, San Francisco · Travel
★★★★☆
RickhouseFinancial District, San Francisco · Travel
★★★★☆
Chaat PalaceWest San Jose, San Jose · Travel
★★★★☆
The Mad BeetPacific Beach
★★★★☆
Oscars Mexican SeafoodPacific Beach
★★★★☆
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Google Maps ratings.
Google Maps lets a Local Guide leave a star rating with no review text at all — this is that history, straight from Roger's own Google Takeout exports (Maps > Reviews.json), not scraped from the public profile page. Dates here are exact, not inferred.
Ratings
626
Average
4.4★
San Diego County
442
Travel
184
78 of these already match an existing published place on this site (linked below). Combines Takeout exports from two of Roger's Google accounts — his main one (behind the public contributor profile showing ~778 ratings) plus a smaller secondary account. Some gap against that ~778 figure remains even combined; Google Takeout doesn't appear to export every historical rating the profile page counts, and the exact cause isn't confirmed.
Every Google Maps rating, one row each
Browse the Google Maps ratings.
Search by name or city. These come straight from Roger's own Google Takeout export, with exact dates — most are a star rating with no written text. A handful of names already link to a full write-up.