Originally Posted by gresch

This is a big topic in NY as well. The "coupon" is seen as a bribe to take down the bad review and it doesn't give other prospective diners true insight into the restaurant if you take it down. It's up to you what to do, but what my circle of friends have done in the past is accept the restaurants "bribe" and if the problems have been resolved, they write a new reivew, but the original stays. The original can be updated to point to the new one or have the new one reference the old one. Whether it was a holiday or a Tuesday during the summer they should provide the same high level of service, not sacrifice service for cramming in as many reservations as they can and praying that they will handle it successfully.

One thing that is kind of half-sincere on their part is only bribing you with 2 dinners if they blew the meals for a party of 6. That perceived insincerity would probably steer me away from accepting the coupon and I wouldn't go back.