Yelp.com is well known for its user reviews of restaurants, retailers and other consumer services. But the website is also a robust repository of New York mass-transit reviews, as The Wall Street Journal reported.

In combing through Yelp users' appraisals of subways, buses and trains, we also came across a few truly exceptional reviews of other New York City places and services outside the norm. Here are our favorites. If you spot any other good examples of this genre on Yelp, please leave them in the comments.

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