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June 27, 2025
Video Reviews with Voodies: What are the Benefits of Video Reviews?
Video Reviews with Voodies: What are the Benefits of Video Reviews?
One of the unique features that makes Voodies, well, Voodies is its video reviews. Voodies, a food discovery app, allows users to experience, watch, and discover new foods, restaurants, and bars through a video medium. Unlike the typical written paragraph or photo of one’s meal or drink, video reviews offer something more all-encompassing. Today, we are going to dive into the benefits of video reviews and how they can be so impactful.
One of the unique features that makes Voodies, well, Voodies is its video reviews. Voodies, a food discovery app, allows users to experience, watch, and discover new foods, restaurants, and bars through a video medium. Unlike the typical written paragraph or photo of one’s meal or drink, video reviews offer something more all-encompassing. Today, we are going to dive into the benefits of video reviews and how they can be so impactful.
Authenticity and Transparency
Authenticity and Transparency
One of the first benefits of video reviews is that they offer a more authentic and transparent review. It can be challenging at times to get a full read on a restaurant/dish, as photos are great visuals, but lighting, textures, and ambiance can get lost in this visual-only medium. Videos are much more dynamic than photos; they offer a more immersive and authentic experience. As videos are recorded, you are capturing restaurants, meals, and these spots in real time and motion. You are showcasing your actual experience, not through a staged photograph or a paragraph, and, with videos, the small details get picked up that you might leave out of your photo or written review, whether purposefully or not. Some of our most active users have highlighted that Voodies’ video platform provides viewers a better indication of what to expect from a restaurant, as the video reviews help with accuracy and authenticity in a transparent way.
One of the first benefits of video reviews is that they offer a more authentic and transparent review. It can be challenging at times to get a full read on a restaurant/dish, as photos are great visuals, but lighting, textures, and ambiance can get lost in this visual-only medium. Videos are much more dynamic than photos; they offer a more immersive and authentic experience. As videos are recorded, you are capturing restaurants, meals, and these spots in real time and motion. You are showcasing your actual experience, not through a staged photograph or a paragraph, and, with videos, the small details get picked up that you might leave out of your photo or written review, whether purposefully or not. Some of our most active users have highlighted that Voodies’ video platform provides viewers a better indication of what to expect from a restaurant, as the video reviews help with accuracy and authenticity in a transparent way.
Trust
Trust
It can be difficult to trust the various reviews you see online. When you see a short 5-star review with no photos, it can be difficult to assess how true and trustworthy this review is; we place a lot of faith in hoping it is true. When reading these short online reviews, they can be difficult to trust because we aren’t seeing real users with our own eyes. Video reviews, on the other hand, offer a greater sense of trustworthiness. They offer a sense of credibility; users understand and know that a person is filming this video and actively reviewing it. Whether the user has filmed themselves trying the first bite or even a video of their drink, it allows users to see and engage with other users, making it seem more personal. Seeing various clips of this person and hearing their voice allows people to connect on a more personal level. They are not just a person behind the screen, but instead are a person in front of you who is physically in the restaurant. Users understand that the reviewers went and filmed their experience at the restaurant and can build a strong connection with them, enhancing that trust.
It can be difficult to trust the various reviews you see online. When you see a short 5-star review with no photos, it can be difficult to assess how true and trustworthy this review is; we place a lot of faith in hoping it is true. When reading these short online reviews, they can be difficult to trust because we aren’t seeing real users with our own eyes. Video reviews, on the other hand, offer a greater sense of trustworthiness. They offer a sense of credibility; users understand and know that a person is filming this video and actively reviewing it. Whether the user has filmed themselves trying the first bite or even a video of their drink, it allows users to see and engage with other users, making it seem more personal. Seeing various clips of this person and hearing their voice allows people to connect on a more personal level. They are not just a person behind the screen, but instead are a person in front of you who is physically in the restaurant. Users understand that the reviewers went and filmed their experience at the restaurant and can build a strong connection with them, enhancing that trust.
Memory
Memory
It has been found that video reviews are better remembered than text and photo reviews, as more senses are involved with both visual and audio output. The combination of these two senses creates more stimulation in the brain, making the content more memorable. In addition, videos are able to tell more of a story and evoke emotion. Since videos can capture someone’s voice, facial reactions, and the ambiance of the restaurant, they can be reminded of things they know, things they’ve heard, places they’ve been, all of which can enhance emotions and increase memory retention. While we experience videos every day, it is quite interesting to learn how they impact and contribute to our memory retention.
Video reviews offer something unique from other types of reviews. By stimulating multiple senses, video reviews incorporate emotion, build trust, and transparency, which you cannot always achieve through a simple image or written review. Food discovery through short-form videos with Voodies is an excellent way to find your next favorite spot.
It has been found that video reviews are better remembered than text and photo reviews, as more senses are involved with both visual and audio output. The combination of these two senses creates more stimulation in the brain, making the content more memorable. In addition, videos are able to tell more of a story and evoke emotion. Since videos can capture someone’s voice, facial reactions, and the ambiance of the restaurant, they can be reminded of things they know, things they’ve heard, places they’ve been, all of which can enhance emotions and increase memory retention. While we experience videos every day, it is quite interesting to learn how they impact and contribute to our memory retention.
Video reviews offer something unique from other types of reviews. By stimulating multiple senses, video reviews incorporate emotion, build trust, and transparency, which you cannot always achieve through a simple image or written review. Food discovery through short-form videos with Voodies is an excellent way to find your next favorite spot.
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