I disagree with this article, but in the interest of balancing your claims:
There are better rated restaurants in most of the categories you mentioned elsewhere in the Bay. For example, I know of at least two Indian places that I personally consider better than Sakoon and have better ratings on Yelp. There are a half dozen that have better ratings on Yelp but which I have never been to. And that's just within five miles of Menlo Park, to say nothing of the city.
You are of course free to your own opinion, but I'd caution other readers that this is just one opinion among many, and is probably not as near the mean as one might hope given the authoritative tone of the assertions made.
And to add to the point above, Yelp ratings are not well-normalized across markets. The things that people care about in the 'burbs is different than in the city and places get voted up or down for odd reasons.
For example, Joya in Palo Alto is a pretty amazing restaurant but only gets 3.5 stars. The Cheesecake Factory (which is a pretty crappy chain) gets a 5. This is not really good data.
There are better rated restaurants in most of the categories you mentioned elsewhere in the Bay. For example, I know of at least two Indian places that I personally consider better than Sakoon and have better ratings on Yelp. There are a half dozen that have better ratings on Yelp but which I have never been to. And that's just within five miles of Menlo Park, to say nothing of the city.
You are of course free to your own opinion, but I'd caution other readers that this is just one opinion among many, and is probably not as near the mean as one might hope given the authoritative tone of the assertions made.