A restaurant expert sends tough online contributors undercover to help struggling restaurants identify food and service issues. Then, the expert implements solutions to get the distressed restaurants back on track.
EPISODE 1
Barbecue Bootcamp
Business at Barbecue Street, an old-school Georgia BBQ joint stuck in its ways, is dwindling, so restaurant consultant Monti Carlo and a group of elite Yelp reviewers step in with hidden cameras to see what's really going wrong.
EPISODE 2
Brooklyn Taco Fail
Chef Monti Carlo enlists a team of Yelpers to help raise the dismal Yelp rating of Paco's Tacos, a Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn run by two Italian-Americans.
EPISODE 3
Comfort Food Catastrophe
Restaurant consultant Monti Carlo steps in to help improve the Yelp reviews for The Spot in Montclair, NJ, which are full of complaints about sub-par service, management failures and basic cooking mistakes.
EPISODE 4
Burger Bomb
The Delkwood Grill in Marietta, Ga.; a family-run joint with an aging clientele; owners Dawn and Paul desperately need younger customers to keep their doors open; a major sports stadium opening nearby has the potential to bring new crowds.
EPISODE 5
Italian Intervention
Monti Carlo heads to Montclair, NJ, to help restaurateur Franco with his failing establishment, Fresco da Franco, but he proves to be resistant, believing he knows better; Franco abandons the restaurant and Monti is forced to come save the day.
EPISODE 6
Shot-y Service
The Pearl Restaurant and Lounge, well established in Atlanta's trendy Castleberry Hill district, suffers with complacency among the staff and changing neighborhood tastes that have owner Dishema scrambling.
Monti Carlo