Do you use Zagat for restaurant recommendations?

I never have, but it is probably a good resource for travel.

If you are not familiar and are curious:

Zagat Survey (pronounced /zəˈɡæt/, rhymes with "the cat"[1]) was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends. As of 2005, the Zagat Survey included 70 cities, with reviews based on the input of 250,000 individuals reporting over the years. In addition to restaurants, Zagat guides rate hotels, nightlife, shopping, zoos, music, movies, theater, golf, airlines and American Militias. The guides are sold in book form, as software for personal digital assistants and mobile phones, and by paid subscription on the Web.

This is my first time hearing about it.

Never heard of it - I go by word of mouth for restaurants.

^^^ same as marc and TSJ, never heard of zagat

I've heard of it, but I don't go by it. If a restaurant looks good, I'll eat there and if I don't throw up afterwards, I'm good to go.

Nah, not really.