It’s being called one of the harshest reviews a New York Times restaurant critic has ever dished out. Depending on your opinion, Food Network star Guy Fieri had it coming, or Times critic Pete Wells went way too far in his takedown of Fieri’s new Times Square Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar.

And quite a few local restaurateurs have opinions on the drama, too, namely the ones Fieri’s show has visited. Fieri has visited more than a dozen restaurants in and around Boston while shooting “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.”