ign's max nicholson gave the episode a 6.0 out of 10, and commented that "while cartman and his legion of food critics offered a handful of laughs early on, 'you're not yelping' as a whole felt drawn-out and dull." chris longo from den of geek gave the episode 2.5 out of 5 stars, summarizing "after three strong episodes, 'you're not yelping' gets the lowest ratings from me so far as i’m beginning to think we’re hitting a saturation point with the show getting by on cartman pointing and laughing at minorities." writing for the a.v. club, dan caffrey gave an a- rating to the episode, and commented in his review that "it's that exact contrast—this idea of something so trivial treated so dramatically—that makes 'you're not yelping' work." caffrey also noted that the episode as it aired on south park studios only had commercials for the yelp website.