I’m seeing more and more restaurants that seem to have purchased large blocks of fake Google reviews. Like 4,000+ reviews at 4.7+ for a place that’s open less than a year.
I went to 2 different ones and on a Saturday night, 7pm there were only 2-3 tables including us. It was awkward. Both places the food was low quality, and about 20-30% more than I’d expect to pay. Service was by 20 year old girls who could care less about anything else than their phone or chatting with coworkers.
Both places also offered a discount/coupon if we wrote a 5 star goggle review with the caveat we had to do it on our phone while they watched.
First time thought it was a fluke/bad night. After the second place, started reading some reviews and realized the 5/5 reviews were fake.
by Both_Analyst_4734