Guatemala City · Guatemala
Citadin Hotel
Suspicious-review evidence
≈51 possibly bought · 149 top-rated reviews scanned
Explain how it works
We compare every 5★ review's word count against the global distribution. Hostels where unusually many top-rated reviews are suspiciously short — way under the typical length — start to look like the staff (or a boost-my-listing service) is padding the score with throwaway praise.
The detector flags reviews that are both top-rated and below a length threshold, then estimates how many of them statistically shouldn't exist. For this hostel we scanned 149 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 8.59. A z-score measures how far this hostel's distribution of 5★ review lengths sits from the global average, in standard deviations. 0 = perfectly typical. 1–2 = slightly unusual but within normal noise. 3–5 = strongly anomalous. Anything 10+ means the pattern is so far from the global norm that it's effectively impossible to get there organically.
This is a heuristic, not a verdict — it surfaces hostels worth a second look, not proof of fraud. Read the actual reviews below and judge for yourself.
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refund several times and being told that the situation was being "review
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told that the situation was being "review
Pretty bad "economic hotel" in zona 4 of Guatemala City. The pics they show you online are fairly deceiving. Once you arrive at Citadin Zona 4, you'll find a horrible building, damp rooms and extremely, ridiculously noise streets. In fact, the hotel is located just above a bar that plays such loud music, ALL DAY LONG and well into the night, it's just impossible to sleep. The windows do open wide, but they have no screens, something pretty bad in a country riddled with mosquitos and a dengue epidemic. The tourist authorities in Guatemala, INGUAT, should fine this place. Worst of all, the room I stayed in plus a couple of other rooms around it flooded. The cleaning was so bad, the damp and smelly floors and carpets made it impossible to stay and I just had to leave. After requesting a refund several times and being told that the situation was being "reviewed" by management, not a penny was refunded.
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Ecxelente
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Ambiente
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Nice
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Excellent
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Excelente
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Genial
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Excelente servicio
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Buen servicio
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Muy amable
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Excelente servicio
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Excelente servicio.
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Excelente servicio
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Excelente servicio
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Excelente Nada
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Super cómodo
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Exclente servicio
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Excelente servicio
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Excelente servicio
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Buen servicio,
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Amazing place
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La ubicación
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Todo Nada
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Excele lugar
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Me gustó mucho
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