Budapest · Hungary
Easy Star Hotel
Suspicious-review evidence
≈57 possibly bought · 368 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 368 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 6.05. 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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Confirmed paidSignal trace
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Reward tied to a review
MONEY I GO TO A 5 STAR
NADA ESTUVIMOS 3 NOCHES EN EL HOTEL, ADEMAS DE QUE LE QUEDA MUY GRANDE SER UN TRES ESTRELLAS, SUCIO, CAMAS INCOMODAS, INUNDACION DEL BAÑO, MAL DESAYUNO . EL ULTIMO DIA EL PERSONAL DE LIMPIEZA ME ROBO MUCHO DINERO, DE LO CUAL NO SE HICIERON CARGO !! EL MANAGER SE BURLO DE MI DICIENDO QUE CON ESA PLATA VAYA A UN 5 ESTRELLAS. UNA VERGUENZA DE HOTEL Y PERSONAL !!!! WE STAYED 3 NIGHTS IN THE HOTEL, IN ADDITION TO NOT BEING A THREE STAR, DIRTY, UNCOMFORTABLE BEDS, BATHROOM FLOODING, BAD BREAKFAST. THE LAST DAY THE CLEANING STAFF STOLE A LOT OF MONEY FROM ME, WHICH THEY DID NOT TAKE CHARGE OF! THE MANNAGER MADE MOCK AT ME SAYING THAT WITH THAT MONEY I GO TO A 5 STARS. A SHAME OF HOTEL AND STAFF!!!!
Argentina -
Reward tied to a review
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Suspiciously shortSignal trace
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Review-authenticity complaint
reviews which were all fake
Nothing except the location Such a damn old property which didn’t even had elevators. The old bulky CRT TV, old noisy stinking beds and a noisy bulky pedestal air cooler were a huge disappointment. Water was stagnant in the Bathroom. It’s apparently an old abandoned property with aged old furnitures with stinking smell and in terrible condition. I got misguided by the reviews which were all fake indeed.
Denmark -
Review-authenticity complaint
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Suspiciously short
Kellemes.
United Kingdom -
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Tutto
Italy -
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Localização.
Brazil -
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Minden
Hungary -
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fantastic
Poland -
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Все
Spain -
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Minden
Hungary -
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地理位置非常好，早上起来步行去了很多地方。白天与晚上两位前台大叔都很友好和善良，让我的旅途更加美好！
China -
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Perfect
Austria -
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OK
United States -
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Köszönöm
Hungary -
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Profi
Hungary -
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Totul
Romania -
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Ubicación
Paraguay -
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Alles
Germany -
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perfect!!!!
Austria -
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Thank Thank
Austria -
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Localização, atendimento
Brazil -
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Love 'it.
United Kingdom -
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Todo Nada
Spain -
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fantastic food
Poland -
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relax Restaurant
Poland -
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fantastic food
Poland
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