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Open011

Turin · Italy

Open011

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20% GODAWFUL
High confidence 1,330 reviews
≈39 possibly bought
Seriously don't stay here please
Sus reviews
≈39 possibly bought
Suspicious-review evidence ≈39 possibly bought

≈39 possibly bought · 177 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 177 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 6.03. 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.

  1. Confirmed paid 71 words 10%
    Signal trace
    • Reward tied to a review payment and the bed was not comfortable at all it kept on sperating

    Clean Not baby friendly and the AC was not working even tho it was included in the payment and the bed was not comfortable at all it kept on sperating in the middle because they were tow solo bed pushed together, my baby felt really hot wherever we go especially while having breakfast it was like a sauna no AC no Fan no windows open it was extremely hot and humid

    Italy
  2. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tutto

    Italy
  3. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tutto.

    Italy
  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    Tutto

    Italy
  5. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tout

    France
  6. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    TUTTO NULLA

    Italy
  7. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    Clean!! Nothing

    United States
  8. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Allt Inget

    Sweden
  9. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    All N/a

    Luxembourg
  10. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    La pulizia

    Italy
  11. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Molto confortevole

    Italy
  12. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Spacious, location

    Italy
  13. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Alles nicht

    Germany
  14. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    accoglienza niente

    Italy
  15. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Buono Ottimo

    Italy
  16. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Ótimo lugar

    Switzerland
  17. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Sono simpatici

    Italy
  18. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    La semplicità

    Italy
  19. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    Tutto Caffè

    Italy
  20. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    Bella camera

    Italy
  21. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    tutto ok economica

    Italy
  22. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Si si mucho

    Italy
  23. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Pulizia e silenzio

    Italy
  24. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Todo muy bien

    Spain
  25. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Gentilezza e professionalità

    Italy

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👕 Laundry 📋 Meeting Room 🅿️ Parking 🅿️ Free Parking 🌅 Outdoor Terrace 🍺 Bar ☕ Cafe ♿ Wheelchair Friendly 🍳 Breakfast
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