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Open011

Turin · Italy

Open011

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20% GODAWFUL
High confidence 1,740 reviews
≈60 possibly bought
Seriously don't stay here please
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≈60 possibly bought
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Suspicious-review evidence ≈60 possibly bought

≈60 possibly bought · 302 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 302 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 7.07. 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%
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    • 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%

    Rilassante

  3. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Ott

  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tutto

    Italy
  5. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Perfeito.

  6. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tutto.

    Italy
  7. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    Tutto

    Italy
  8. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tout

    France
  9. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Accogliente.

  10. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Good

  11. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Buona

  12. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Fantastico

  13. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    😀

  14. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Perfetto

  15. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Nice

  16. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Super

  17. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Ok

  18. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Bellp

  19. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Ottima posizione

    Italy
  20. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    TUTTO NULLA

    Italy
  21. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    Clean!! Nothing

    United States
  22. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Allt Inget

    Sweden
  23. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    All N/a

    Luxembourg
  24. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    La pulizia

    Italy
  25. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Molto confortevole

    Italy

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