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Hotel The Raja Palace

Rishikesh · India

Hotel The Raja Palace

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67% MEH
Medium confidence 161 reviews
≈97 possibly bought
Sus 5★ reviews ≈97 possibly bought
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Suspicious-review evidence ≈97 possibly bought

≈97 possibly bought · 523 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 523 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 8.61. 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 47 words 20%
    Signal trace
    • Reward tied to a review reviews are paid
    • Review-authenticity complaint reviews are paid here . fake

    I stay here for a day and someone from staff stoll my money from my room when i were taking sawer and stoll my some important documents also. bad place . and the all reviews are paid here . fake reviews. Dont go there for better stay

  2. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Best

  3. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Nice

  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Nice

  5. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    It’s

  6. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Nice

  7. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Awesome

  8. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Awesome

  9. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Wonderful

  10. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Ok

  11. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Excelent

  12. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Good

  13. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    awsm

  14. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Excellebt

  15. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Nice

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    Locked

  17. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Excellent

  18. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Nice

  19. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Osm.

  20. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Amazing hospitality

  21. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Best service

  22. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Nice hotel

  23. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Nice room

  24. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Хорошее место

    Russia
  25. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Good food

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👕 Laundry 🅿️ Parking 🅿️ Free Parking 🍳 Breakfast
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Tours/Travel Desk Postal Service Housekeeping Reception (Limited Hours) Wake-up Calls Internet Access Cable TV Wi-Fi Free WiFi Free Internet Access Air Conditioning Ceiling Fan Towels Not Included