Manila · Philippines
Lub d Manila Makati
Suspicious-review evidence
≈183 possibly bought · 1792 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 1792 top-rated reviews and 0% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 8.92. 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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Reward tied to a review
paid for in the restaurant was 10/10
Great range of lighting options, locker box to lock whilst charging electronics was great, rooms were beautiful with stairs for top bunks which was fantastic. Modern looking and space was quite clean. The meal that I paid for in the restaurant was 10/10 and one of my best meals in the Philippines. View from rooftop bar is very nice. Bathrooms were very ordinary- showers overflowed and bathroom/showers were quite dirty. Regularly out of toilet paper. Wait for the lift was often extensive. Lockers for the bags do not have a bottom in them so things could be access from reaching under. If someone wanted to they could have taken my bag out the bottom of my locked locker. Sheets are not provided, blankets only which I am not a fan of.
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Review-authenticity complaint
reviews online are fake
Don't go here. It's purely money-machine, has no 'travellers'-soul at all (they try hard to fake it). Right across from a big construction site making it impossible to sleep from early in the morning to late at night. Trust me and get an airbnb in the area for half the price and double the value. Half (or more) of the reviews online are fake. Only positive point is that the guards in front are awesome :)
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很安静，察觉不到有很多人，除了担心东西的安全，一切都比我想象中好
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❤️❤️❤️
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Recommended
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従業員の方々が凄く対応が良かったです。
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N/A
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Accesability
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Nice
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性價比高，服務人員超超超棒的👍，地點到哪裡都方便，怕吵的人要帶耳塞來，牙刷、拖鞋、刮鬍刀不供應喔！再來馬卡蒂一定會選擇這裡的。
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Todo
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍
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とても綺麗です。ドミトリーですが快適に過ごせます。
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Todo!
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Nice
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excelent
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Awesome!
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Excellent💕
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Nice
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Great
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Ok
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Nice
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Accessible
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Good
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Great!
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