Gdansk · Poland
Hostel Gdansk Szafarnia 10
Suspicious-review evidence
≈171 possibly bought · 1609 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 1609 top-rated reviews and 0% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 8.81. 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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five star hotel it definitely was NOT value for money
The breakfast was nice and most of the staff were nice. The guy upon check out was rude and when he didn't understand us or managed to express himself clear in english we got an extra fee although he was the one who said "I didn't understand you". It's sad that his way of behaving was the last we got from the hotel as the other staff in reception and restaurant had a much better attitude. We also changed room twice, first because our room had extremely loud music until very late, louder than just some buzz from the street. The second room was smelly and I could not stand it. I never complained at a hotel before, but from what we paid and considering they should be a five star hotel it definitely was NOT value for money.
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Vsetko
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Bardzo
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L'authenticité
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Excellent
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Рекомендую!
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This is excellent.
Excellent.
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