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Maya Hotel & Restaurant

Agra · India

Maya Hotel & Restaurant

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 1,694 reviews
≈122 possibly bought
Could still be good with enough luck and social skills, but not inherently social
Suspicious-review evidence ≈122 possibly bought

≈122 possibly bought · 1171 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 1171 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 7.24. 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 221 words 20%
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    The service of this hotel is very poor , half of the time the reception remains vacant (photo shared ), inside the room the telephone keeps ringing and no one answers most of the time, sometimes the phone of the room (intercom) will also not work as they keep it upside down Most of the time the electricity is not available and they don’t even have a back up for AC (AC will not work most of the time ) Privacy is definitely not possible as the glasses of the balcony and even window are transparent from both the side (photo is shared of both the glasses ) If you ask for any request, it will be done after long time that and the workers of the hotel are too indisciplined . They will never clean your room and it will remain dirty till you check out , we had been for 3 days and none of the day the room service people took the initiative to clean the room Restaurant of the hotel is too expensive , not recommended at all as the food are tasteless and we even don’t get a TAJ view , the restaurant is in the roof top , we need to come up from a unsafe staircase made of iron DONT GO WITH PAID REVIEWES

  2. Suspiciously short 167 words 20%
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    The place is a tourist trap and many reviews are fake. My tuk-tuk driver took me here (I'm guessing he's getting commission for taking me here) and I only saw tourists in the restaurant. The food was around double what I paid elsewhere, the portions were small, and the food wasn't good - I got a thali and some of the food was very greasy and didn't seem fresh. Be aware that there are fake reviews artificially inflating the restaurant's rating. When I ate here, I checked Google Maps and there were about 15 reviews from the same day rating the restaurant 5 stars, with no review text. There were similar groups of reviews on previous days. Checking the reviewers' profiles, they also left similar reviews to other places in the area. This is all completely disingenuous and made me have no trust in anything at this restaurant. I would avoid this place if at all possible, especially as there are very good restaurants in this area.

  3. Suspiciously short 170 words 100%
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    I originally booked a different hotel, but the person I booked a Taj Mahal tour with (Kumar at Professional Tour Guide Agra) said it wasn't good. After looking again, I noticed all the reviews for that hotel were fake. Kumar recommended several hotels and I picked Maya because it was in my budget. I got a private room, it was clean, and had hot showers. The room was a bit chilly in January, but the bed was warm. I arrived around 9pm after traveling all day and I was able to order a nice dinner before going to bed. The location was close to the Taj Mahal, which I woke up early to see. I was able to keep my luggage locked in the room while I went on the tour and came back at 11. I grabbed my luggage, checked out, and had lunch before leaving to catch a train out of Agra. Overall, Maya was very convenient for my short stop in Agra and for a good price.

  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    🏡💗

  5. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Irfanさんのサービスが良かった!

  6. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    地球の歩き方に乗っててきました!Mohitkumarに僕の名前を使っていい評価かけと言われたので書きましたが、とても美味しいタンドリーチキンとチーズナンとキングフィッシャーを頂けたので文句なしの星5です!高いだけにおそらくお腹を壊す心配もないしいい夜ご飯でした。個人的にはもっとスパイシー感のあるのが好きですが、日本人なら誰でも楽しめる味付けでとても良かったと思います!

  7. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    とても居心地の良いホテル。部屋は広くはないけど清潔でお湯もたっぷり出ます。レストランのインディアンメニューが美味しい。夜、責任者の方といろいろお話しできたのは良い思い出です。朝食は2種類のインド式を頼みましたがどちらも素晴らしかったです。Mohitkumarさんのホスピタリティ溢れるサービスも◎。チャイをご馳走になりました。

  8. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Shanuさんのサービスがよかったです。

  9. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    立地がタージ・マハルすぐ、部屋も清潔でかなりコスパが良かったです。オーナーのRajさんや夕食・昼食で着いてくれていたShanuさんのホスピタリティに感謝です!

  10. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    ホテルで1泊滞在とレストランで夕飯、お昼をいただきました。ホテルはお湯もしっかり出る安心。ドライヤーの貸し出しや部屋の設備も全て良かったです。タージマハルからもとっても近いです。レストランではShunさんにとてもよくしていただきました。カレーはスパイスありで頼みましたがとても美味しかったです。

  11. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    タージ・マハルへ行くために荷物を預けたくて寄ったが、とてもよかった。食べ物を頼めば無料で預かってくれるし、レビューを書けばチャイが無料で飲める。食べ物は基本複数人前提なので、1人の方は注意かも

  12. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    レストランとして利用しました。タージマハルまでの荷物の預け場所としても利用でき、料理も美味しいのでおすすめです。

  13. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    素晴らしいお店でした。

  14. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    tasty

  15. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Good

  16. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    굿

  17. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    好吃

  18. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    SHANさんチャイありがとう!

  19. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    美味しい値段たかい

  20. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    ナカムラを名乗るドライバーからの紹介でレストランを利用しました。mohitkumanさんを含めスタッフの対応が良かったです。

  21. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    美味しいナンとタンドリーチキンを頂きました。スタッフの方も親切でした。

  22. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    ガイドに連れられてきました。値段は高めです。初めは高!まじかよ!と思ったけれど、味はとてもおいしいし、サービスも良かったです!SHANさんのサービスは素晴らしかったです!写真も撮ってくれたし、取り分けもしてくれました!とにかく美味しい!チキンキーマおすすめ!また来たい!

  23. Suspiciously short 1 word 91%
    Translated to English

    The staff were so kind and would have been so appreciative if they would have let us use a corner of the restaurant before the night train departed or would have treated us to free tea!

    Japan ALLMALEGROUP 31-40
  24. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    チキンカレー激ウマ。mohiの接客も最高ですよ。

  25. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    インドでは珍しい(?)綺麗なレストランです。静かで冷房も効いていてゆっくり過ごせます。お値段は高めでバターチキンが500ルピーくらいしますがまったり濃厚で美味しかったです。バターナンとの組み合わせがおすすめです。Mohitさんがわかりやすくメニューを教えてくれました。

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