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Hotel F Sur Inn

David City · Panama

Hotel F Sur Inn

Punk Score
15% GODAWFUL
High confidence 356 reviews
≈30 possibly bought
Seriously don't stay here please
Sus 5★ reviews ≈30 possibly bought
Book here: Booking.com ≈$51
Suspicious-review evidence ≈30 possibly bought

≈30 possibly bought · 114 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 114 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 5.77. 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 57 words 100%
    Signal trace
    • Reward tied to a review money too. 10 out of 10

    Super friendly staff, my room was very clean everyday, fresh breakfast parking was by the front door, I would definitely recommend F Sur Inn to anyone. I am definitely staying here when I come back. Worth the money too. 10 out of 10 Thank you for making my stay pleasant. See you in a few months. 😊

    Panama
  2. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Excelente

    Panama
  3. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tranquilidad

    Costa Rica
  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    Limpieza

    Panama
  5. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Excelente Atención!!!

    Costa Rica
  6. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Precio Calidad

    Panama
  7. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Muy bueno

    Panama
  8. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    Very quiet.

    Canada
  9. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Bien Nada

    Costa Rica
  10. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    La atención Nada

    Nicaragua
  11. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Amplia la habitación

    Panama
  12. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Ubicación / precio

    Panama
  13. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    La atención Excelente

    Panama
  14. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Si Todo bien

    Panama
  15. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Muy amable personal

    Panama
  16. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Amabilidad del personal

    Panama
  17. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Very cease wuiet.

    Canada
  18. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Ubicacion y atención

    Panama
  19. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Atención y limpieza

    Panama
  20. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    La habitación Nada

    Panama
  21. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Their son Breakfast

    United States
  22. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    -la habitación impecable'

    Panama
  23. Suspiciously short 4 words 90%

    Buena atención al cliente

    Costa Rica
  24. Suspiciously short 4 words 100%

    Está cerca de todo

    Panama
  25. Suspiciously short 4 words 100%

    Muy tranquilo y limpio

    Panama
No bed bug reports in 356 analyzed reviews

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