Hobart · Australia
Waterfront Lodge Motel
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≈52 possibly bought · 424 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 424 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 5.09. 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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reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is okay for the money
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I am over reviewing this Hotel honestly every time I stay here I am asked to review it again and unless it dramatically changes I do not have time to waste on reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is okay for the money most trips. Other times it is too noisy and the fact I have to look for spoons etc in the kitchen is frustrating. Mini milk pods are a waste of anyone's time. They taste ordinary and you use 2-3 for one cup I am over reviewing this Hotel honestly every time I stay here I am asked to review it again and unless it dramatically changes I do not have time to waste on reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is okay for the money most trips. Other times it is too noisy and the fact I have to look for spoons etc in the kitchen is frustrating. Mini milk pods are a waste of anyone's time. They taste ordinary and you use 2-3 for one cup
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reviews before I booked it.. No way would we have stayed there ... Couldn't get a refund
It was in a old so called Heritage Cottage. I was shocked when shown room . Disgusting ,dirty ,mould in shower grout, if blind put up for some fresh air as there was a lingering odour in the room there was no privacy from neighbours up the hill . No tea towel and not enough cutlery. Dust on the old skirting boards . No spare garbage bag for bin .No backup toilet paper .... Should have read reviews before I booked it.. No way would we have stayed there ... Couldn't get a refund so gritted teeth and stayed there .
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快乐老板，优美湖居
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物超所值
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Great location
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everything nothing
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很舒服，空間很大！ 還有公共廚房還有洗衣機
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