Mexico City · Mexico
Hostel Amigo
Suspicious-review evidence
≈111 possibly bought · 529 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 529 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 9.86. 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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pay for, but when I booked it had an 8.9 rating
get what you pay for, but when I booked it had an 8.9 rating, this is a joke. It now has 8.0 at time of writing this review but I expect this to continue to fall. They overbook rooms all the time, no link on their system between Hostelworld, the desk and booking.com. Vibes = nothing, no loo roll, no soap, no drinking water. Great location, and the private room was ok. Bunk rooms beds so squeaky I could barely sleep, and felt bad for keeping others awake every time I turned in bed.
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Si
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Todo
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Todo
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Todo
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Excelente
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在市中心，好。
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Ubicación
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bueno
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Good
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Bruno
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Comodo
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Bien
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Excelwnte
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Hospitaleiro
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Bueno
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Perfecto
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Exelentr
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Las instalaciones
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Excelente atención
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La atención
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Lo Amplio
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ロケーションがいいです。 少し古さがあります。
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Très bien
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部屋やトイレは綺麗でシャワーはお湯が出て最高。キッチンがある階の方が使いやすいシャワールームだった。 キッチンの開放時間が短いので使いにくい。
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