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Xplore Hostel Amsterdam

Amsterdam · Netherlands

Xplore Hostel Amsterdam

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10% GODAWFUL
High confidence 3,757 reviews
≈56 possibly bought
Seriously don't stay here please
Sus reviews
≈56 possibly bought
Suspicious-review evidence ≈56 possibly bought

≈56 possibly bought · 471 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 471 top-rated reviews and 0% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 5.33. 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 13 words 20%
    Signal trace
    • Reward tied to a review 5 stars for money

    Got some weird woman asking to rate place 5 stars for money 🤔

  2. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Ок

  3. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Все

    Netherlands
  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Calm

    Belgium
  5. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    Price/quality

    Belgium
  6. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    Everything

    Netherlands
  7. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Everything

    Kenya
  8. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Alees

    Netherlands
  9. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Geweldig

  10. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    emplacement

    France
  11. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    location

    United Kingdom
  12. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    رائعه

  13. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Super!

  14. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    管理规范，前台英语标准清晰易沟通。房间整洁，位置也很好，离火车站和水坝都近

    China
  15. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    P

    Italy
  16. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Wifi

    Brazil
  17. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Confortável

  18. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Wszystko Nic

    Netherlands
  19. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Все топ

    Netherlands
  20. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Location Stairs

    Sweden
  21. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Au top

  22. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Top hostel

  23. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    🥰👍🙏🥰👍❤️ 👍👍👍👍

    Netherlands
  24. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    Gezellig Niets

    Belgium
  25. Suspiciously short 2 words 90%

    基本的な設備はしっかり整ってました。 ドミトリーの下段ベッドだったのですが、高さが低くてベッドの上に寝転ぶしかできなかったのがちょっと嫌でした。

    Japan

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