Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Kabannas Newcastle
Suspicious-review evidence
≈84 possibly bought · 1074 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 1074 top-rated reviews and 0% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 5.32. 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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10/10 for value for money
Bunk beds not suitable for adults (basically need to be a ft higher) ; BUT 10/10 for value for money. Will Return!
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told to leave After reading some of the other review
PLEASE AVOID THIS HOTEL AND READ THE BAD REVIEWS This hostel is by far the worst place I have ever stayed After returning from a night out we were followed to the room by two very rude and aggressive members of staff who demanded we kept quiet as we got back into the room to go to bed After a brief disagreement these same two members of staff decided it was necessary to call the police and remove us from the hotel with nowhere to go at 4:00AM When we questioned why we was not getting our deposit back of £120 we did not receive any response and we was told to leave After reading some of the other reviews this seems to be very common and I would question where this deposit then goes I presume this is kept by the staff who work there and it is probably the reason they are so keen to try kick groups out Simply a horrible place with dirty showers, prison like rooms, rude aggressive staff and unreasonable deposit rules Although you may be tempted by the low price I would recommend avoiding this hotel at all cost More
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地下一層有免費熱飲供應和桌面遊戲，可在休閑時間玩樂，房間打掃整潔，職員處事有效率。
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Céntrico
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Brill...........
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Clean.
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Wonderful
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