JOEY DTLA

Restaurant · 700 W 7th St Ste S430, Los Angeles, CA 90017, United States · United States

★ 4.8 on Google · 5,621 reviews · View on Google Maps

68 / 100

Manipulation score

Suspicious

Completed Aug 5, 2026 · 507 reviews flagged

How this score works

The score estimates how strongly this place's review record matches known manipulation patterns, from 0 (no signs) to 100. Verdicts: Clean below 40, Suspicious from 40, Likely Manipulated from 70. It rises with the share of reviews flagged and how suspicious each one is.

Burst: — an abnormal spike of five-star reviews in a single day compared to the place's usual pace.
Low activity account: — the reviewer has almost no other reviews, photos, or Local Guide history; throwaway accounts look like this.
Duplicate text: — the wording is nearly identical to another review of the same place.

Verdicts are statistical estimates based on public review patterns, not accusations.

Review anatomy

Reviews examined

1,000

Flagged

507

51% of examined

Flagged avg rating

5★

place average 4.8★

Reviews per month

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Apr ’26	103	72
May ’26	177	103
Jun ’26	311	143
Jul ’26	366	168
Aug ’26	43	21

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
5 occurrences — worst: 33 five-star reviews on 2026-05-23 vs avg 5.1/day
Show all 5
- 15 five-star reviews on 2026-04-19 vs avg 0.0/day
- 16 five-star reviews on 2026-04-20 vs avg 0.6/day
- 8 five-star reviews on 2026-04-21 vs avg 1.2/day
- 17 five-star reviews on 2026-04-24 vs avg 2.0/day
- 33 five-star reviews on 2026-05-23 vs avg 5.1/day
weight 1
low activity account 434 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 44 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

Ola was amazing - great food and wonderful service!

Roberto Casoli ★★★★★ 2026-06-10 suspicion 63
Robert Anaya ★★★★★ 2026-07-15 suspicion 69
Hugo Chavez ★★★★★ 2026-07-16 suspicion 69
Terri Phillips ★★★★★ 2026-08-01 suspicion 54

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Cierra was so great and the service was fast!!

Claire Charlesworth ★★★★★ 2026-04-23 suspicion 79
Callie Bast ★★★★★ 2026-05-31 suspicion 57
Jason G ★★★★★ 2026-07-17 suspicion 64

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Baby was great! Great service and great food!

Benjamin Beltran ★★ 2026-04-20 suspicion 67
Nick David ★★★★★ 2026-05-17 suspicion 82
Sarah Reed ★★★★★ 2026-07-09 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Risa was a great server :)

Kayla S. ★★★★★ 2026-05-12 suspicion 79
Mahan Taleshpour ★★★★★ 2026-05-12 suspicion 94
Gabrielle ★★★★★ 2026-06-18 suspicion 61

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Angel and lauren were great

I Am ★★★★★ 2026-04-20 suspicion 100
Apolonia Cortez ★★★★★ 2026-05-23 suspicion 95
Josefina Palomarez ★★★★★ 2026-05-23 suspicion 100

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Betsy was kind & great customer service

Laleezee RN ★★★★★ 2026-07-22 suspicion 55
Moni ★★★★★ 2026-07-22 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Gaby was amazing! Great recommendations and very friendly & attentive service.

Kacin Schackne ★★★★★ 2026-06-29 suspicion 58
Brad Sorenson ★★★★★ 2026-07-21 suspicion 58

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Sofia has the best customer service. 10/10 !

Jamie Livingston ★★★★★ 2026-07-14 suspicion 59
Taiwo Rhodes-Vivour ★★★★★ 2026-07-14 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

alondra the best ever

Dylan Posegate ★★★★★ 2026-07-13 suspicion 61
Damian Alvarado ★★★★★ 2026-07-13 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Alondra was great! And so was the food.

Isaac Pelayo ★★★★★ 2026-06-18 suspicion 79
Stacy Gonzalez ★★★★★ 2026-07-13 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Alondra was really sweet and a great server

Latrice Northern ★★★★★ 2026-06-21 suspicion 59
Dana Swepson ★★★★★ 2026-07-09 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Robin did a great job

Cory Hinkle ★★★★★ 2026-07-08 suspicion 100
Andrzej Szyja ★★★★★ 2026-07-08 suspicion 100

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Love the food amazing service

Madison Cornelius ★★★★★ 2026-05-04 suspicion 58
Darren Chen ★★★★★ 2026-07-05 suspicion 58

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Stew was absolutely amazing!!!

Xavier Albert ★★★★★ 2026-06-20 suspicion 75
Kayla Menkes ★★★★★ 2026-06-21 suspicion 60

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

great service! graciously accommodated for my friend who’s birthday we were celebrating :)

Nirali Patel ★★★★★ 2026-06-21 suspicion 83
Nirali Patel ★★★★★ 2026-06-21 suspicion 83

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Awesome ambiance. Great customer service Drina was amazing

Sherell McDearmon ★★★★★ 2026-04-24 suspicion 100
v ss ★★★★★ 2026-06-14 suspicion 83

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

TJ was an AMAZING server.

Stacey Whitehead ★★★★★ 2026-05-16 suspicion 73
Erin King ★★★★ 2026-05-16 suspicion 73

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Drina was amazing, and very punctual ..

Jade Da Don ★★★★★ 2026-04-23 suspicion 59
Raymond evans ★★★★★ 2026-04-24 suspicion 100

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Angel and Lauren were amazing tonight!

Tiffani Bryant ★★★★★ 2026-04-20 suspicion 100
Michelle ★★★★ 2026-04-20 suspicion 64

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 463 remaining flagged reviews.

Allyson Kim

1 review

★★★★★

2026-05-23

risa was so great food also really good recommend the cheesecake brulee

Yvanna Lugo

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-05-23

Risa was amazing!! The vibe and food was perfect

Rubi Fregoso

1 review

★★★★★

2026-05-23

So great!

Aschabel Tecle

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-05-23

Amazing service soon as we walked in & super accommodating!

Rebecca Gomez

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-05-23

Ria Pantonial

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-05-23

Angel and Taz were AMAZINGGGGG love their energy that they display right when you walk in. Vibes

deontae foley

1 review

★★★★★

2026-05-23

ANGEL WAS GREAT!!

Oscar Lopez

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-05-23

Risa was amazing!

Jonathan Han

1 review

★★★★★

2026-05-23

Angel was so welcoming and service was great

Tommy Xiao

1 review

★★★★★

2026-05-23

Angel is great, she’s the best. And the food is amazing ;)

Report generated Aug 5, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.

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