Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!
Spanish restaurant · 2024 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614, United States · United States
★ 4.7 on Google · 9,359 reviews · View on Google Maps
Manipulation score
SuspiciousCompleted Aug 5, 2026 · 358 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
358
36% of examined
Flagged avg rating
5★
place average 4.7★
Reviews per month
| Month | Reviews | Flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Mar ’26 | 104 | 74 |
| Apr ’26 | 198 | 63 |
| May ’26 | 236 | 84 |
| Jun ’26 | 181 | 47 |
| Jul ’26 | 231 | 73 |
| Aug ’26 | 50 | 17 |
Rating distribution
Evidence
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burst
6 occurrences — worst: 19 five-star reviews on 2026-03-28 vs avg 2.1/day
weight 1
Show all 6
- 6 five-star reviews on 2026-03-20 vs avg 0.0/day
- 12 five-star reviews on 2026-03-21 vs avg 0.2/day
- 9 five-star reviews on 2026-03-22 vs avg 0.7/day
- 8 five-star reviews on 2026-03-23 vs avg 1.0/day
- 9 five-star reviews on 2026-03-25 vs avg 1.4/day
- 19 five-star reviews on 2026-03-28 vs avg 2.1/day
- low activity account 308 reviews flagged weight 0.8
- duplicate text 7 reviews flagged weight 0.9
Flagged reviews
Exhibit — 7 reviews, near-identical wording
Amazing service !!!!!! Amazing food!!! Seriously
- Vincent Skorupski ★★★★★ 2026-03-28 suspicion 95
- Raul Vergil ★★★★★ 2026-04-20 suspicion 63
- Mark Clause ★★★★★ 2026-05-03 suspicion 63
- Michael Rambo ★★★★★ 2026-05-24 suspicion 56
- Logan Eckhoff ★★★★★ 2026-07-25 suspicion 100
- Glen Anderson ★★★★★ 2026-08-01 suspicion 59
- Dustin Hall ★★★★★ 2026-08-03 suspicion 90
Showing the 10 most suspicious of 351 remaining flagged reviews.
Tyler Swenson
activity unknown
★★★★★
2026-03-28
Mollie Lager
1 review
★★★★★
2026-03-28
Marli Hemsley
2 reviews
★★★★★
2026-03-25
Tom Allen
activity unknown
★★★★★
2026-03-25
Mabel Oza
activity unknown
★★★★★
2026-03-25
Jeff Shay
2 reviews
★★★★★
2026-03-25
Paige M
2 reviews
★★★★★
2026-03-25
Sebastian Sanchez
activity unknown
★★★★★
2026-03-23
Diana Cryderman
2 reviews
★★★★★
2026-03-23
Grace Martello
2 reviews
★★★★★
2026-03-22
Report generated Aug 5, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.
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