Ed Debevic's

Name: Ed Debevic's
Rating: 4.8

Diner · 159 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611, United States · United States

★ 4.8 on Google · 11,060 reviews · View on Google Maps

71 / 100

Manipulation score

Likely Manipulated

Completed Aug 5, 2026 · 521 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

521

52% of examined

Flagged avg rating

5★

place average 4.8★

Reviews per month

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Jun ’26	2	1
Jul ’26	843	439
Aug ’26	155	81

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
6 occurrences — worst: 39 five-star reviews on 2026-07-01 vs avg 0.1/day
Show all 6
- 39 five-star reviews on 2026-07-01 vs avg 0.1/day
- 18 five-star reviews on 2026-07-02 vs avg 1.5/day
- 26 five-star reviews on 2026-07-03 vs avg 2.2/day
- 21 five-star reviews on 2026-07-04 vs avg 3.1/day
- 26 five-star reviews on 2026-07-06 vs avg 4.6/day
- 31 five-star reviews on 2026-07-07 vs avg 5.6/day
weight 1
low activity account 422 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 32 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

Honey Boy was the bees knees. 🐝

Shelby Grund ★★★★★ 2026-07-05 suspicion 90
Kelly Vitosh ★★★★★ 2026-07-17 suspicion 90
Miranda Wilkening ★★★★★ 2026-07-26 suspicion 59
Justin Travis ★★★★★ 2026-08-02 suspicion 90

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

Honeyboy was fricken awesome!!

Dave Olson ★★★★★ 2026-07-02 suspicion 100
Arya Bhat ★★★★ 2026-07-02 suspicion 71
Ambria Allison ★★★★★ 2026-07-11 suspicion 90
Ellie Butler ★★★★★ 2026-07-30 suspicion 90

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Our server Roxie was great!

Ethan Martinez ★★★★★ 2026-07-08 suspicion 79
Nick ★★★★★ 2026-07-10 suspicion 79
Jeanne Petros ★★★★ 2026-08-04 suspicion 57

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Fish food is the best

Abbi Moree ★★★★★ 2026-07-07 suspicion 100
Jenny Horne ★★★★★ 2026-07-27 suspicion 58
jordan p ★★★★★ 2026-07-29 suspicion 79