Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

Name: Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse
Rating: 4.8

Brazilian restaurant · 661 N La Salle Dr, Chicago, IL 60654, United States · United States

★ 4.8 on Google · 27,596 reviews · View on Google Maps

71 / 100

Manipulation score

Likely Manipulated

Completed Aug 5, 2026 · 537 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

999

Flagged

537

54% of examined

Flagged avg rating

5★

place average 4.8★

Reviews per month

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
May ’26	21	20
Jun ’26	412	257
Jul ’26	504	232
Aug ’26	62	28

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
7 occurrences — worst: 50 five-star reviews on 2026-06-21 vs avg 9.4/day
Show all 7
- 20 five-star reviews on 2026-05-31 vs avg 0.0/day
- 10 five-star reviews on 2026-06-01 vs avg 0.7/day
- 10 five-star reviews on 2026-06-02 vs avg 1.1/day
- 14 five-star reviews on 2026-06-04 vs avg 1.6/day
- 27 five-star reviews on 2026-06-06 vs avg 2.4/day
- 21 five-star reviews on 2026-06-07 vs avg 3.3/day
- 50 five-star reviews on 2026-06-21 vs avg 9.4/day
weight 1
low activity account 435 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 58 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 10 reviews, near-identical wording

Very good service and excellent food.

eric lugo ★★★★★ 2026-06-04 suspicion 95
Walter Cupkovic ★★★★★ 2026-06-11 suspicion 90
Alejandro Ponce ★★★★★ 2026-06-23 suspicion 64
Cesar Navarro ★★★★★ 2026-07-04 suspicion 54
Diego Jua ★★★★★ 2026-07-06 suspicion 79
Crystal Hernandez ★★★★★ 2026-07-09 suspicion 69
julian esteban ★★★★★ 2026-07-11 suspicion 79
Rubén Carranza ★★★★★ 2026-07-11 suspicion 61
Odeh Odeh ★★★★★ 2026-07-28 suspicion 72
Lana Shatat ★★★★★ 2026-08-03 suspicion 90

Exhibit — 7 reviews, near-identical wording

Great food, great service, great experience!!

Alexys ★★★★★ 2026-06-15 suspicion 79
Adrian Gaeta ★★★★★ 2026-06-16 suspicion 57
Kristy ★★★★★ 2026-06-21 suspicion 95
Shum Deham ★★★★★ 2026-07-20 suspicion 64
Kevin Padua ★★★★★ 2026-07-31 suspicion 61
Rivelino Trujillo ★★★★★ 2026-08-02 suspicion 79
Stephen ★★★★★ 2026-08-02 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 5 reviews, near-identical wording

Carlos Ramirez was great! Wonderful service

Noah Steele ★★★★★ 2026-07-23 suspicion 62
Daniel Alanis ★★★★★ 2026-07-24 suspicion 81
Yazmin Vargas ★★★★★ 2026-07-24 suspicion 75
Hugo Gomez ★★★★★ 2026-07-30 suspicion 100
Amalia Perez ★★★★★ 2026-07-30 suspicion 100

Exhibit — 5 reviews, near-identical wording

Carlos Ramirez amazing food service! THE BEST!!!

Fernando Morales ★★★★★ 2026-06-11 suspicion 84
Lizbeth Morales ★★★★★ 2026-06-11 suspicion 84
cara buelow ★★★★★ 2026-06-13 suspicion 63
Jazmin Velazquez ★★★★★ 2026-07-24 suspicion 84
John William ★★★★★ 2026-07-26 suspicion 57

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

Amazing service, Amazing food and amazing overall

Anastasia Schnell ★★★★★ 2026-06-11 suspicion 64
Laura Emenalo ★★★★★ 2026-06-15 suspicion 57
Carlos Munos ★★★★★ 2026-07-06 suspicion 79
Mario Marini ★★★★★ 2026-07-16 suspicion 54

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Andrea provided excellent service. The food was, as always, great.

Zane Kralj ★★★★★ 2026-06-13 suspicion 62
Johnalene Radek ★★★★★ 2026-07-12 suspicion 62
Alberto Vaz ★★★★★ 2026-07-23 suspicion 57