Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp

Seafood restaurant · 2120 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60616, United States · United States

★ 4.3 on Google · 6,966 reviews · View on Google Maps

24 / 100

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Aug 5, 2026 · 140 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

140

14% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.9★

place average 4.3★

Reviews per month

Jun ’24

Nov ’24

Apr ’25

Sep ’25

Feb ’26

Jul ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Jun ’24	14	0
Jul ’24	35	6
Aug ’24	35	2
Sep ’24	34	2
Oct ’24	36	2
Nov ’24	29	3
Dec ’24	31	3
Jan ’25	29	2
Feb ’25	24	2
Mar ’25	40	8
Apr ’25	36	2
May ’25	41	1
Jun ’25	35	1
Jul ’25	38	1
Aug ’25	51	3
Sep ’25	39	1
Oct ’25	28	2
Nov ’25	25	2
Dec ’25	23	4
Jan ’26	16	3
Feb ’26	26	0
Mar ’26	28	3
Apr ’26	38	11
May ’26	47	8
Jun ’26	59	6
Jul ’26	146	55
Aug ’26	17	7

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst 4 five-star reviews on 2024-07-02 vs avg 0.5/day; 5 five-star reviews on 2026-04-12 vs avg 0.8/day; 16 five-star reviews on 2026-07-24 vs avg 3.2/day weight 1
low activity account 110 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 14 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

It's the best shrimp house in Chicago land area ,,.

Stash Broini ★★★★★ 2025-05-06 suspicion 71
John Rocks ★★★★★ 2025-08-12 suspicion 71
Carlos Aviles ★★★★★ 2025-08-14 suspicion 69
Ben Smith III ★★★★★ 2026-06-16 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Everyone and everything was great

Archie Lee ★★★★★ 2026-05-12 suspicion 56
willie english ★★★★★ 2026-07-30 suspicion 56

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Best customer service.

Daniela Lopez ★★★★★ 2024-12-04 suspicion 100
TKicks ★★★★★ 2026-07-25 suspicion 90

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

What a treat! Went to Lawrence Shrimp and no stairway to heaven, the remodeling looks good, friendly staff and as always good food. Happy Mother’s Day to me!!!

Wish Apparel ★★★★★ 2026-05-08 suspicion 83
sandra silva ★★★★★ 2026-05-08 suspicion 68

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Food was fresh and hot.

Kim Matthews ★★★★★ 2025-12-12 suspicion 90
DeQwan Harris ★★★★★ 2026-04-13 suspicion 90

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Fast service, nice people,good food 👍

James Collins ★★★★★ 2025-03-07 suspicion 60
Jeff Gensler Papa-G ★★★★ 2025-03-27 suspicion 60

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 126 remaining flagged reviews.

William Atwater

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-07-24

Clean environment. Friendly staff. Great food. All you need.

Kavia Simmons

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-07-24

Alex Carranza

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-07-24

Kamarion Russell

1 review

★★★★★

2026-07-24

Food is hot and taste great

Kaiveran Lugheidh

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-07-24

Ebony Green

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-04-12

Tracey E

18 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-07-24

The quality and taste of the seafood was very good.

Syncere

3 reviews

★★★★★

2026-07-24

Big Lawrence fan. Coming since kids.

Letha Jackson

15 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-07-24

The best place for seafood in the South Loop. The food is always delicious and never overcooked.

Reshunda Odom

3 reviews

★★★★★

2026-07-24

Service was fast and my food was fresh!

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

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