The Dearborn

Name: The Dearborn
Rating: 4.7

American restaurant · 145 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States · United States

★ 4.7 on Google · 9,902 reviews · View on Google Maps

54 / 100

Manipulation score

Suspicious

Completed Aug 5, 2026 · 322 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

322

32% of examined

Flagged avg rating

5★

place average 4.7★

Reviews per month

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Apr ’26	108	76
May ’26	298	93
Jun ’26	255	62
Jul ’26	299	79
Aug ’26	39	12

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
7 occurrences — worst: 14 five-star reviews on 2026-04-19 vs avg 0.1/day
Show all 7
- 14 five-star reviews on 2026-04-19 vs avg 0.1/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-04-20 vs avg 0.5/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-04-21 vs avg 0.7/day
- 7 five-star reviews on 2026-04-22 vs avg 0.9/day
- 10 five-star reviews on 2026-04-23 vs avg 1.2/day
- 11 five-star reviews on 2026-04-24 vs avg 1.5/day
- 13 five-star reviews on 2026-04-26 vs avg 2.3/day
weight 1
low activity account 253 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 24 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 7 reviews, near-identical wording

Food and service are always great here

Kate Greenfield ★★★★★ 2026-05-03 suspicion 66
Leslie Shogren ★★★★★ 2026-05-24 suspicion 98
Sarah C. ★★★★★ 2026-06-01 suspicion 58
Jezele Jones ★★★★★ 2026-06-21 suspicion 90
Paola Gonzalez ★★★★★ 2026-06-27 suspicion 56
Tamika Swain ★★★★★ 2026-07-06 suspicion 90
U.M. ★★★★★ 2026-07-13 suspicion 56

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

The food was great; the ambience and service were excellent.

Bianca P. W. ★★★★★ 2026-05-30 suspicion 60
Jonathan Falkowski ★★★★★ 2026-06-17 suspicion 60
Keston Parsard ★★★★★ 2026-07-17 suspicion 58