Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Name: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Rating: 4.4

Barbecue restaurant · 604 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, United States · United States

★ 4.4 on Google · 6,534 reviews · View on Google Maps

9 / 100

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Jul 19, 2026 · 57 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

6% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.6★

place average 4.4★

Reviews per month

Aug ’23

Feb ’24

Aug ’24

Feb ’25

Aug ’25

Feb ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Aug ’23	5	0
Sep ’23	29	1
Oct ’23	39	4
Nov ’23	31	1
Dec ’23	34	0
Jan ’24	43	2
Feb ’24	19	0
Mar ’24	33	1
Apr ’24	43	6
May ’24	35	1
Jun ’24	37	0
Jul ’24	31	1
Aug ’24	35	1
Sep ’24	28	2
Oct ’24	22	3
Nov ’24	18	0
Dec ’24	17	2
Jan ’25	22	4
Feb ’25	25	3
Mar ’25	30	1
Apr ’25	36	2
May ’25	38	1
Jun ’25	28	4
Jul ’25	48	1
Aug ’25	32	1
Sep ’25	22	0
Oct ’25	26	0
Nov ’25	27	2
Dec ’25	35	3
Jan ’26	21	0
Feb ’26	22	1
Mar ’26	30	4
Apr ’26	30	0
May ’26	29	5

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst 6 five-star reviews on 2024-04-21 vs avg 1.1/day weight 1
low activity account 46 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 5 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 5 reviews, near-identical wording

Always busy but great food and service

angela roldan ★★★★★ 2023-11-13 suspicion 60
Charlie Smith ★★★★★ 2024-03-26 suspicion 75
Mikhail Kun ★★★★ 2025-05-25 suspicion 58
Sandra ★★★★★ 2025-06-28 suspicion 75
David Bednarcik ★★★★★ 2025-12-23 suspicion 69

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 52 remaining flagged reviews.

Stylianos Varchanis

97 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2024-04-21

Best BBQ in NYC. Mouthwatering dishes and excellent service. Long waiting time to be seated.

Sunny Kim

15 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2024-04-21

We celebrated our 1 year old’s birthday at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. The process was incredibly easy from start to finish - the team was friendly, responsive, and accommodating. On the day of, Megan was very helpful throughout the event. On top of it all, our guests loved the food. Thank you!

Amelia

41 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2024-04-21

We’re from Texas and have been desperate for decent BBQ. As a Texas native, i can say with my whole chest that this place is phenomenal. Every meat was amazing, from the pulled chicken to the pork belly, and the spicy guava margarita was fantastic. Our server Abigail was kind and attentive. The vibe...

Flo Law

4 reviews

★★★★★

2024-04-21

Sabrina Brown

31 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2024-04-21

The food was good, the 2 servers we had was attentive for the 22+ people in our group.

Andy Lopez

11 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2024-04-21

Great food, good prices and kid friendly.

1 review

★★★★★

2026-05-13

Stev Rz

1 review

★★★★★

2026-05-13

Fabian Juarez

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-05-10

Jennifer DeNoto

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-05-09

Report generated Jul 19, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.

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