Beauty & Essex
Restaurant · 146 Essex St, New York, NY 10002, United States · United States
★ 4.5 on Google · 4,754 reviews · View on Google Maps
Manipulation score
SuspiciousCompleted Jul 15, 2026 · 306 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
306
31% of examined
Flagged avg rating
5★
place average 4.5★
Reviews per month
| Month | Reviews | Flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Mar ’25 | 5 | 0 |
| Apr ’25 | 18 | 4 |
| May ’25 | 18 | 1 |
| Jun ’25 | 12 | 1 |
| Jul ’25 | 13 | 1 |
| Aug ’25 | 20 | 0 |
| Sep ’25 | 13 | 3 |
| Oct ’25 | 11 | 0 |
| Nov ’25 | 70 | 45 |
| Dec ’25 | 187 | 64 |
| Jan ’26 | 133 | 35 |
| Feb ’26 | 132 | 42 |
| Mar ’26 | 124 | 43 |
| Apr ’26 | 100 | 34 |
| May ’26 | 82 | 19 |
| Jun ’26 | 45 | 13 |
| Jul ’26 | 17 | 1 |
Rating distribution
Evidence
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burst
7 occurrences — worst: 18 five-star reviews on 2025-12-06 vs avg 2.9/day
weight 1
Show all 7
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-04-13 vs avg 0.3/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-09-07 vs avg 0.6/day
- 7 five-star reviews on 2025-11-25 vs avg 0.7/day
- 12 five-star reviews on 2025-11-27 vs avg 1.0/day
- 10 five-star reviews on 2025-11-28 vs avg 1.4/day
- 11 five-star reviews on 2025-11-30 vs avg 2.0/day
- 18 five-star reviews on 2025-12-06 vs avg 2.9/day
- low activity account 252 reviews flagged weight 0.8
- duplicate text 16 reviews flagged weight 0.9
Flagged reviews
Exhibit — 10 reviews, near-identical wording
An amazing experience !! Yummy food and great service !
- Lu Crow ★★★★★ 2025-12-06 suspicion 95
- Fisayo Omotunde ★★★★★ 2025-12-06 suspicion 100
- Crissy Norris ★★★★★ 2025-12-07 suspicion 72
- Kaila Williams ★★★★★ 2026-01-31 suspicion 58
- George Findley ★★★★★ 2026-02-08 suspicion 56
- Amber Glosson ★★★★★ 2026-02-22 suspicion 54
- Jonathan Burgin ★★★★★ 2026-03-19 suspicion 56
- D'Mitri Brome ★★★★★ 2026-04-07 suspicion 70
- Tim Spelman ★★★★★ 2026-04-25 suspicion 72
- Jolene Janzen ★★★★★ 2026-04-27 suspicion 64
Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording
Good, service and ambiance were great!!
- Alex Knapke ★★★★★ 2026-01-02 suspicion 63
- Maggie Hardwick ★★★★★ 2026-05-27 suspicion 63
Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording
Wonderful experience 🙏
- Ami Teyer ★★★★★ 2026-04-24 suspicion 70
- Cherl C ★★★★★ 2026-04-25 suspicion 70
Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording
Amazing!!! 10/10 recommend!! Food was insane, service was incredible!!
- Joseph Imperatrice ★★★★★ 2025-12-13 suspicion 58
- Alli Childress ★★★★★ 2026-01-18 suspicion 79
Showing the 10 most suspicious of 290 remaining flagged reviews.
Sid Reddy
2 reviews
★★★★★
2025-12-06
Bryce Deledio
2 reviews
★★★★★
2025-12-06
Alifia Young
2 reviews
★★★★★
2025-12-06
Israel
activity unknown
★★★★★
2025-12-06
Cynthia Jarrard
1 review
★★★★★
2025-12-06
David Rigby
1 review
★★★★★
2025-12-06
priscilla coon
activity unknown
★★★★★
2025-12-06
D Spence
activity unknown
★★★★★
2025-11-30
Brian Bothwell
2 reviews
★★★★★
2025-11-30
Had a good time
Tim Mingle
1 review
★★★★★
2025-11-30
Report generated Jul 15, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.
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