Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer - SoHo

Name: Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer - SoHo
Rating: 4.4

Hamburger restaurant · 529 Broome St, New York, NY 10013, United States · United States

★ 4.4 on Google · 5,242 reviews · View on Google Maps

60 / 100

Manipulation score

Suspicious

Completed Jul 15, 2026 · 338 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

338

34% of examined

Flagged avg rating

5★

place average 4.4★

Reviews per month

Mar ’24

Aug ’24

Jan ’25

Jun ’25

Nov ’25

Apr ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Mar ’24	118	71
Apr ’24	112	35
May ’24	71	15
Jun ’24	31	6
Jul ’24	21	2
Aug ’24	45	17
Sep ’24	34	6
Oct ’24	18	6
Nov ’24	19	7
Dec ’24	30	12
Jan ’25	13	0
Feb ’25	22	6
Mar ’25	33	7
Apr ’25	12	3
May ’25	21	10
Jun ’25	23	6
Jul ’25	19	4
Aug ’25	17	3
Sep ’25	28	11
Oct ’25	17	1
Nov ’25	29	9
Dec ’25	29	11
Jan ’26	22	7
Feb ’26	27	8
Mar ’26	27	9
Apr ’26	28	5
May ’26	34	7
Jun ’26	29	16
Jul ’26	70	38

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
23 occurrences — worst: 16 five-star reviews on 2024-03-23 vs avg 2.0/day
Show all 23
- 15 five-star reviews on 2024-03-16 vs avg 0.2/day
- 11 five-star reviews on 2024-03-17 vs avg 0.7/day
- 6 five-star reviews on 2024-03-18 vs avg 1.1/day
- 10 five-star reviews on 2024-03-19 vs avg 1.3/day
- 16 five-star reviews on 2024-03-23 vs avg 2.0/day
- 10 five-star reviews on 2024-08-15 vs avg 1.0/day
- 4 five-star reviews on 2024-11-25 vs avg 0.6/day
- 4 five-star reviews on 2024-12-09 vs avg 0.5/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-02-04 vs avg 0.4/day
- 6 five-star reviews on 2025-03-12 vs avg 0.7/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-04-27 vs avg 0.4/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-05-20 vs avg 0.6/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-05-25 vs avg 0.6/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-05-26 vs avg 0.6/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-09-19 vs avg 0.6/day
- 4 five-star reviews on 2025-11-02 vs avg 0.6/day
- 4 five-star reviews on 2025-12-27 vs avg 0.7/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-02-07 vs avg 0.7/day
- 4 five-star reviews on 2026-03-20 vs avg 0.7/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2026-06-25 vs avg 0.4/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-06-29 vs avg 0.7/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-06-30 vs avg 0.8/day
- 7 five-star reviews on 2026-07-03 vs avg 1.2/day
weight 1
low activity account 229 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 19 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

Great burger and excellent service from Andres!

Rob M ★★★★★ 2024-03-16 suspicion 95
Georgie Vargas ★★★★★ 2025-06-08 suspicion 62
Lauren Goebel ★★★★★ 2026-02-19 suspicion 62
Luciano Ricotti ★★★★★ 2026-07-12 suspicion 62

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Awesome atmosphere, great service, great food!

WinsyrStrife ★★★★★ 2024-03-16 suspicion 95
Krzysztof Galus ★★★★★ 2024-09-20 suspicion 84
Ryan Johnson ★★★★★ 2026-01-15 suspicion 84