Catch

Name: Catch
Rating: 4.2

Restaurant · 21 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014, United States · United States

★ 4.2 on Google · 5,041 reviews · View on Google Maps

58 / 100

Manipulation score

Suspicious

Completed Jul 15, 2026 · 356 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

356

36% of examined

Flagged avg rating

5★

place average 4.2★

Reviews per month

Sep ’25

Nov ’25

Jan ’26

Mar ’26

May ’26

Jul ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Sep ’25	110	60
Oct ’25	105	29
Nov ’25	81	27
Dec ’25	59	18
Jan ’26	37	10
Feb ’26	24	8
Mar ’26	51	16
Apr ’26	156	46
May ’26	180	73
Jun ’26	156	54
Jul ’26	41	15

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
5 occurrences — worst: 9 five-star reviews on 2025-09-14 vs avg 1.2/day
Show all 5
- 6 five-star reviews on 2025-09-06 vs avg 0.0/day
- 7 five-star reviews on 2025-09-07 vs avg 0.2/day
- 4 five-star reviews on 2025-09-08 vs avg 0.4/day
- 8 five-star reviews on 2025-09-13 vs avg 0.9/day
- 9 five-star reviews on 2025-09-14 vs avg 1.2/day
weight 1
low activity account 316 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 20 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 5 reviews, near-identical wording

Great Service! Food was Great as well.

Eric Brenneman ★★★★★ 2025-11-06 suspicion 77
Brad Page ★★★★★ 2026-01-02 suspicion 64
Veronica McNeil ★★★★★ 2026-03-19 suspicion 77
Misha Vlasov ★★★★★ 2026-07-06 suspicion 75
Velma Ruth ★★★★★ 2026-07-08 suspicion 68

Exhibit — 5 reviews, near-identical wording

Best place, best service, amazing food!

Minghong Huang ★★★★★ 2025-10-17 suspicion 90
Juan Flores ★★★★★ 2025-11-12 suspicion 90
Emily Donoghue ★★★★★ 2026-03-14 suspicion 100
Abby Labar ★★★★★ 2026-05-17 suspicion 56
Luz Kordonouriz ★★★★★ 2026-05-25 suspicion 90