Cozy Hookah Cafe

Name: Cozy Hookah Cafe
Rating: 4.9

Hookah bar · 43 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003, United States · United States

★ 4.9 on Google · 2,845 reviews · View on Google Maps

67 / 100

Manipulation score

Suspicious

Completed Jul 19, 2026 · 437 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

437

44% of examined

Flagged avg rating

5★

place average 4.9★

Reviews per month

Jul ’25

Oct ’25

Jan ’26

Apr ’26

Jul ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Jul ’25	51	38
Aug ’25	78	26
Sep ’25	56	19
Oct ’25	67	27
Nov ’25	45	16
Dec ’25	63	28
Jan ’26	47	21
Feb ’26	71	30
Mar ’26	105	51
Apr ’26	116	45
May ’26	106	54
Jun ’26	112	43
Jul ’26	83	39

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
9 occurrences — worst: 21 five-star reviews on 2026-05-22 vs avg 2.5/day
Show all 9
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-07-20 vs avg 0.2/day
- 4 five-star reviews on 2025-07-22 vs avg 0.3/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-07-23 vs avg 0.4/day
- 6 five-star reviews on 2025-07-24 vs avg 0.5/day
- 11 five-star reviews on 2025-07-26 vs avg 0.8/day
- 6 five-star reviews on 2025-07-27 vs avg 1.2/day
- 8 five-star reviews on 2025-12-06 vs avg 1.3/day
- 8 five-star reviews on 2026-01-25 vs avg 1.3/day
- 21 five-star reviews on 2026-05-22 vs avg 2.5/day
weight 1
low activity account 378 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 37 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 8 reviews, near-identical wording

Great hospitality, Awesome hookah, and AWESOME CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!

JoSoFo ★★★★★ 2025-10-23 suspicion 54
Arman Yazdan ★★★★★ 2025-12-25 suspicion 54
Antoine Suhas ★★★★★ 2026-01-25 suspicion 95
Rafael Reynoso ★★★★★ 2026-02-01 suspicion 76
Advait Madhavadas ★★★★★ 2026-02-08 suspicion 64
Nikolay Dakov ★★★★★ 2026-04-12 suspicion 76
Lisa Chen ★★★★★ 2026-05-10 suspicion 79
Christine Marcozzi ★★★★★ 2026-05-30 suspicion 58

Exhibit — 5 reviews, near-identical wording

Sherif, was the best. The service was great

Lena S ★★★★★ 2025-11-23 suspicion 58
Alyssa Torres ★★★★★ 2026-03-07 suspicion 88
Sunny Patel ★★★★★ 2026-05-23 suspicion 73
David Elvir ★★★★★ 2026-05-24 suspicion 58
Ebone ★★★★★ 2026-06-28 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

SHARIF THE BEST. Great customer service.

ONE ETHIOPIA ★★★★★ 2025-10-24 suspicion 71
joe nicholas Urena ★★★★★ 2026-03-08 suspicion 55
Legend ★★★★★ 2026-06-19 suspicion 86

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Great Customer service the owner was very kind

F L ★★★★★ 2025-11-14 suspicion 57
Jay Daley ★★★★★ 2026-05-22 suspicion 100
jade teriba ★★★★★ 2026-05-22 suspicion 100