Dallas BBQ - Times Square
Barbecue restaurant · 241 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036, United States · United States
★ 4.1 on Google · 15,152 reviews · View on Google Maps
Manipulation score
CleanCompleted Jul 19, 2026 · 111 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
111
11% of examined
Flagged avg rating
3.5★
place average 4.1★
Reviews per month
| Month | Reviews | Flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Feb ’25 | 28 | 7 |
| Mar ’25 | 81 | 6 |
| Apr ’25 | 63 | 8 |
| May ’25 | 61 | 3 |
| Jun ’25 | 53 | 3 |
| Jul ’25 | 65 | 12 |
| Aug ’25 | 64 | 1 |
| Sep ’25 | 54 | 5 |
| Oct ’25 | 56 | 6 |
| Nov ’25 | 54 | 7 |
| Dec ’25 | 67 | 15 |
| Jan ’26 | 55 | 6 |
| Feb ’26 | 50 | 2 |
| Mar ’26 | 47 | 6 |
| Apr ’26 | 66 | 9 |
| May ’26 | 63 | 7 |
| Jun ’26 | 54 | 8 |
| Jul ’26 | 19 | 0 |
Rating distribution
Evidence
- burst 3 five-star reviews on 2025-02-18 vs avg 0.1/day; 3 five-star reviews on 2025-02-19 vs avg 0.2/day weight 1
- low activity account 96 reviews flagged weight 0.8
- duplicate text 11 reviews flagged weight 0.9
Flagged reviews
Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording
Great food, great drinks, great service.
- Bohdan Khvorostovskyi ★★★★★ 2025-07-12 suspicion 90
- Paula Renee ★★★★★ 2025-10-10 suspicion 90
- Chick Petterlin ★★★★★ 2025-11-22 suspicion 57
- Alicia Kate ★★★★★ 2026-05-30 suspicion 66
Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording
Great food and nice drinks!
- omatt215 PHL ★★★★ 2025-03-16 suspicion 73
- Lizzet Santiago ★★★★★ 2025-12-22 suspicion 77
- mary austin ★★★★ 2026-01-14 suspicion 77
Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording
Excellent food, nice service, great 👍🏻
- Stanling Castillo ★★★★★ 2025-04-27 suspicion 59
- Doc Hardy ★★★★★ 2026-01-04 suspicion 59
Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording
Excellent service! Delicious food!
- Fabian Palma ★★★★★ 2025-03-05 suspicion 68
- Dayanara Villar ★★★★★ 2025-12-13 suspicion 68
Showing the 10 most suspicious of 100 remaining flagged reviews.
Curtis Jackson
activity unknown · Local Guide
★★★★★
2025-02-18
Philip Paul Nickiette
activity unknown
★★★★★
2025-02-18
Mr. Murphy
49 reviews · Local Guide
★★★★★
2025-02-19
I’m coming back. I went because my family bragged about the wings. So I had the fried wings and Mac and cheese with the cornbread and bacon crumbles. Definitely was good
Kyle Fierravanti
117 reviews · Local Guide
★★★★★
2025-02-19
Went here on a Saturday with my friend for the first time in a while. The service was fast and our server was attentive and friendly. We started out with the angry shrimp, fried shrimp with sweet chili sauce, and they were good. Both my friend and I got super Texas sized frozen drinks (32 ounce). Th...
Steven Robinson
40 reviews · Local Guide
★★★★★
2025-02-19
John Redge
18 reviews · Local Guide
★★★★★
2025-02-18
Aaron Mahmoud
1 review
★☆☆☆☆
2026-06-30
The atmosphere was nice the place is big the food was nothing like I ever had it is a bbq sandwich the quality of the meat was funky and the waiter ignored us and he didnt check on us and when it got time to pay the check they forced us to give them their own percent of a tip.
William Szakielo
1 review
★☆☆☆☆
2026-06-26
Food wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either the glass they severed my drink in had a very soppy after taste and a lot of the people I was sitting with had a similar complaint and for some reason it took the water 50 minutes to give my friend water
Mariam Varga
1 review
★★★★★
2026-06-23
Teresa Hernández HC GROUP PUNTA CANA
1 review
★☆☆☆☆
2026-06-14
This place ruined all my expectations of a good lunch of well-cooked meat. I ordered a medium-rare sirloin with a baked potato and received a piece of meat that wasn't sirloin, full of fat, way overcooked, cold, and a potato wrapped in foil with absolutely nothing—no salt or anything.
Report generated Jul 19, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.
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