Hole In The Wall

Name: Hole In The Wall
Rating: 4.8

Restaurant · 15 Cliff St, New York, NY 10038, United States · United States

★ 4.8 on Google · 4,184 reviews · View on Google Maps

57 / 100

Manipulation score

Suspicious

Completed Jul 19, 2026 · 344 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

344

34% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.9★

place average 4.8★

Reviews per month

Oct ’25

Dec ’25

Feb ’26

Apr ’26

Jun ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Oct ’25	27	26
Nov ’25	163	71
Dec ’25	149	45
Jan ’26	105	33
Feb ’26	60	20
Mar ’26	88	30
Apr ’26	111	26
May ’26	130	37
Jun ’26	109	36
Jul ’26	58	20

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
7 occurrences — worst: 9 five-star reviews on 2025-10-31 vs avg 0.6/day
Show all 7
- 5 five-star reviews on 2025-10-26 vs avg 0.0/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2025-10-28 vs avg 0.2/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-10-29 vs avg 0.4/day
- 3 five-star reviews on 2025-10-30 vs avg 0.5/day
- 9 five-star reviews on 2025-10-31 vs avg 0.6/day
- 7 five-star reviews on 2025-11-01 vs avg 0.9/day
- 8 five-star reviews on 2025-11-03 vs avg 1.3/day
weight 1
low activity account 291 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 30 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 6 reviews, near-identical wording

Great service and great food!

LaTeri McFadden ★★★★★ 2025-11-07 suspicion 60
Hannah Baker ★★★★★ 2025-11-09 suspicion 100
Dr.Caseyann Collins ★★★★★ 2025-11-10 suspicion 90
Tony Brown ★★★★★ 2025-12-31 suspicion 75
Rahul Chandiramani ★★★★★ 2026-05-23 suspicion 90
Niall Smith ★★★★★ 2026-06-12 suspicion 100

Exhibit — 5 reviews, near-identical wording

Absolutely amazing. Great food and service.

Nicole Frahm ★★★★★ 2025-10-26 suspicion 95
Nora Haynes ★★★★★ 2026-03-16 suspicion 77
Alex King ★★★★★ 2026-04-01 suspicion 64
Miranda Berry ★★★★★ 2026-04-07 suspicion 77
Bob ★★★★★ 2026-07-05 suspicion 58

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Excellent food and such great service!!!

rama parmar ★★★★★ 2025-11-04 suspicion 66
Jessica Marschall ★★★★★ 2025-11-07 suspicion 66
Matthew Wolfgang ★★★★★ 2026-03-13 suspicion 66