John's Pizzeria of Times Square

Name: John's Pizzeria of Times Square
Rating: 4.3

Pizza restaurant · 260 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, United States · United States

★ 4.3 on Google · 8,490 reviews · View on Google Maps

9 / 100

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Jul 15, 2026 · 56 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

6% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.4★

place average 4.3★

Reviews per month

Feb ’25

May ’25

Aug ’25

Nov ’25

Feb ’26

May ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Feb ’25	6	1
Mar ’25	77	9
Apr ’25	81	9
May ’25	66	4
Jun ’25	82	0
Jul ’25	85	1
Aug ’25	66	2
Sep ’25	40	1
Oct ’25	53	4
Nov ’25	45	3
Dec ’25	57	3
Jan ’26	46	1
Feb ’26	39	1
Mar ’26	55	3
Apr ’26	57	4
May ’26	57	2
Jun ’26	58	6
Jul ’26	30	2

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst 3 five-star reviews on 2025-03-03 vs avg 0.3/day weight 1
low activity account 40 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 13 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

Always the best pizza in NY!

Jolene T ★★★★★ 2025-04-04 suspicion 60
Misty Melgoza ★★★★★ 2025-05-23 suspicion 60
MACEE ERICKSON ★★★★★ 2025-12-18 suspicion 56
Ryan M. Russell ★★★★★ 2026-04-10 suspicion 58

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Beautiful inside! Good pizza, great atmosphere.

Jay T ★★★★★ 2025-10-05 suspicion 59
Ann Herington ★★★★★ 2026-03-10 suspicion 55
Antal Tettinger ★★ 2026-05-26 suspicion 59

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Excellent tasting pizza. Service was good.

Ashley Broussard ★★★★★ 2025-03-28 suspicion 60
Bob Rinaldi ★★★★★ 2025-04-03 suspicion 60
Viviana Fernandez ★★★★★ 2026-02-23 suspicion 57

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Excellent pizza, very delicious!

saudist9 ★★★★★ 2025-04-06 suspicion 68
Gaston Karamanukian ★★★★★ 2025-05-01 suspicion 61
Yen Hsu ★★★★ 2025-07-20 suspicion 68

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 43 remaining flagged reviews.

Nicole Noon

9 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-03-03

Wood Endsley

4 reviews

★★★★★

2025-03-03

This is a great place, got a small plain cheese pizza for $24 and the crust was great

Carmen Casares

149 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-03-03

We got the spicy chicken pizza with extras and it was fantastic. The deco was on point as well. No need to book in advance since they have plenty of sitting area. Overall a really nice place to try!

Melissa Davis

1 review

★★★★★

2026-07-13

I highly recommend this pizzeria. Absolutely delicious!

Maloree Johnson

activity unknown

★☆☆☆☆

2026-06-25

Eddie

1 review

★★★★★

2026-06-21

Great spot for pizza in midtown. The domed ceiling of the former church is a sight to behold- pizza is NYC's religion amongst others. Can be busy at peak times but our waitress (Catherine) was so lovely - will be back again with the kiddos!

daisy jackson

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-06-03

Raymond Arroyo

2 reviews

★☆☆☆☆

2026-05-02

Chicken cutlet tasted and looked like it was cooked hours ago. Do better…

Nicolás Esteban Vagó

1 review

★★★★★

2026-04-13

Erika Oelrich

1 review

★★★★★

2026-03-17

Report generated Jul 15, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.

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