Shake Shack Theater District

Name: Shake Shack Theater District
Rating: 4.4

Hamburger restaurant · 691 8th Ave, New York, NY 10036, United States · United States

★ 4.4 on Google · 15,096 reviews · View on Google Maps

15 / 100

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Jul 15, 2026 · 98 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

999

Flagged

10% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.8★

place average 4.4★

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	43	12
Mar ’25	70	4
Apr ’25	65	6
May ’25	84	4
Jun ’25	83	12
Jul ’25	71	6
Aug ’25	69	5
Sep ’25	49	7
Oct ’25	50	4
Nov ’25	47	3
Dec ’25	53	5
Jan ’26	59	6
Feb ’26	37	2
Mar ’26	59	3
Apr ’26	46	5
May ’26	54	5
Jun ’26	43	4
Jul ’26	17	5

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst 3 five-star reviews on 2025-02-12 vs avg 0.1/day; 6 five-star reviews on 2025-02-13 vs avg 0.2/day; 3 five-star reviews on 2025-02-15 vs avg 0.5/day weight 1
low activity account 76 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 11 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

Nice place, and good food. Service is fast.

Alice ★★★★★ 2025-05-05 suspicion 60
U. N. ★★★★★ 2025-08-10 suspicion 60
Paul Gautier ★★★★ 2026-03-24 suspicion 59

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Excellent hamburger.

Jeremy ARNOULD ★★★★★ 2025-10-04 suspicion 61
Tomas Petr ★★★★★ 2026-01-29 suspicion 61

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Nice place, good food, friendly staff!

Ahryn Tolley ★★★★★ 2025-05-29 suspicion 62
Johannes Mairhofer ★★★★★ 2025-12-21 suspicion 62

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

The burgers and fries were very good.

Ester ★★★★★ 2025-06-24 suspicion 56
Juan Ribas ★★★★★ 2025-11-06 suspicion 56

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Great service from Jesus

Eric Bussey ★★★★★ 2025-06-16 suspicion 64
Sarfraiz Hussain ★★★★★ 2025-08-24 suspicion 64

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 87 remaining flagged reviews.

Gaia Di Carlo

1 review

★★★★★

2025-02-13

Matthew Carvery

29 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-15

Super friendly staff.

Tiffany de Meyer

22 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-15

Everything was perfect thanks to Jesus !

Dan Guerrero

156 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-15

It's shake shack, hard to go wrong.

Sergi Palau Popis

143 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-13

If we compare Shake Shack to the fast food burger chains like McD or BK this is my favourite. I got recommended on try it and last time I was in the city I could not. It was nice, fast and good.

Stacey Parr

13 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-13

Roger Huw Jones

7 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-13

Our visit late on Wednesday night was made fabulous by Shake Shack employee Israel Rodriguez. He was amiable, engaging, kind and lovely to talk to. My wife called him the sweetest person she’d met in the Big Apple so far during our visit. We are on vacation here for a week from Japan taking in the s...

leonardo casciola

3 reviews

★★★★★

2025-02-13

Absolutely fantastic... excellent service, welcoming atmosphere, and above all, excellent customer service from the cashier to the maintenance staff; everyone seems like a team. It's definitely worth coming back to this place. Thank you for being so special to customers who sometimes come in tired,...

Mefisto Azrael

7 reviews

★★★★★

2025-02-13

Jesus is the best 🫶🏻 thanks very good ❤️

Harvinder Thaper

37 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-12

Very friendly and attentive staff

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

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