Revdict.

Shake Shack Upper East Side

Hamburger restaurant · 154 East 86th St, New York, NY 10028, United States · United States

★ 4.3 on Google · 5,178 reviews · View on Google Maps

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Jul 15, 2026 · 91 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

91

9% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.4★

place average 4.3★

Reviews per month

Reviews per month, total and flagged
MonthReviewsFlagged
Jun ’22255
Jul ’22223
Aug ’22283
Sep ’22270
Oct ’22361
Nov ’22281
Dec ’22324
Jan ’23215
Feb ’23150
Mar ’23243
Apr ’23301
May ’23322
Jun ’23333
Jul ’23353
Aug ’23351
Sep ’23291
Oct ’23303
Nov ’23244
Dec ’23198
Jan ’24286
Feb ’24140
Mar ’24200
Apr ’24221
May ’24272
Jun ’24130
Jul ’24181
Aug ’24171
Sep ’24201
Oct ’24111
Nov ’24181
Dec ’24141
Jan ’25100
Feb ’25142
Mar ’25132
Apr ’25263
May ’25221
Jun ’25181
Jul ’25181
Aug ’25224
Sep ’2593
Oct ’25142
Nov ’25111
Dec ’25100
Jan ’26111
Feb ’2690
Mar ’2681
Apr ’2660
May ’26111
Jun ’26112
Jul ’26100

Rating distribution

5★
4★
3★
2★
1★

Evidence

  • burst 3 five-star reviews on 2022-06-09 vs avg 0.1/day; 4 five-star reviews on 2023-01-21 vs avg 0.7/day; 3 five-star reviews on 2023-12-22 vs avg 0.6/day; 5 five-star reviews on 2024-01-16 vs avg 1.0/day weight 1
  • low activity account 72 reviews flagged weight 0.8
  • duplicate text 10 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 4 reviews, near-identical wording

The best burger in NYC
  • Nuria Teixeira Gomes ★★★★★ 2022-06-12 suspicion 78
  • Itzel (Itzzy) ★★★★★ 2022-10-25 suspicion 90
  • Alina Hansen ★★★★★ 2024-11-24 suspicion 90
  • Alex ★★★★★ 2025-02-10 suspicion 54

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

The best burgers in New York
  • derick Von kreuz ★★★★★ 2025-08-09 suspicion 77
  • Jose Manuel Muñoz ★★★★★ 2025-09-02 suspicion 77

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Fast and everything was delicious ♥️
  • Brenda Quiroz ★★★★★ 2023-05-24 suspicion 82
  • Linda Ruiz ★★★★★ 2024-12-11 suspicion 67

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Great customer service and the food is always good.
  • R J ★★★★★ 2023-08-25 suspicion 65
  • Amy Ford ★★★★★ 2024-01-23 suspicion 65

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 81 remaining flagged reviews.

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Joshua J

2 reviews

★★★★★

2024-01-16

The food was great and I highly recommend going here because when u order it’s fast
burst low activity account suspicion 95
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xoClutch o7

2 reviews

★★★★★

2024-01-16

The drinks are good the fries was mad good
burst low activity account suspicion 95
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Landon Perez-Gomez

1 review

★★★★★

2024-01-16

this place was really good, although it wasn’t my first time it’s always good and they don’t take long at all. Food is always good and always treat everyone with respect. I would recommend it to other people
burst low activity account suspicion 95
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Jude Adelsbach

activity unknown

★★★★★

2023-12-22

burst low activity account suspicion 95
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torie rias

1 review

★★★★★

2023-01-21

It was so totally good 😊
burst low activity account suspicion 95
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Sergie

23 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2024-01-16

burst suspicion 80
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Joseph Noviello

13 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2024-01-16

burst suspicion 80
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S M

14 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2023-12-22

burst suspicion 80
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Grace Chao

416 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2023-12-22

Great
burst suspicion 80
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Alex Hatola

126 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2023-01-21

I have been many times and the food is good!!
burst suspicion 80

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

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