Top Tripadvisor resto was a hoax
The Montreal restaurant with the top rating on Tripadvisor was a hoax, although by whom, an why, is not clear. Le Nouveau Duluth was positioned somewhere near the corner of Duluth and St‑Denis – around the corner from where the original Vieux Duluth used to be.
Ephraim 21:26 on 2023-02-01 Permalink
If you want to have a laugh and see an example of really FAKE reviews, look at https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g155032-d568234-Reviews-Hotel_Arena_Palace-Montreal_Quebec.html but with an incognito browser because TripAdvisor is one of the WORST websites for violating your privacy… even trying to get FORCE you to log in via Google. And try to make you think you need to put in dates… because they only make money if you book via their links. (Just ignore and cancel) They also try to show you “best value” which doesn’t display the whole list… just the ones that they offer booking for.
The easiest way to see a fake is an inverted bell curve. You don’t have a lot of people giving you 1/5 and 5/5. That doesn’t make sense.
But it’s a website used less and less all the time… because you can’t find the data you want anyway. The B&B list for Montreal has both a hotel and a defunct B&B in the top 10
GC 23:56 on 2023-02-01 Permalink
“comedian Charles Deschamps, whose name is linked to the restaurant’s listed phone number” seems like an odd coincidence. So, maybe he did it as a joke? Unless someone else used his phone number without his consent, of course…
Chris 09:31 on 2023-02-02 Permalink
>You don’t have a lot of people giving you 1/5 and 5/5. That doesn’t make sense.
Doesn’t it? Personally, the only time I’m motivated to bother leaving a review is if it was horrible or amazing. Average is nothing to write home about.
MarcG 09:42 on 2023-02-02 Permalink
This guy took it to the next level and actually opened a fake restaurant https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/oobah-butler-i-made-my-shed-the-1-restaurant-in-london/5a5dfac6177dd44de3197af2
Ephraim 11:51 on 2023-02-02 Permalink
@Chris Most of the time it’s a Bell curve or a curve to one side. And upside down bell curve is a sign of fakes. You don’t get 50 5* and 50 1* with very little in between unless service is really bi polar