Criterias I rate a restaurant

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5 stars - worth a visit.
4 stars - good place to eat. (if you walk by or live nearby)
3 stars - acceptable but not recommended. (average taste)
2 stars - bad taste, but OK service
1 star - bad taste and service

Most restaurants I have visited and rated so far are in 4 stars.
I haven’t encountered any 1-star restaurants in Finland (where I currently live) yet under this criteria.

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Thank you for this interpretation of the ratings, @rumia!

For 3 stars, I’d prefer to say “neither good nor bad” since “not recommended” sounds a bit like “don’t go there”, which really applies to 1 or 2 stars.

P.S. looking at your photo contributions, I find they are really original and a great idea. Just being surprised, the AI filter did accept them all. Indeed 240 out of 204 went public :+1: (while 11 reviews are hidden :pensive_face: )

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Hi @rumia

This may be a good criteria but in your view.
Review is based on individual perception.

Thanks for sharing and keep doing great by making great reviews on maps.

Cheers.

Sagir…

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Thanks for sharing your opinion about your criteria for rating restaurants.

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Good suggestion
I will update my criteria description in my profile
Thanks

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Many businesses on Google contain a large number of 5-star reviews with no text at all. This obviously has an impact on a business’s high rating.

Comments that do not contain content and do not reflect the truth are usually made by different users on the same day and time.

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Published low-rated reviews may be removed, especially in countries with stricter rules.

I’ve heard that low-rated businesses are eventually removed from Google, but I don’t know if this is true.

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Yes many of these star ratings may be done by spammers or marketing agencies to increase the ratings of their POI. While it can be reported by business owner or Local Guides we still see many such trends happening.

I believe it’s not true. Low rated POIs do exist and should exist as per Maps policies. We can only mark them permanently closed if they’re no longer in operation.

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I did some research and saw a business with a 1.4 rating with 922 reviews.

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