Dates, not just the score
Twenty reviews in one week a year ago and silence since is worse than a steady two
or three a month. Look at what was written in the last six months.
How they answer bad ones
A venue with no negative reviews at all is either very new or cleaning its profile.
What matters is not the absence of criticism but whether it gets a real answer.
What exactly is praised
“All great, recommend” tells you nothing. Useful reviews carry detail:
what they did, how long they stayed, what they didn’t like.