B
Evidence Grade B
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12%
12% -- share of negative reviews mentioning food for Google reviews of restaurants and cafes (2026)
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Value
12%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
16,147
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Source
RepliFast
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Tier A
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RepliFast
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Methodology
Direct database count of 16,147 Google reviews across 30 restaurants and cafes, with published SQL
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Google reviews of restaurants and cafes: 12% share of negative reviews mentioning food. Source: RepliFast (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/food-mentioned-negative-google-reviews-restaurants
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/food-mentioned-negative-google-reviews-restaurants" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>12%</strong> -- share of negative reviews mentioning food for Google reviews of restaurants and cafes<br><small>Source: RepliFast (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/food-mentioned-negative-google-reviews-restaurants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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