Topic

What reviews say about cleanliness in Scotland, United Kingdom

Cleanliness appears in 0.5% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.

TripAdvisor is below the baseline by 0.0 percentage points.

Confidence
25,647
Reviews analyzed
Last update
August 23, 2026
2 platforms in the sample

At a glance

Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.

This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.

Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.

Google Maps
Signal balance: +1.0pp

Complaint signal

0.6%

Praise signal

1.6%

Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +2.0pp

Complaint signal

0.4%

Praise signal

2.4%

How this market compares

Compare this country-level view with global cross-category patterns.

Largest gap: Tripadvisor is below baseline by 0.0 points.

Tripadvisor

Global baseline

0.5%

Google Maps

Global baseline

0.6%

Platform-by-platform signal

Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.

Google Maps

Complaint signal is 0.6%.

Praise signal is 1.6%.

Baseline signal is 0.6%.

Delta vs baseline is 0.0 points.

Tripadvisor

Complaint signal is 0.4%.

Praise signal is 2.4%.

Baseline signal is 0.5%.

Delta vs baseline is -0.1 points.

Largest difference from baseline

This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.

Tripadvisor

0.0pp below

Current signal is below baseline by 0.0 points (current 0.4%, baseline 0.5%).

Google Maps

0.0pp above

Current signal is above baseline by 0.0 points (current 0.6%, baseline 0.6%).

What reviewers keep mentioning

These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.

Google Maps Top complaints
A complaint about a dirty glass was ignored; they simply brought a new one.
Google Maps Top complaints
A few minutes later he came over to the table with just a cloth, without any cleaning spray, and wiped it down in a rather offended manner.
Google Maps Top complaints
After only about 3 minutes, the lady inside called my mom over and said they were cleaning our table, so my mom told the rest of us to come inside.
Google Maps Top praises
Also the staff were so kind and friendly, and the place is cute, clean and warm.
Google Maps Top praises
1 star off because plates and glasses weren’t clean which was a bit concerning.
Google Maps Top praises
A beautiful and clean restaurant.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
A couple of things were certainly not good: - I found the gents' toilets to be smelly and unclean.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
A dirty restaurant.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
A few reviews have said toilets not clean (I didn't see them myself).
Tripadvisor Top praises
A beautifully designed and clean Indian restaurant in Edinburgh with a welcoming ambience.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Add to this the friendly, efficient service, clean and nicely decorated restaurant and you get four very happy diners!
Tripadvisor Top praises
Clean plates all round.

Representative review quotes

These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.

Google Maps Complaint quote
My personal experience Bad taste crowded dishes not clean very bad experience ,, I thought it is Halal but

Review rating: 2.0

Google Maps Praise quote
The restaurant is spotlessly clean and all the staff are smiling.

Review rating: 4.0

Tripadvisor Complaint quote
When I asked her to take it off she repeated “the service charge!” And when I said “yes I’m sorry” she walked away and then came back to clean other tables while we sat and waited for ages again.

Review rating: 1.0

What the signal means

Coverage

188 insight listings mention Cleanliness in this scope.

Signal strength

Complaint signal is 0.5% across available platforms.

Praise signal is 2.0% across available platforms.

Next step

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This country view combines every indexed category with evidence for this topic in United Kingdom. Use it as a broad baseline, then open a category view before applying the pattern to a particular kind of business. Differences in complaint rate, praise rate, source mix, and excerpts show where a narrower check may be more useful.

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Evidence behind this topic

  • Cleanliness groups review language such as clean, cleanliness, dirty, hygiene, pests, and sanitary, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
  • Scotland, United Kingdom uses 25647 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 2 locality records, and 188 supporting insight listings for Cleanliness.
  • Google Maps has the strongest complaint signal for Cleanliness at 0.6%, compared with a measured average of 0.5% across platforms.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Cleanliness at 2.4%, compared with a measured average of 2.0% across platforms.

How reliable is this signal?

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Reviews analyzed

25,647

Platforms covered

2

Last update

August 06, 2026

Reports behind this finding

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