Topic

What restaurant reviews say about cleanliness in Missouri, United States

Cleanliness appears in 1.2% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.

TripAdvisor is above the baseline by 0.4 percentage points.

Confidence: 12,449; Reviews analyzed
Last update: July 24, 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: +1.8pp

Complaint signal

1.1%

Praise signal

2.9%

Tripadvisor

Signal balance: +1.8pp

Complaint signal

1.4%

Praise signal

3.1%

How this market compares

Compare this subdivision with country-level Restaurants patterns.

Largest gap: Tripadvisor is above baseline by 0.4 points.

Google Maps

Country baseline

0.9%

Tripadvisor

Country baseline

1.0%

Platform-by-platform signal

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

Tripadvisor

Complaint signal is 1.4%.

Praise signal is 3.1%.

Baseline signal is 1.0%.

Delta vs baseline is 0.4 points.

Google Maps

Complaint signal is 1.1%.

Praise signal is 2.9%.

Baseline signal is 0.9%.

Delta vs baseline is 0.2 points.

Largest difference from baseline

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

Tripadvisor

0.4pp above

Current signal is above baseline by 0.4 points (current 1.4%, baseline 1.0%).

Google Maps

0.2pp above

Current signal is above baseline by 0.2 points (current 1.1%, baseline 0.9%).

What reviewers keep mentioning

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

Google Maps Top complaints

A little dirty in the seating but I'd go back if I'm in downtown again.

Google Maps Top complaints

But the dirty dishes piled up, the second drink was never offered , and it soon became clear they needed to turn over my seat.

Google Maps Top praises

Also their salad bar is always clean and stocked, I frequently see a staff member coming out every 5-10 mins to clean up the food around the bar and restock the baskets.

Google Maps Top praises

Amazing food, clean tables but walls and floor could use a good scrub.

Google Maps Top praises

Asked him to clean the table and basically he stopped servicing us.

Tripadvisor Top complaints

45 minutes later, I was finally called, and as the host was walking me to my table upstairs, they told him it would be a 5-minute wait as they cleaned off the table.

Tripadvisor Top complaints

After 30 minutes they finally sat us at a dirty table.

Tripadvisor Top complaints

After our drinks and meal (side note: hair in our food and dirty glasses were sent back to be fixed), we asked the manager for a place to finish drinks and deserts on the patio.

Tripadvisor Top praises

Neat place.

Tripadvisor Top praises

Very clean.

Representative review quotes

These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.

Google Maps Complaint quote

Half the dining room is closed so they don't have to clean more tables, the open half wasn't clean either.

Review rating: 2.0

Google Maps Praise quote

Even being busy for World Cup visitors, it was extremely clean and fast.

Review rating: 5.0

Tripadvisor Complaint quote

The lady clearing the tables kept trying to take our “dirty” appetizer plates even though we were still using them.

Review rating: 3.0

Tripadvisor Praise quote

Tables are clean, as are the seats and the bathroom.

Review rating: 5.0

What the signal means

Coverage

130 insight listings mention Cleanliness in this scope.

Signal strength

Complaint signal is 1.2% across available platforms.

Praise signal is 3.0% across available platforms.

Next step

Pick one issue worth checking, then use recent reviews to see whether the pattern is still present.

Compare Missouri, United States with the national Restaurants pattern to see what stands out locally.

Use the Cleanliness signal to decide where to look, then check it against recent feedback from your own Restaurants.

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.
Missouri, United States, Restaurants uses 12449 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 1 locality records, and 130 supporting insight listings for Cleanliness.
Tripadvisor has the strongest complaint signal for Cleanliness at 1.4%, compared with a measured average of 1.2% across platforms.
Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Cleanliness at 3.1%, compared with a measured average of 3.0% across platforms.