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Airbnb review reply templates for restaurants
Restaurants collect a specific set of review shapes, and Airbnb handles replies differently to every other platform you are on. This page pairs the two: the mechanics of replying on Airbnb, the complaints restaurants actually receive, and six templates you can adapt in a couple of minutes.
How replying on Airbnb actually works
- Reviews are double-blind for 14 days and your public response window closes 30 days after the review posts.
- The response appears under the review permanently and cannot be edited once submitted.
- Category sub-ratings (cleanliness, accuracy, check-in, communication) drive Superhost status more than the headline number.
Policy line: Airbnb removes responses that reveal guest personal information or that read as retaliatory.
What restaurants get reviewed on
- Cold food or a split sauce
- Long waits at the pass on weekend service
- Allergen handling
- Service charge surprises on the bill
- A specific server named in the review
Tone notes
Warm, first-person, and named. Answer the service beat the diner described, not the menu in general. Host first name only — the platform's whole register is personal.
6 templates
1. Rave, special occasion
Review
"Booked for our anniversary and the whole night landed. The burrata was outstanding and Sofia looked after us all evening."
Reply
"Hi Priya — an anniversary night that lands makes ours too. I'll pass the burrata note to the pass and the Sofia note to Sofia herself. — Ellie, your host"
2. Cold main
Review
"The pasta arrived lukewarm and the sauce had split."
Reply
"Hi Alex — lukewarm pasta with a split sauce is a kitchen failure, not a bad night. I've been back through the hot-hold times with the pass this morning. If you will give us another go, reply here and I will look after it personally. — Ellie, your host"
3. 45-minute wait
Review
"Waited 45 minutes for a starter on a Saturday."
Reply
"Hi Nadia — 45 minutes for a starter is well outside anything we would call service. We were a cover down that night and that should not have been yours to absorb. — Ellie, your host"
4. Allergen slip
Review
"I told them I was coeliac and the bread came out on the shared antipasti plate."
Reply
"Hi Chris — a shared plate on a coeliac order is a hard fail. I have re-run the allergen brief with the whole floor and moved gluten-free orders onto separate service ware. Please get in touch directly so we can close it out properly. — Ellie, your host"
5. Airbnb-specific: the mechanics reply
Review
"Great place overall, but a couple of things the listing did not mention."
Reply
"Hi Sam — thank you for coming back to this. Category sub-ratings (cleanliness, accuracy, check-in, communication) drive Superhost status more than the headline number. That is on us to use properly, and from this week every restaurant review here gets a named reply. — Ellie, your host"
6. Escalation without a public argument
Review
"Worst experience I have had with any of the restaurants around here. Avoid."
Reply
"Hi Jordan — a review this strong deserves a proper conversation rather than a paragraph in public. Please email me directly and I will go through it with you line by line. Whatever we find, I would rather fix it than debate it here. — Ellie, your host"
FAQ
- How quickly should restaurants reply to Airbnb reviews?
- Within 24 hours for anything below four stars and within a few days for the rest. Category sub-ratings (cleanliness, accuracy, check-in, communication) drive Superhost status more than the headline number. Consistency matters more than speed alone — a visible response rate reassures the next reader as much as any single reply.
- Can I get a bad Airbnb review removed?
- Only if it breaks the platform's content policy — fake, off-topic, defamatory, or containing personal data. A review that is simply harsh is not removable, and the reply is the tool you actually have. Airbnb removes responses that reveal guest personal information or that read as retaliatory.
- What should a restaurant never put in a Airbnb reply?
- Airbnb removes responses that reveal guest personal information or that read as retaliatory. Beyond policy, avoid re-litigating the facts in public: readers score the tone of the reply, not who was right.
- Should the reply be signed by a person?
- Host first name only — the platform's whole register is personal. An anonymous reply from "the team" reads as automated to the exact audience you are writing for, and it removes the accountability that makes a service-recovery reply work.
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