RED BANK, NJ — New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi’s JBJ Soul Kitchen in Red Bank is the top-rated celebrity-owned restaurant in the country, according to a new ranking of guest reviews.
The restaurant, which earned top honors by receiving 91.62 percent excellent reviews, takes a unique approach to hospitality by putting no prices on its menu to serve both paying and in-need customers, according to research by experts at Q.R. Code Generator.
Norman Reedus and Greg Nicotero of “The Walking Dead” took second place with their Nic & Norman’s restaurant in Georgia. The restaurant scored a 79.8 percent. Meanwhile, Robert De Niro’s Nobu Las Vegas came in third place with a score of 78.78 percent. Nobu serves modern Japanese cuisine and has more than 50 restaurants across the globe.
To compile the rankings, the team at Q.R. Code Generator gathered a list of celebrity restaurants and data-scraped for one- to five-star reviews on Google Reviews. Restaurants with less than 10 reviews weren’t included in the report.
The team obtained the percentage of excellent reviews for restaurants by the number of five-star reviews compared to total reviews.
These are the top 20 best-rated celebrity restaurants, according to the report:
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