How businesses earn a spot.
“Hand-checked” and “top rated” are promises, so here is exactly what they mean on TopRatedSummerlin — and what money can and can’t buy here.
4.0★ and up — always
The directory has a hard rating floor. A business only appears while its Google review score is 4.0 stars or higher; fall below it and the listing comes off until the score recovers. Nobody can pay their way past the floor.
Real review data, kept current
Ratings, review counts, hours, and contact details are synced from Google Business Profile on a rolling basis and attributed where they appear. We never author, edit, or reorder reviews — the score you see is the score real customers gave.
Verified owners
A “Verified owner” badge means the business itself confirmed the claim through an email verification we control. Only verified owners can edit a profile, so owner-provided details carry a name behind them.
Paid placement is always labeled
Businesses can pay for better placement — and when they do, it is labeled, every time: “Featured” for sponsors, “Top Rated” for premium profiles. Sponsorship is capped at 3 businesses per category, and no payment ever changes a rating or bypasses the 4.0★ floor.
Ranked by data, not by us
Category rankings are computed from the review data itself — review volume by default, with rating and A–Z sorts a click away. The “by the numbers” stats on each page come from the same data, recomputed daily.
When a business is removed
The standards are ongoing, not a one-time check. Listings whose ratings fall below the floor come off the directory, and owner-provided content that turns out to be inaccurate is removed. That’s what keeps a recommendation from Summerlin worth something.