TripAdvisor’s Top Restaurant in London Was a Fake

Oobah Butler's shed became the top-ranking restaurant on TripAdvisor in London. Theo McInnes/VICE

A garden shed became the top-rated restaurant in London on TripAdvisor after a writer and his friends fooled the site by submitting fake reviews.

Oobah Butler, 26, created a website for the fictitious restaurant which he called The Shed and made it an appointment-only eatery so he didn’t have to reveal his address in Dulwich, south London.