Three trades came back with nothing at all. Of the 20 coffee shops we read in the set someone searching around Shoreview is shown, not one had answered any of its recent reviews — and the median coffee shop in that set carries 424.5 Google reviews, with the largest listing at 1,006. Bakeries are the same: 20 read, nobody answering, and a biggest listing of 3,000 reviews. So are gyms: 20 read, a median of 138 reviews, a biggest listing of 1,504, and nobody answering.
Among the 46 businesses we measured for someone searching in Shoreview, the typical one had answered 70% of its recent reviews. That figure is those 46 businesses together, not any one trade. A deep file is no bar to answering: the most-reviewed IV therapy listing, Dynamic Drips at 1,034 reviews, answered 10 of its last 10, and the most-reviewed nail salon, Hollywood Nails at 1,213, answered 8 of 10. Among the veterinarians, Rice Creek Animal Hospital (611 reviews), Rice Pet Clinic & Hospital (556) and St. Francis Animal Hospital (525) each answered 10 of their last 10.
Inside a single group the picture splits. In restaurants, Green Mill Restaurant & Bar answered 10 of its last 10 against a listing of 1,831 reviews. In cafés, only two businesses appear on the list of best repliers at all: Churchill St. Restaurant, at 10 of its last 10 with 620 reviews, and Abogados Café, at 1 of its last 10 with 510. Food trucks are a different animal again — a median of 25 reviews across the 20 we read, and the business answering the most, El Rancherito Food Truck, answered 3 of its last 10 with 51 reviews on the listing.
We read 440 businesses in total across the trades on this page, all of them drawn from the set someone searching in Shoreview is shown. Population is 26,724 and median household income is $109,399. Median ratings run from 4.45 in bars to 5 in IV therapy, but a trade median is one figure for a whole set of 20 — it does not tell you which listing is which, and nothing here is ordered by stars.
What to do about it
If you run one of the coffee shops, bakeries or gyms we read, the number to act on is not your rating — it is that across the 20 we read in each of those trades, the reply column is empty. A listing carrying a median of 424.5 reviews with nothing written underneath is a page where only one side has put anything in writing.
You do not have to work backwards through the whole file. Our reply counts are drawn from each business's most recent reviews, so start at the recent end: write ten replies in your own words, the good ones included, and make each one mention the specific thing that person wrote about. A reply that could be pasted under any of the ten does less than a short particular sentence. Then decide who writes the next one as it arrives, because catching up once and keeping up are two different jobs — 70% across the 46 businesses we measured is a habit, not a single afternoon of work.
Food & drink in Shoreview, MN
Not one of the 20 coffee shops we read around Shoreview had answered any of its recent reviews, and not one of the 20 bakeries had either. Neither trade is short of material. The median coffee shop in that set carries 424.5 Google reviews and the three most-reviewed hold 1,006, 924 and 823. The three most-reviewed bakeries hold 3,000, 1,499 and 823, against a bakery median of 201.5.
Among restaurants, the median listing someone searching here is shown carries 954 reviews and the three biggest hold 3,210, 3,157 and 2,663. Green Mill Restaurant & Bar answered 10 of its last 10 on a file of 1,831 reviews, and Lindey's Prime Steak House answered 6 of its last 10 on 2,603. Those are two of the businesses answering the most of their recent reviews in that trade; what the rest of the twenty we read do is not in that list.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 954 | 4.5 | Green Mill Restaurant & Bar | 10 of 10 |
| Cafés | 267.5 | 4.8 | Churchill St. Restaurant | 10 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 424.5 | 4.75 | — | |
| Bars | 685 | 4.45 | The Tavern Grill Arden Hills | 7 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 201.5 | 4.7 | — | |
| Food trucks | 25 | 4.8 | El Rancherito Food Truck | 3 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Shoreview, MN
Nail Chic answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing holding 1,205 Google reviews. Elite Nails & Spa answered 9 of its last 10, on 630. Hollywood Nails answered 8 of its last 10, on 1,213. Those are the three nail salons answering the most of their recent reviews out of the 20 we read, and the files underneath them are deep: the three most-reviewed nail salon listings someone searching around Shoreview is shown carry 1,213, 1,205 and 809 reviews, against a median of 351 across the 20.
Hair salons are working from a different set of numbers. The median there is 90 Google reviews across the 20 we read, and the three deepest listings hold 951, 626 and 577. Hair Expressions answered 6 of its last 10 on a file of 577. Fantastic Sams Cut & Color answered 2 of its last 10 on 277. Salon Amore answered 1 of its last 10 on 626. Those three are the ones answering the most of their recent reviews; the rest of the twenty we read are not named here.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 115.5 | 4.8 | Sport Clips Haircuts of Shoreview | 10 of 10 |
| Hair salons | 90 | 4.8 | Hair Expressions | 6 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 351 | 4.7 | Nail Chic | 10 of 10 |
Spa & aesthetics in Shoreview, MN
Three med spas in the set someone searching around Shoreview is shown answered all ten of their most recent reviews: TC Medspa & Laser, which carries 263 reviews, Clinic Ellena Health + Wellness with 246, and Rejuvenation MedSpa by Minnesota Women's Care with 200. IV therapy reads much the same at the top. Dynamic Drips answered 10 of its last 10 and shows 1034 reviews, InnerBeauty Med Spa & Laser answered 10 of 10 with 166, and Specific Health answered 9 of 10 with 257.
Day spas are where the figures pull apart. The three most-reviewed day spas we read carry 792, 508 and 470 reviews; the three most-reviewed med spas carry 373, 298 and 263. The two day spas answering the most of their recent reviews are Emerald City Day Spa, at 3 of its last 10 against a listing of 792 reviews, and watershed spa, at 1 of its last 10 against 470. Those are the best reply counts we found among the 20 day spas we read.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 72.5 | 4.7 | Emerald City Day Spa | 3 of 10 |
| Massage | 37 | 4.7 | Oriental Lake Spa | 10 of 10 |
| Med spas | 83 | 4.9 | TC Medspa & Laser | 10 of 10 |
| IV therapy | 53.5 | 5 | Dynamic Drips | 10 of 10 |
| Dermatology | 54 | 4.7 | North Metro Dermatology | 9 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Shoreview, MN
Not one of the twenty gyms we read had answered any of its recent reviews. The files underneath are not thin, either: the three most-reviewed gym listings in that set carry 1,504, 1,251 and 544 Google reviews, and the median gym among the twenty holds 138. Those review counts are whole-listing totals; the reply counts come only from each business's most recent reviews.
Chiropractic is where the answering shows up. Revive Chiropractic & Wellness answered 10 of its last 10 and carries 450 reviews in total. Advanced Spinal Care & Rehab answered 6 of its last 10 and carries 253. Those are the two answering the most of the twenty chiropractors we read, so they say nothing about the rest of that twenty one way or the other. The median chiropractic listing in the set holds 78 reviews; the median gym listing holds 138.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 138 | 4.5 | — | |
| Chiropractors | 78 | 4.9 | Revive Chiropractic & Wellness | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Shoreview, MN
The Gorman Center for Fine Dentistry carries 384 Google reviews and answered 3 of its last 10. Mounds View Family Dental carries 629 and answered 10 of 10. Both appear in the short list of dentists answering the most of their recent reviews, out of the 20 we read in the set someone searching around Shoreview is shown, so even inside that list the figures run from all ten down to three.
The files are deep. The median dentist we read holds 281 Google reviews, and the three most-reviewed hold 792, 629 and 573. The 20 orthodontists we read have a median of 104, with the three biggest at 341, 339 and 313. Serene Oaks Dental holds 445 and answered 8 of its last 10. Pura Vida Orthodontics holds 308 and answered 8 of its last 10; it is the one orthodontist our reading lists as answering the most, out of the 20.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 281 | 4.8 | Mounds View Family Dental | 10 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 104 | 4.85 | Pura Vida Orthodontics | 8 of 10 |
Pets in Shoreview, MN
Veterinarians hold the deepest review files of the three pet trades we read around Shoreview: a median of 321.5 Google reviews per business, against 111 for pet grooming and 99 for pet boarding. The three most-reviewed veterinary listings carry 1,273, 1,147 and 611 reviews. Rice Creek Animal Hospital answered 10 of its most recent 10 reviews and shows 611 reviews in total, Rice Pet Clinic & Hospital answered 10 of 10 on a file of 556, and St. Francis Animal Hospital answered 10 of 10 on 525.
Pet boarding looks similar at the top and thinner underneath. The three businesses answering the most are Stone Mountain Pet Lodge - Blaine Radisson, at 10 of its last 10 on 499 reviews, Blaine Kennels Boarding, Training & Daycare, at 10 of 10 on 384, and PetSuites Blaine, at 10 of 10 on 271. The trade's three biggest listings hold 500, 499 and 384 reviews, while the median across the 20 we read is 99.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 111 | 4.8 | Fetch Grooming Studio | 7 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 99 | 4.85 | Stone Mountain Pet Lodge - Blaine Radisson | 10 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 321.5 | 4.7 | Rice Creek Animal Hospital | 10 of 10 |
Shops & studios in Shoreview, MN
Of the 20 tattoo studios we read in the set someone searching around Shoreview is shown, Mafia Ink Tattoo Studio answered 8 of its last 10 reviews and Sacred Siren Parlor answered 3 of its last 10. Those are the two answering the most. Creative Images answered 2 of its last 10. Those counts are drawn from each listing's most recent reviews, and they are the only reply behaviour this group can report — the rest of the twenty we read are not named here, and nothing in these figures says what they do.
The review counts are a different measure entirely: they cover the whole listing rather than the recent ten. The median across the 20 we read is 155.5 reviews, and the three most-reviewed hold 638, 635 and 525. Sacred Siren Parlor carries 635 reviews, Creative Images 375, Mafia Ink Tattoo Studio 363. So the size of a studio's file and how much of its recent writing came back with a reply are two separate things, sitting on the same listing.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo studios | 155.5 | 4.85 | Mafia Ink Tattoo Studio | 8 of 10 |
Method
Every figure comes from public Google listings — the businesses and owner replies any customer can see — read on 2026-09-24. Counts describe the businesses someone searching in Shoreview, MN is shown, which is the competitive set a customer actually chooses from, not a register of businesses inside the city limits. A business is named only where we read at least eight of its recent reviews, and only the ones answering the most are named; the rest of a market appears as a distribution with its denominator. Chains are counted but never named. Nothing is ranked on star rating. Shoreview, MN has a population of 26,724 and a median household income of $109,399 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.