We read 240 businesses across 12 trades, all of them among the businesses someone searching in Whitefish Bay, WI is shown. The food and drink listings carry the most reviews: the median restaurant we read has 542, the median bar 416, and the most-reviewed restaurant 2,458. Restaurants, bars, cafés, coffee shops and bakeries hold the five highest median review counts of the 12 trades on this page. Yet across those five trades, the highest share of recent reviews answered that we could measure was 6 of 10.
Among the restaurants we could measure, Three Lions Pub answered the most of its recent reviews: 2 of 10, on a listing of 1,008 reviews. Gyro Palace answered 1 of 10 on 824. Among the bars, Three Lions Pub is the one we can name, at the same 2 of 10. Among the cafés, Bistro on the Glen answered 5 of 10 and The Bay Restaurant 1 of 10. The City Market Café & Bakehouse answered 6 of 10 on 556 reviews, and appears among both the coffee shops and the bakeries named here.
Outside food and drink, several named businesses answered every one of their last 10. Among the nail salons, Posh Nail Lounge, Magical Nails & Spa Port Washington and Magical Nail Bayshore Mall each answered 10 of 10, on listings of 669, 515 and 369 reviews. High Brow Boutique answered 10 of 10 on 503 reviews and appears among the hair salons, the day spas and the shops named here. Among the dentists, Bayshore Dental answered 10 of 10, Glendale Dental 9 of 10 on the most-reviewed dental listing we read at 700, and Paul M. Sandvick, DDS & Associates 8 of 10. CrossFit 100 answered 10 of 10 among the gyms, Angel Massage 7 of 10 among the massage businesses, and Stone House Collective and Posh Collective 9 of 10 each among the shops.
The benchmark measured here is 70%: the share of recent reviews a typical business we could measure answered, across 26 businesses. That figure is measured across all trades together, not food and drink alone.
What to do about it
Go to your listing and count your replies under your last 10 reviews. That is the same measure behind every reply figure above, so you can set your number beside the ones named for your trade and beside the benchmark measured here of 70%.
If you run a restaurant, café, bar, coffee shop or bakery, the highest figure we could measure across those five trades was 6 of 10, so answering 6 of your next 10 would equal or pass every food and drink business named on this page. If you are in nails, hair, dentistry or gyms, the named figures reach 10 of 10, so the useful step is making a reply part of your regular week rather than an occasional task. A reply is the one part of that exchange you write: keep it short, specific to what the reviewer said, and signed by someone at the business.
Food & drink in Whitefish Bay, WI: who answers their reviews
Among the food and drink businesses someone searching in Whitefish Bay, WI is shown, the highest reply figure we can name is 6 of 10. The City Market Café & Bakehouse answered 6 of its last 10 reviews, and it appears among both the coffee shops and the bakeries named here. Among the cafés we could measure, Bistro on the Glen answered the most of its recent reviews: 5 of its last 10. The Bay Restaurant, also read among the cafés, answered 1 of 10.
In restaurants, Three Lions Pub answered 2 of its last 10 reviews and Gyro Palace answered 1 of 10. Three Lions Pub appears among both the restaurants and the bars named here, and among the bars we could measure it answered the most of its recent reviews, at 2 of 10. We can't see how the other restaurants and bars we read handled theirs. What we can say is that in each of the five trades we read, at least one owner had answered a recent review.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 542 | 4.5 | Three Lions Pub | 2 of 10 |
| Cafés | 282.5 | 4.6 | Bistro on the Glen | 5 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 202.5 | 4.6 | The City Market Café & Bakehouse | 6 of 10 |
| Bars | 416 | 4.6 | Three Lions Pub | 2 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 194.5 | 4.55 | The City Market Café & Bakehouse | 6 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Whitefish Bay, WI: who answers their reviews
Among the businesses someone searching in Whitefish Bay, WI is shown, the nail salons carry the bigger listings. Of the 20 nail salons we read, the median carries 184.5 Google reviews and the most-reviewed carry 669, 597 and 515. Of the 20 hair salons we read, the median carries 55.5 and the most-reviewed carry 503, 422 and 268. Across each listing's full history, the median rating is 4.9 for the hair salons and 4.65 for the nail salons.
Replies are a separate measure: how many of a business's most recent reviews the owner answered. Among the hair salons we could measure, High Brow Boutique answered the most, 10 of its last 10. Neroli Salon & Spa - North Shore answered 8 of 10, and Indulge Salon + Skin 6 of 10. Their listings hold 503, 422 and 268 reviews in total, the same three counts as the most-reviewed hair salons we read.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hair salons | 55.5 | 4.9 | High Brow Boutique | 10 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 184.5 | 4.65 | Posh Nail Lounge | 10 of 10 |
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Spa & aesthetics in Whitefish Bay, WI: who answers their reviews
Among the day spas someone searching in Whitefish Bay, WI is shown, the ones we can name each answered most of their recent reviews. High Brow Boutique answered 10 of its last 10. European Wax Center answered 9 of 10, and Neroli Salon & Spa - North Shore answered 8 of 10. Those are the three day spas we could measure answering the most of their recent reviews; we can't see how the other day spas we read handled theirs.
Two of those names also hold large listings. Of the 20 day spas we read, the median carries 76.5 reviews and a 4.95 rating. The most-reviewed carries 597, then 503 and 422. High Brow Boutique's listing is the one at 503, and Neroli Salon & Spa - North Shore's is the one at 422. European Wax Center carries 350.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 76.5 | 4.95 | High Brow Boutique | 10 of 10 |
| Massage | 37 | 5 | Angel Massage | 7 of 10 |
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Fitness & wellness in Whitefish Bay, WI: who answers their reviews
Neither of the gyms we can credit with answering their reviews is among the three most-reviewed gyms we read. Those three largest listings carry 1,198, 544 and 249 Google reviews. The two gyms we can name answering sit below them: CrossFit 100's listing carries 224 reviews in all, and Burn Boot Camp's carries 131. We can't see how the other gyms we read, including those three largest, handled their recent reviews, so nothing here says whether they answer or not.
The reply figures cover only each gym's 10 most recent reviews. Of its last 10, CrossFit 100 answered 10. Of its last 10, Burn Boot Camp answered 6. Among the gyms we could measure, CrossFit 100 answered the most of its recent reviews. Both are figures for those two businesses alone and say nothing about the other gyms we read.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 47 | 4.9 | CrossFit 100 | 10 of 10 |
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Dental & orthodontics in Whitefish Bay, WI: who answers their reviews
Among the dentists someone searching in Whitefish Bay, WI is shown, the three listings carrying the most Google reviews are also the three we can name for answering them. Glendale Dental carries 700 reviews and answered 9 of its last 10. Bayshore Dental carries 505 and answered 10 of 10. Paul M. Sandvick, DDS & Associates carries 454 and answered 8 of its last 10. Each of those three owners replied to at least 8 of their most recent 10 reviews.
We read 20 dental practices in this catchment. The median one carries 176.5 reviews, and the median rating among them is 4.9. Those two figures cover each listing's whole history, while the reply figures above cover only the most recent 10 reviews on each listing, so the two should not be read as the same period. The 700, 505 and 454 are lifetime totals; the 10, 9 and 8 are a count of the latest handful.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 176.5 | 4.9 | Bayshore Dental | 10 of 10 |
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Shops & studios in Whitefish Bay, WI: who answers their reviews
Among the shops someone searching in Whitefish Bay is shown, the three we could measure answering the most of their recent reviews were answering nearly every one. High Brow Boutique answered 10 of its last 10. Stone House Collective answered 9 of 10, and so did Posh Collective. We can't see how the other shops we read handled theirs, so this says nothing about the trade as a whole.
The listings themselves are a separate measure, covering each listing's whole history rather than its last ten reviews. The median shop of the 20 we read carries 25 Google reviews and a 4.6 rating. The three most-reviewed carry 774, 503 and 248. The named shops sit at very different sizes: High Brow Boutique's listing holds 503 reviews, Stone House Collective's 105, and Posh Collective's 34.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shops | 25 | 4.6 | High Brow Boutique | 10 of 10 |
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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 Whitefish Bay, WI 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. Whitefish Bay, WI has a population of 14,750 and a median household income of $154,255 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.