Among the businesses someone searching in Winnetka, IL is shown, the reply benchmark measured here is 59%: across 23 businesses where we could measure replies, a typical one answered 59% of its recent reviews. The restaurant figures sit apart from that. Among the restaurants we read, Fred's Garage answered 2 of its last 10 reviews and Pomeroy 1 of 10. Fred's Garage also appears among the cafés, coffee shops and bars named here, and Pomeroy among the cafés, bars and bakeries.
The food and drink listings we read carry large review counts. The median restaurant carries 217.5 reviews, the median café 218, the median coffee shop 225, the median bar 243.5 and the median bakery 203. Pomeroy carries 864 reviews, the highest count among the restaurants we read. In the same group, Grand Food Center answered 10 of its last 10 and appears among both the coffee shops and the bakeries named here; its listing carries 321 reviews. Among the cafés, Tocco answered 6 of 10, on a listing of 260 reviews.
The medians are smaller in the personal-service trades: 35 reviews for the median hair salon we read, 26 for the median nail salon and 36 for the median gym. Gordon Salon Wilmette answered 10 of its last 10, on a listing of 406 reviews, and among the hair salons Kay's Barber Shop answered 4 of 10. Flamant Nail Boutique Wilmette answered 10 of 10. Its 84 reviews are the highest count among the nail salons we read. Among the gyms, The Bar Method Northfield answered 10 of 10, SALT Fitness North Shore 8 of 10 and Body Science PFT 1 of 10.
Among the dentists, Wilmette Dental answered 10 of its last 10, Wilmette Family Dental 9 of 10 and Dental Care of Northfield 6 of 10. Wilmette Dental and Wilmette Family Dental appear among both the dentists and the orthodontists named here, alongside Shoreview Orthodontics - Kenilworth at 10 of 10. The median orthodontist we read carries 138 reviews and a 5-star rating; the median dentist carries 68 reviews and a 4.9.
What to do about it
Open your own listing, take the ten most recent reviews, and count how many carry a reply from you. The benchmark measured here is 59%. Grand Food Center, Gordon Salon Wilmette, Flamant Nail Boutique Wilmette, The Bar Method Northfield, Wilmette Dental and Shoreview Orthodontics - Kenilworth each answered 10 of their last 10, which means every one of those ten got an answer, whatever it said.
If you run a restaurant, café or bar, the names listed for those trades are Fred's Garage at 2 of 10, Pomeroy at 1 of 10 and, among the cafés, Tocco at 6 of 10. Answering each new review as it arrives would put your figure above every name listed for those three trades. A reply is the one part of a review you write; keep it short, thank the person, and answer the critical ones as plainly as the kind ones.
Food & drink in Winnetka, IL
The strongest reply figure in this section belongs to Grand Food Center, which answered 10 of its last 10 reviews on a listing of 321. It appears among both the coffee shops and the bakeries someone searching in Winnetka, IL is shown. Among the cafés we read, Tocco answered 6 of its last 10, on a listing of 260 reviews.
Fred's Garage appears among the restaurants, cafés, coffee shops and bars named in this section, and answered 2 of its last 10 on a listing of 556 reviews. Pomeroy appears among the restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries named in this section, and answered 1 of its last 10 on a listing of 864. Among the restaurants and bars we read, the highest reply figure we could measure was the 2 of 10 from Fred's Garage.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 217.5 | 4.6 | Fred's Garage | 2 of 10 |
| Cafés | 218 | 4.5 | Tocco | 6 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 225 | 4.5 | Grand Food Center | 10 of 10 |
| Bars | 243.5 | 4.5 | Fred's Garage | 2 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 203 | 4.6 | Grand Food Center | 10 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Winnetka, IL
Among the 20 hair salons someone searching in Winnetka, IL is shown, the median listing carries 35 Google reviews, while the three most-reviewed carry 447, 406 and 210. The 406 belongs to Gordon Salon Wilmette, whose owner had replied to 10 of its 10 most recent reviews. Kay's Barber Shop, with 210 reviews, had replied to 4 of its last 10. Those are the hair businesses we can name as answering; what we measured says nothing about how the other salons we read handle their reviews, so this section says nothing about them.
The nail salons we read around Winnetka show smaller review counts, at the median and at the top. The median nail salon has 26 reviews, and the three most-reviewed carry 84, 73 and 68. The 84 belongs to Flamant Nail Boutique Wilmette, which also answered 10 of its 10 most recent reviews. Among the nail salons in this section, the listing with the top review count is also one whose owner had answered each of its latest ten.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hair salons | 35 | 4.9 | Gordon Salon Wilmette | 10 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 26 | 4.6 | Flamant Nail Boutique Wilmette | 10 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Winnetka, IL
Among the gyms someone searching in Winnetka, IL is shown, The Bar Method Northfield answered 10 of its 10 most recent Google reviews. SALT Fitness North Shore answered 8 of its last 10, and Body Science PFT answered 1 of its last 10. Those are the gyms we can name as answering. We read 20 gyms in this catchment, and we can't see how the others handled their recent reviews, so this section makes no claim about them.
For a reference point, the benchmark measured here puts a typical measured business at 59 percent of its recent reviews answered, across 23 businesses in this catchment where we could measure replies. It is not a gym-only figure; it spans the trades we read around Winnetka. The named gyms' figures above are counted the same way: replies to the most recent reviews on each listing.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 36 | 5 | The Bar Method Northfield | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Winnetka, IL
Wilmette Dental and Wilmette Family Dental appear among both the dentists and the orthodontists named in this section. Wilmette Dental answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, and Wilmette Family Dental answered 9 of its last 10. Those are the figures we can put a name to, and they come from the businesses someone searching in Winnetka, IL is shown, not from a list of practices inside the town's limits.
We read 20 dentists. The median dentist we read carries 68 Google reviews, and the median rating is 4.9. The three most-reviewed dentists carry 579, 406 and 310 reviews. Among the dentists answering the most of their recent reviews, Wilmette Dental answered 10 of 10, Wilmette Family Dental 9 of 10 and Dental Care of Northfield 6 of 10. On its whole listing history, Dental Care of Northfield holds 232 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 68 | 4.9 | Wilmette Dental | 10 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 138 | 5 | Shoreview Orthodontics - Kenilworth | 10 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 Winnetka, IL 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. Winnetka, IL has a population of 12,508 and a median household income of $250,001 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.