The ‘gourmet gangster’ with a $5m bounty on his head who’s written hundreds of Google reviews: How Kinahan drugs kingpin dubbed ‘The Dapper Don’ has rated and slated restaurants and bars from Dubai to South Africa despite global police

The kingpin of the infamous Kinahan drug cartel has dropped hundreds of Google reviews, ratings and ratings across the world, despite being handed a $5 million bounty over his head.

‘Gourmet gangster’ Christy Kinahan is one of the world’s most wanted men who, along with the help of his sons Daniel and Christopher Jr., is believed to be working with groups of military gunmen and money launderers.

The corrupt family has worked with cocaine gangs in South America, jihadists in Asia and even with the intelligence services in Russia and Iran.

Their ties to international organized crime and involvement with terrorist organizations put them under the radar of the US State Department, which placed a $5 million bounty over the trio’s heads.

But seemingly unhindered by the international manhunt, Kinahan – nicknamed Dapper Don – who is believed to be hiding in Dubai – posted hundreds of reviews and photos online between 2019 and 2023.

Kinahan is seen here dining with his son Christopher Jnr at Cycle Bistro in Dubai – one of the restaurants he reviewed

Kinahan saw himself arrested in Spain in 2010 after being accused of passport fraud

Using the alias Christopher Vincent, the master criminal has reviewed everything from luxury hotels and restaurants to Covid-19 testing centers and government buildings. He’s even reviewed a Waitrose.

Kinahan is a prolific reviewer on Google, with his profile earning more than 10,000 points and having a ‘level 7’ guide rating, according to the Sunday Times and Bellingkat.

The 200 reviews – including 1,100 photos and four videos – began in April 2019, three years before the Dublin gangster rose to international fame when the US imposed sanctions and banned him from the country.

The messages reportedly record a mixture of alleged business meetings and family outings, with his movements tracked around the world.

Reviews have been made from South Africa, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, Egypt, Spain and Portugal.

In some cases, he posted glowing reviews and promised to return to the establishments.

According to the newspaper, he left five-star reviews of the Steigenberger Alcazar hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, where he attended a three-day Global Humanitarian Aviation Conference organized by the UN in late 2019.

The drug lord wrote: ‘The service and food were good, as were the conference facilities.

Kinahan rated the food at PF Chang’s in Dubai as ‘very good’, saying the service was ‘a bit late’

Kinahan criticized Tim Hortons Coffee Shop in Dubai because the cookies he ordered were ‘soggy’

A Covid-19 testing center – Lancet Laboratories in Johannesburg – which he gave a one-star rating due to the ‘contempt’ he claimed management was ‘keeping our sheep in check’

‘I stayed for three days and although I didn’t use the pools I noticed there were families enjoying all the facilities and evening entertainment. I found the service helpful and good, as well as the value for money.’

In another, he praised the luxurious Aurea Ana Palace Hotel in Budapest, writing that he would recommend the resort “without hesitation”, while saying he would “definitely return” to the Cycle Bistro on Dubai’s Jumeriah Coast.

And he made the return: a photo uploaded to the restaurant’s Instagram page showed Kinahan with his son Christopher Jnr as he ate. It was the first photo of the gangsters in years.

However, not all of his reviews were favorable and he tore some establishments apart with his scathing words.

This included a Covid-19 testing center – Lancet Laboratories in Johannesburg – which he gave a one-star rating due to the “contempt” he claimed management was “keeping our sheep in check”.

He slammed Tim Hortons Coffee Shop in Dubai because the cookies he ordered were ‘soggy’. However, the gangster added that although he would not return, his business meeting was “productive.”

Although Kinahan said the food at PF Chang’s in Dubai was “very good”, he said the service was “a bit late”.

The Kinahan Organized Crime gang is an organized crime group based in Ballyfermot and Clondalkin in West Dublin.

Kinahan is said to have moved to Dubai in 2016 after his organization attempted to murder the eldest son of their rival Hutch gang at the Regency Hotel that year.

The move allowed Kinahan to avoid law enforcement and possible arrest over the feud, with the Emirates offering more discreet interdiction services.

The Irish government has publicly lobbied for the Kinahans’ return, with Justice Secretary Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris both traveling to Dubai for talks in the past year.

There is no extradition treaty between Ireland and the UEA.

The areas lie on either side of the River Liffey and contain large housing estates developed in the 1970s and 1980s to relocate people living in tenements in Dublin’s north and south inner city.

The gardai investigating the gang now believe they are the main beneficiaries of the bloody Kinahan-Hutch feud, earning around £8 million a month.