Hotel Hell: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 13, 2012
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    Aug 13, 2012
    83
    [Hotel Hell] shows the Brit on his best behavior. By which we mean his worst.
  2. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Aug 17, 2012
    75
    The melodrama of it all is tasty--a jumbo macaroon. [27 Aug 2012, p.43]
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Aug 13, 2012
    70
    Ramsay naturally creates drama wherever he goes, and despite a few forced scenarios, the fly-on-the-wall editing smoothly and engagingly creates narratives amid the chaos.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Aug 13, 2012
    63
    Hotel Hell is as much fun as the others [shows], even if the formula has been used so many times, you're ready for a new dish.
  5. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Aug 24, 2012
    60
    Mr. Ramsay is not quite the raging beast in "Hotel Hell" that he is in his own kitchens.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Aug 13, 2012
    60
    Hotel Hell is entertaining enough if you're not too picky about overproduced "reality" shows.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Aug 10, 2012
    50
    It's all fairly predictable.
  8. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Aug 9, 2012
    50
    Hotel Hell is every bit as watchable--in a morbidly fascinating way--as his other Fox crock pots.

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User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. Deanerween
    10
    I love this show. But I also love everything with Gordon Ramsay. I Almost as good as the show itself, is the cheesy introduction that is obviously done by the hells kitchen guys. Keep going strong Ramsay. Itsss rawww!… Full Review »
  2. firefighterr
    9
    Ramsay does it again! I just can't get enough of him or his shows. This one, much like the Kitchen is now about Hotels and he does a wonderful job at it. I'm hooked!
    P.S. Thank you Gordon Ramsay for getting into TV!!!!!!    … Full Review »
  3. Rowsol
    6
    Predictable but Gordan can make anything fun to watch. Something about his demeanor. Predictable but Gordan can make anything fun to watch. Something about his demeanor.… Full Review »
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