Quick answer: It is uncommon. When a review is removed, Google does not notify the reviewer, and we never contact them. Google only allows an account to leave one review per business, so the same account cannot simply post another one. You only pay once a review is gone.
It happens, but rarely. A review Google removed can reappear, usually weeks later, without notice to the business.
Reinstatement is a Google-side event. The most common causes are platform changes: policy updates re-evaluating old removals, manual re-reviews, and periodic system passes that restore content flagged in error. It is not caused by anything the business did, and it does not mean the original removal was fake. The review was genuinely down; Google changed its ruling.
Rarely, and unevenly. Most removals hold. When reinstatements do occur they tend to cluster around Google's platform changes rather than trickling in randomly, which is also why they can catch businesses off guard: months of quiet, then a review is suddenly back.
In short: confirm it is the same review, screenshot it with the date, and contact whoever handled the removal. Google makes the final call.
Pick the review, sign, and save a card in one sitting. Nothing is charged until Google removes it.
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