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Google Maps Reviews

GET /v1/reviews/google-maps0.5 credits / reviewcache 360 min

The reviews of one Google Maps place by place ID or by name and city that a signed-out visitor can see: rating, text, language, publish and edit dates, photo count, Google's guided answers (meal type, price per person, food, service and atmosphere scores) and the owner's reply, plus the place's rating, review count and 1-5 star distribution. Honest limit: Google's signed-out "limited view" shows only 5 reviews per sort order (newest, most relevant, highest, lowest) and refuses to page further, so one call returns at most about 20 reviews, with a coverage figure such as "20 of 4,082 reviews visible". We never log in or use accounts. Reviewer names are pseudonymized unless you ask for them. Billed per review returned; not-found places, places with no visible reviews, blocks and failures are free.

Query parameters

place_id
string
Google place ID (ChIJ...) or Google feature id (0x...:0x...).
Default: null
q
string
Business name and city, e.g. 'Iron Cactus Austin, TX'. Used when place_id is not given.
Default: null
sort
string
Review order: newest, most_relevant, highest or lowest rating first.
Default: "newest"
Allowed: newest, most_relevant, highest, lowest
limit
integer
Maximum reviews to return. Google shows signed-out visitors 5 reviews per sort order; above 5, the reviews visible under the other three orders are added (about 20 at most). Billed per review returned.
Default: 20
hl
string
Interface language, e.g. en, de, es.
Default: "en"
gl
string
Two-letter country code to search from.
Default: "us"
include_reviewer_names
boolean
Return reviewer display names. Off by default: authors are 'Reviewer 1', 'Reviewer 2', ...
Default: false
max_age
integer
Accept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%.

Response data fields

    Example

    curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/reviews/google-maps?place_id=ChIJwYlSqae1RIYRyqQConsdnyc&sort=newest&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"

    Try it without code on the Google Maps Reviews API page.