API Direct

Place Reviews

GET /v1/places/reviews

Get user reviews for a Google Maps place by place_id. Each review includes rating, full text, author info (photo, total review count, Local Guide level), timestamps, attached photos, and any owner response. Each page returns up to 10 reviews. Vary language and sort_by to surface different review sets.

Cost

$0.01 per page

Free tier

20 requests/month

Parameters

place_id *

Google place_id, as returned by Places Search

pages

Number of pages to fetch, 1-10 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 10 reviews and is billed as one request

sort_by

most_relevant (default), newest, highest_ranking, lowest_ranking

language

2-letter ISO 639-1 code (default: en). Filters reviews to those originally written in this language — language=fr only returns French reviews, language=es only Spanish, etc.

translate_reviews

Set to true to translate the returned reviews into the requested language

country

2-letter region code (default: us)

get_sentiment

Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (+$0.001/request)

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/places/reviews?place_id=ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs&pages=2&sort_by=newest" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/places/reviews",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "place_id": "ChIJifIePKtZwokRVZ-UdRGkZzs",
        "pages": 2,
        "sort_by": "newest"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "reviews": [
    {
      "review_id": "Ci9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2pWeU1rdFZhREZPY214dmRVSlplRzQ0ZURWVk9XYxAB",
      "rating": 5,
      "review_text": "Amazing pizza, fast service. Highly recommend.",
      "review_datetime_utc": "2026-02-15T12:05:54.947Z",
      "review_timestamp": 1771157154,
      "review_time": "3 months ago",
      "review_link": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/...",
      "review_photos": ["https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/grass-cs/..."],
      "review_language": "en",
      "review_text_translated_language": "en",
      "like_count": 0,
      "review_source": "Google",
      "review_source_logo": "https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/product/1x/googleg_48dp.png",
      "author_id": "103696814314978516852",
      "author_name": "Salman Idrees",
      "author_link": "https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103696814314978516852",
      "author_photo_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-...",
      "author_review_count": 392,
      "author_photo_count": 356,
      "author_reviews_link": "https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103696814314978516852/reviews",
      "author_is_local_guide": true,
      "author_local_guide_level": 7,
      "owner_response": null
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "pages": 2,
  "sort_by": "newest"
}

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