Google Maps Menu Scraper

Extract restaurant menu items, popular-dish indicators, dish photos, menu categories, and external menu links from any Google Maps place page.

What It Does

Give this actor a Google Maps URL for a restaurant or food business and it returns:

• Menu items with names and photos (one record per item)
• isPopular indicator — true when Google highlights a dish as popular
• Menu categories — the section names (e.g. Appetizers, Ramen, Desserts) that Google exposes for that restaurant
• External menu URL when the restaurant links to its own menu site, PDF, or ordering portal
• Place ID for cross-referencing with the Google Maps ecosystem
• Graceful single fallback record with menuFound: false when no menu data is available — so your dataset stays consistent

Use Cases

• Power menu intelligence for delivery, restaurant tech, or food blog platforms
• Discover signature / popular dishes per restaurant
• Aggregate menu category coverage by cuisine, location, or chain
• Enrich CRM / lead-gen datasets with menu signals
• Build product catalogues that link back to the operator's own menu page

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
placeUrl	String	Yes	Google Maps URL of a single restaurant
maxItems	Integer	No	Maximum menu items per run (1-500). Default 100
language	Enum	No	UI language (en, es, fr, de, it, pt, ja, ko, zh, ar, ru). Default en
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Apify proxy settings (optional — runs reliably without proxy by default)

Example input:

{
  "placeUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Halal+Guys/@40.7615453,-73.9794252,17z/",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "language": "en"
}

Tip: Copy the URL straight from the address bar after opening a restaurant on Google Maps.

Output

One record per menu item:

{
  "businessName": "The Halal Guys",
  "placeId": "0x89c258ff097dbc2d:0x86df3a18a06daf7c",
  "placeUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...",
  "menuUrl": "https://example.com/menu",
  "menuCategories": ["Platters", "Sandwiches", "Sides", "Beverages", "Desserts"],
  "menuFound": true,
  "itemName": "Chicken and Beef Gyro Platter",
  "isPopular": true,
  "itemImage": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/...=s0",
  "rank": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T12:00:00Z"
}

If a restaurant has no inline menu items on Google Maps, the actor pushes a single fallback record (and still surfaces the external menuUrl when present):

{
  "businessName": "Some Restaurant",
  "placeUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...",
  "menuUrl": "https://restaurant.example.com/menu",
  "menuCategories": ["Appetizers", "Mains"],
  "menuFound": false,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T12:00:00Z"
}

Empty / null fields are stripped from output to keep records compact, while every record carries the same set of keys for stable column schemas.

Field Reference

Field	Type	Notes
businessName	String	Restaurant name from the place page heading
placeId	String	Google place feature ID (0x...:0x... form)
placeUrl	String	The original Google Maps URL
menuUrl	String	External menu link (restaurant site, PDF, ordering portal) when present
menuCategories	Array<String>	Menu section names exposed by Google for this restaurant
menuFound	Boolean	true when at least one inline menu item was extracted, false otherwise
itemName	String	Menu item name
isPopular	Boolean	true when Google flags the item as Popular
itemImage	String	Max-resolution photo URL of the dish (when available)
rank	Integer	Position of the item within the menu (1-based)
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Frequently Asked Questions

Does every restaurant on Google Maps have a menu? No — only restaurants where Google has indexed menu cards expose inline menu items. When inline items aren't available the actor still emits the external menuUrl (when the operator has linked one) so you can follow up directly.

Why no prices on inline items? Google Maps does not currently render per-item prices on the place page Menu tab — it shows the dish name, image, and a "Popular" badge but the price (when published) lives behind the external menu link. The actor surfaces every signal Google exposes; if you need item-level prices, follow the menuUrl to the restaurant's own menu site.

Do I need a proxy or cookies? No. The actor works reliably from Apify's default datacenter IPs. You can supply Apify Proxy in proxyConfiguration as an automatic fallback if a run yields no menu signal.

Which languages are supported? Eleven languages are exposed via the language input: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian. This controls the Google Maps UI language only — menu item text is returned exactly as published.

How many items per run? The default cap is 100. You can request up to 500 items per run with maxItems. Most restaurants surface between 5 and 30 dish cards on Google Maps.

Can I batch multiple restaurants? This actor accepts one placeUrl per run. To process many restaurants, schedule the actor with different inputs or chain it inside a workflow that iterates over URLs.

Why are some fields missing from my records? Empty / null fields are stripped to keep your dataset compact. If itemImage or menuUrl is absent it simply means Google did not publish that detail for that restaurant. Every record always carries businessName, placeUrl, menuFound, and scrapedAt.

Notes & Limitations

• Google's inline Menu data is shallow. Google Maps shows dish name + image + a "Popular" badge on the place page, but does not render per-item prices or descriptions inline. Where the operator publishes the full menu (prices, sizes, modifiers, etc.) it lives behind the external menuUrl we surface.
• Coverage varies. Chains and well-curated places typically expose 5-20 dish cards; many smaller venues expose only the external menuUrl. The actor degrades gracefully and always pushes at least one record so you can detect the no-menu case in your pipeline.
• Place resolution is search-first. The actor resolves the input URL via Google Maps search; very ambiguous names without coordinates may resolve to a different branch — include @lat,lng in the URL when targeting a specific location.

Complete Google Maps Scraper Suite

This actor is part of a comprehensive Google Maps data extraction toolkit by crawlerbros. All actors run on the free Apify plan, use no proxy by default, and return clean, structured data.

Actor	What it does
Google Maps Business Scraper	Extract business data — name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews, hours, amenities
Google Maps Reviews Scraper	Scrape reviews with reviewer Local Guide level, photos, mentioned items, owner replies
Google Maps Photos Scraper	Extract all photos from any place — max-resolution URLs, contributor info, categories
Google Maps Business Hours Scraper	Full 7-day hours, timezone, current local time, next open/close, holiday hours
Google Maps Popular Times Scraper	Busy hours histogram for all 7 days + current busyness + typical visit time
Google Maps Email Extractor	Find business emails + social media links by crawling websites
Google Maps Area Scanner	Geographic grid scanning — bypass the 120-place limit with bounding box / circle / polygon
Google Maps Leads Scraper	B2B lead generation with email + phone enrichment, US states + global countries
Google Maps Directions Scraper	A→B routing — distance, duration, traffic, route alternatives for driving/walking/transit
Google Maps Geocoding Scraper	Bidirectional geocoding — address ↔ coordinates, with address components
Google Maps Similar Places Scraper	"People also search for" / related place discovery
Google Maps Nearby Scraper	Find places near a coordinate point — lightweight POI search by category
Google Maps Place List Scraper	Extract Google's curated "Top X in Y" lists
Google Maps Timezone Scraper	IANA timezone + current local time from coordinates