# Restaurant Guru Scraper (`rainminer/restaurantguru-scraper`) Actor

Extract restaurants from Restaurant Guru city listings and profile pages — ratings, cuisines, price range, addresses, opening hours, and optional customer reviews. Paste a city or restaurant URL, export JSON/CSV, schedule runs, and integrate via the Apify API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rainminer/restaurantguru-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [rainminer](https://apify.com/rainminer) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, AI, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 10 total users, 4 monthly users, 91.7% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 restaurants

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### What does Restaurant Guru Scraper do?

**Restaurant Guru Scraper** extracts **restaurant listings and profile data** from [Restaurant Guru](https://restaurantguru.com/) — ratings, cuisines, price range, addresses, opening hours, and optional customer reviews. Paste a city listing URL (for example `https://restaurantguru.com/New-York`) or a restaurant profile URL and export structured data without coding.

### Why scrape Restaurant Guru?

- **Restaurant discovery** — Collect top-rated venues in any city worldwide.
- **Hospitality benchmarking** — Compare ratings, cuisines, and price levels across competitors.
- **Agency reporting** — Feed restaurant datasets into dashboards and client reports.
- **Apify platform** — Schedule runs, export JSON/CSV/Excel, monitor failures, and integrate via API.

### What data can you extract from Restaurant Guru?

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| restaurantId | Unique restaurant identifier |
| name | Restaurant display name |
| url | Public Restaurant Guru profile URL |
| rating | Average star rating |
| reviewCount | Number of votes or reviews |
| cuisines | Cuisine types and dietary options |
| priceRange | Price level description (e.g. Moderate) |
| priceLevel | Dollar-sign price indicator |
| address | Street address when shown |
| metro | Nearby metro or station |
| openingStatus | Current open/closed status text |
| phone | Phone number on profile pages |
| latitude / longitude | Coordinates when available |
| imageUrl | Primary restaurant photo |
| snippet | Featured review excerpt on listing cards |
| reviews | Customer reviews when **Include reviews** is enabled |
| searchUrl | Source city listing URL for restaurants found via search |

### How to scrape Restaurant Guru

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Add one or more **city listing or restaurant profile URLs** under **Start URLs**.
3. Set **Maximum items** (restaurants per start URL).
4. Optionally enable **Include reviews** for restaurant profile URLs.
5. Run the Actor and download results from the dataset tab.

### Input

Restaurant Guru Scraper accepts **Start URLs**, **maxItems** (per start URL), optional **Include reviews**, and optional **proxy configuration**. See the **Input** tab in Apify Console for details.

Supported start URLs:

- City listings: `https://restaurantguru.com/New-York`
- Paginated listings: `https://restaurantguru.com/New-York/2`
- Restaurant profiles: `https://restaurantguru.com/Carbone-New-York`

### Output example

```json
{
  "restaurantId": "91910631",
  "restaurantSlug": "Locanut-New-York-5",
  "name": "Locanut",
  "url": "https://restaurantguru.com/Locanut-New-York-5",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviewCount": 999,
  "priceRange": "Moderate (average price $20-$30)",
  "priceLevel": "$$",
  "cuisines": "Gluten-free, Vegetarian options",
  "address": "14th Street/Eighth Avenue",
  "metro": "14th Street/Eighth Avenue",
  "openingStatus": "Closed until 9AM",
  "phone": null,
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "imageUrl": "https://img02.restaurantguru.com/c8d7-Locanut-New-York-City-meat.jpg",
  "snippet": "This restaurant was delicious! The salmon was perfectly seasoned and the",
  "isPromo": true,
  "searchUrl": "https://restaurantguru.com/New-York",
  "reviews": null
}
```

You can download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

### Important note about restaurant profile pages

Dedicated **`/reviews` URLs** on Restaurant Guru may return errors without a proxy. This Actor scrapes **city listing pages** (recommended) and **main restaurant profile pages**. Enable Apify Proxy if profile pages show a bot-protection screen in your region.

### How much does scraping Restaurant Guru cost?

This Actor uses an HTTP crawler (no browser) and **no proxy by default**, keeping compute usage low. A typical test run with 5 restaurants per URL usually finishes in under a minute on the Apify free tier.

### FAQ

**Is scraping Restaurant Guru legal?**\
Our scrapers collect only **public** content shown on Restaurant Guru pages. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws when processing personal data in reviews.

**Which URLs are supported?**\
City listing pages such as `https://restaurantguru.com/New-York` and restaurant profiles such as `https://restaurantguru.com/Carbone-New-York`. Do not use `/reviews` subpages.

### Image Credit

Image credit: [restaurantguru.com](https://restaurantguru.com/)

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Restaurant Guru city listing URLs (e.g. https://restaurantguru.com/New-York) or restaurant profile URLs (e.g. https://restaurantguru.com/Carbone-New-York). Do not use /reviews subpages.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of restaurants to return per start URL.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

When scraping restaurant profile URLs, include customer reviews loaded in the initial HTML.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. City listings usually work without a proxy; restaurant profile pages may require proxies in some regions.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://restaurantguru.com/New-York"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://restaurantguru.com/New-York"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rainminer/restaurantguru-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://restaurantguru.com/New-York" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rainminer/restaurantguru-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://restaurantguru.com/New-York"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call rainminer/restaurantguru-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rainminer/restaurantguru-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/6dhPOje4yROdoxvvC/builds/MNyetSWVMxVfWYjj1/openapi.json