Add & manage reviews & ratings of places

On Google Maps, you can write reviews for places you visit. You can also leave info or post photo updates about a place, like if it's quiet and romantic or if it's under renovation.

Tip: Your reviews and opinions are voluntary. We don't pay reviewers to add reviews to Google Maps.

About public info

All reviews are public and anyone can find what you add. You're unable to add an anonymous review.

Here's some more info others can find when you write a review:

  • The name on your About me page
  • Other photos and videos you added to Google Maps, and the location info that's attached
  • Reviews you wrote on Google Maps

Tip: If you're a Local Guide, you can get points when you add photos and videos to Google Maps. Learn how to provide high quality reviews and photos.

Add a rating or review

Important: If we think a review is fake or spam, our automated spam detection may take down the review. Make sure reviews follow Google's review policies. Google's review policies.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps appMaps.
  2. Search for a place or tap it on the map.
    • If you get multiple locations in your search, tap the location you want to update.
  3. At the bottom, tap the place's name or address.
  4. At the top, tap Reviews.
  5. Scroll to the 5 empty stars.
  6. Create your review:
      • To score the place: Tap the stars.
      • To write a review: Under "Share more about your experience," enter what you want to say.
      • To add details about your experience: Under the questions that show up, choose the details that best fit your experience. You may not get questions for every place you review.

Your review, score, and details about a place show up in Google Maps and on your profile until you take them down. After your review is published, you can edit it or change the rating and pictures you included. Learn how to post a photo update instead.

Manage your reviews

Find & share your reviews

Edit or delete your review

Read & respond to other people's reviews

Read other people's reviews

The reviews and ratings you see in Google Maps were added by other users. To look up reviews:

Tip: The date on a review is the date it was published.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app Maps.
  2. Search for a place or tap it on the map.
  3. At the bottom, tap the place's name or address.
  4. At the top, tap Reviews.

To read reviews in another language:

  1. On your Google Account, go to your languages settings.
  2. On the right, tap Edit Edit and select a language.
  3. Reload Google Maps and check the review again.

Tip: To find high-quality reviews, look for Local Guide . This icon means the review is from a Local Guide.

Mark a review as helpful

Tips:

  • To remove your vote, tap the icon again.
  • If the review is illegal or violates Google policy, you can report a review.
  • Google shows reviews marked helpful to more people.

Report a review

You can't contact someone who left an inappropriate review, but you can request that Google remove it.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app Maps.
  2. Find the review that violates Google's review policies.
  3. Next to the review, tap More and then Report review.
  4. Select the reason you want to report the review.

Tip: We can take down reviews that are flagged as inaccurate or don't comply with Google's review policies. We also take down reviews to comply with a legal obligation.

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