Google Places MCP Server

This MCP server integrates with Google Places API to allow searching, retrieving details, and finding nearby places.

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What is the Google Places MCP Server?

Google Places MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the manavsiddharthgupta/google-places-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This MCP server integrates with Google Places API to allow searching, retrieving details, and finding nearby places”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

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ToolWhat it does
Input:photoReference (string, required): Reference from a Place Details response
includedTypestring, optional): Restricts results to places matching the specified type
includePureServiceAreaBusinessesboolean, optional): Include businesses without physical location
languageCodestring, optional): Language code for results
locationBiasobject, optional): Bias results toward this location
locationRestrictionobject, optional): Restrict results to this location
pageSizenumber, optional): Number of results per page (1-20)
pageTokenstring, optional): Token for next page of results
priceLevelsarray, optional): Filter by price levels
rankPreferencestring, optional): Rank by "RELEVANCE" or "DISTANCE"
regionCodestring, optional): Two-character country/region code
strictTypeFilteringboolean, optional): Only return exact type matches
evOptionsobject, optional): EV charging station filters
minRatingnumber, optional): Minimum rating filter (0-5)
openNowboolean, optional): Filter for places that are currently open
fieldsarray, optional): Specific fields to include in the response
radiusnumber, optional): Search radius in meters
keywordstring, optional): Keyword to filter results
rankBystring, optional): Rank by "prominence" or "distance"
maxWidthnumber, optional): Maximum width of the returned image
maxHeightnumber, optional): Maximum height of the returned image