MCP server for Yelp - search businesses, read reviews, make reservations
Connect Yelp to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for Yelp - search businesses, read reviews, make reservations. The yelp mcp server is what makes that connection.
MCP server connector for Yelp - the leading platform for local business discovery. Enables AI agents to search restaurants, read reviews, view photos, check hours, find deals, and discover trending spots.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
yelp_search_restaurants — Search restaurants by location, cuisine, priceyelp_search_businesses — Search any type of businessyelp_get_business_details — Get detailed business informationyelp_get_reviews — Get reviews with ratings and textyelp_get_photos — Get business photos by categoryyelp_get_menu — Get restaurant menu items and pricesyelp_get_hours — Get business hoursyelp_find_similar — Find similar businessesyelp_get_trending — Get trending/new spots in a locationyelp_get_collections — Get curated Yelp collectionsyelp_check_wait_time — Check estimated wait timeyelp_get_deals — Get current deals and offers@striderlabs/mcp-yelp on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Yelp's toolset — yelp_search_restaurants, yelp_search_businesses, yelp_get_business_details and 9 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by markswendsen-code; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| yelp_search_restaurants | Search restaurants by location, cuisine, price |
| yelp_search_businesses | Search any type of business |
| yelp_get_business_details | Get detailed business information |
| yelp_get_reviews | Get reviews with ratings and text |
| yelp_get_photos | Get business photos by category |
| yelp_get_menu | Get restaurant menu items and prices |
| yelp_get_hours | Get business hours |
| yelp_find_similar | Find similar businesses |
| yelp_get_trending | Get trending/new spots in a location |
| yelp_get_collections | Get curated Yelp collections |
| yelp_check_wait_time | Check estimated wait time |
| yelp_get_deals | Get current deals and offers |
{
"mcpServers": {
"yelp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@striderlabs/mcp-yelp"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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