/places/top-picks endpoint returns up to six highly rated Nigerian restaurants sourced from Google Places. You can pass GPS coordinates to surface restaurants close to a specific location, and optionally supply a persona title to influence how results are ranked. This is a lightweight discovery endpoint — use /place-details/{place_id} to retrieve full information for any restaurant in the list.
Request
Query parameters
The latitude of the user’s location (e.g.
6.4281). When provided alongside lng, results are biased toward nearby restaurants.The longitude of the user’s location (e.g.
3.4219). Use together with lat.A persona title that affects how results are ranked and filtered. Defaults to
"Curious Taster" when omitted.Response
The response is an array of up to six restaurant objects.The restaurant’s display name (e.g.
"Yellow Chilli").The restaurant’s neighborhood or street-level address (e.g.
"Victoria Island, Lagos").The Google Places average star rating for this restaurant (e.g.
4.3).A Google Places price level on a scale of 0–4, where
0 is free and 4 is very expensive.The Google Places
place_id for this restaurant. Pass this value to /place-details/{place_id} to retrieve full details.A list of Google Places category tags for this restaurant (e.g.
["restaurant", "food"]).A Google Maps photo URL for this restaurant. May be
null if no photo is available.Example
Errors
| Status | Cause |
|---|---|
503 | The Google Places API key is not configured or the service is unreachable. |