Yelp Business Data MCP

Full business profiles, reviews with owner replies, ratings, photos, hours, and contact info — structured JSON from any Yelp listing.

Pricing

Free

$0/month

100 calls/month. No credit card required.

Starter

$19/month

2,500 calls/month. For individual developers.

Business

$129/month

100,000 calls/month. For production workloads.

Need more? Contact us for enterprise pricing.

Available tools

Your AI assistant can call any of these tools through the MCP server:

Business search

Search Yelp by keyword, location, and category. Returns business names, ratings, review counts, addresses, and phone numbers.

Business details

Full profile for any Yelp business: 16 structured fields including hours, price range, categories, photos, and contact info.

Business reviews

Full review text with star ratings, dates, reviewer info, owner replies, review images, and feedback tags. Paginated — retrieve all reviews, not just the first page.

Get started

Get your API key

Pick a plan above. Free tier: enter your email and get a key instantly. Paid tiers: complete checkout and your key is emailed to you.

Connect the MCP server

Add this to your MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yelp-reviews": {
      "url": "https://mcp.beatanalytics.org/yelp/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-client": "YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS",
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client. Or connect via Smithery.

Start querying

Ask your AI assistant:

  • What's the average rating for pizza places in downtown Chicago?
  • Get me the last 50 reviews for this restaurant and summarize the complaints
  • Find all 4+ star coffee shops in Brooklyn with outdoor seating