Restaurant lead generation from Google Maps with Apify, Airtable & AI newsletter

This workflow contains community nodes that are only compatible with the self-hosted version of n8n.

🚀 Automating Google Maps Lead Generation with n8n + Apify

Finding quality leads can be time-consuming. What if you could scrape restaurant data from Google Maps, filter the best ones, and email a Morning Brew–style newsletter automatically?

That’s exactly what this n8n workflow does.

🔎 What This Workflow Does

• Takes a location input (Bangkok or Bareilly in this case)
• Runs a Google Maps scraper via Apify Actor
• Extracts restaurant essentials (name, category, rating, reviews, address, phone, Google Maps link)
• Sorts & filters results (only high-review, highly-rated places)
• Saves data to Airtable for lead management
• Uses AI to generate a newsletter in a Morning Brew–style HTML email
• Emails the newsletter automatically to your chosen recipients

🛠️ Workflow Breakdown

1. Form Trigger

• User selects location from a dropdown (Bangkok or Bareilly)
• Submits form to kickstart the process

2. Google Maps Scraper

• Powered by Apify
• Collects up to 1,000 restaurants with details:
  • Name
  • Category
  • Price Range
  • Rating
  • Reviews
  • Address
  • Phone
  • Google Maps URL
• Skips closed places and pulls detailed contact data

3. Extract & Transform Data

• n8n Set node extracts only the essentials
• Formats them into a clean text block (Restaurant_Data)

4. Sort & Filter

• Sorted by:
  • Review Count (descending)
  • Rating (descending)
• Filter: Only restaurants with 500+ reviews

5. Airtable Lead Storage

• Each record is saved to Google Map Leads - Restaurants Airtable table
• Fields include:
  • Title
  • Category
  • Price Range
  • Rating
  • Review Count
  • Address
  • Phone
  • Location

6. AI-Powered Newsletter

• n8n’s LangChain + OpenAI node generates an HTML newsletter
• Tone: Breezy, witty, like Morning Brew
• Content: Sorted restaurant picks with ratings, reviews, and contact links
• Output is JSON with "Subject" and "Body"

7. Automatic Email

• Gmail node sends the newsletter directly to your inbox
• Example recipient: [email protected]

🎯 Why This Workflow Rocks

• End-to-End Automation: From scraping → filtering → emailing, no manual effort
• Lead Enrichment: Only keeps high-quality restaurants with strong social proof
• Scalable: Works for any city you plug into the form
• Engaging Output: AI crafts the results into a ready-to-send newsletter

🔮 Next Steps

• Add more cities to the dropdown for multi-location scraping
• Customize the email template for branding
• Integrate with CRM tools for automated outreach

👉 With just a few clicks, you can go from raw Google Maps data → polished newsletter → fresh leads in Airtable.

That’s the power of n8n + Apify + AI.