Telegram bot for finding top-rated restaurants with Google Maps via SerpAPI

Telegram Restaurant Bot Workflow

This workflow creates a Telegram bot that fetches the top 5 rated restaurants for any specified area in Egypt using SerpAPI's Google Maps search. It's designed to provide quick, detailed, and richly formatted information directly in your chat.

Key Features

• Simple Command Trigger: Activate the search with a straightforward command (e.g., التحرير)
• Real-Time Restaurant Data: Utilizes SerpAPI to pull live data, ratings, and details from Google Maps
• Top 5 Ranking: Automatically sorts restaurants by their rating in descending order and presents the top five
• Richly Formatted Replies: Generates a clean, user-friendly Markdown message with essential details:
  • Rating ⭐
  • Phone Number ☎️
  • Website 🌐
  • Service Options (Dine-in ✅ | Takeaway ❌)
  • A direct link to the location on a map 📍
• Arabic Language Focused: The workflow is initially configured to process requests and format replies in Arabic

How It Works

1. A user sends a place name like التحرير to the Telegram bot
2. The Parse Area node extracts the location name from the message text
3. The Geocode (Nominatim) node finds the geographic coordinates for the area (this can be adapted for more precise location searches)
4. The Find Restaurants (SerpAPI) node uses this area to perform a Google Maps search
5. The Format Reply node processes the search results. It sorts them by rating, takes the top 5, and builds a detailed Markdown-formatted string
6. The Send to Telegram node delivers the final formatted message back to the user who made the request

Setup

• Telegram: Configure your credentials in the Telegram Trigger and Send to Telegram nodes
• SerpAPI: Add your free or paid API key in the Find Restaurants (SerpAPI) HTTP Request node