Musaed1/kudu-google-maps-reviews

Kudu Restaurant Reviews - Google Maps Dataset

Dataset Description

This dataset contains 282,761 customer reviews from 364 Kudu restaurant locations across Saudi Arabia, scraped from Google Maps. Kudu is one of the largest fast-food chains in Saudi Arabia, and this dataset provides comprehensive customer feedback data including ratings, review text (primarily in Arabic), and detailed aspect-based ratings.

Privacy Notice: This dataset has been cleaned to remove personally identifiable information (PII) including reviewer names, IDs, and profile URLs to protect user privacy.

Dataset Summary

• Total Reviews: 282,761
• Total Locations: 364
• Unique Reviewers: 223,626
• Languages: Primarily Arabic (ar), with owner responses in both Arabic and English
• Date Range: December 2011 to September 2025 (13.8 years)
• Average Rating: 3.79/5.0

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Restaurant name in Arabic
reviewerNumberOfReviews	int	Total reviews by this reviewer (anonymized)
isLocalGuide	boolean	Whether reviewer is a Google Local Guide
text	string	Review text (mostly Arabic, can be null)
textTranslated	string	Translated review text (if available)
publishedAtDate	datetime	ISO 8601 timestamp of review
likesCount	int	Number of likes on the review
reviewId	string	Unique Google review ID
reviewUrl	string	Direct URL to the review
reviewOrigin	string	Origin platform (Google)
stars	int	Overall rating (1-5)
rating	(int or null)	kept only for compatibility with original source.
responseFromOwnerDate	datetime	When owner responded (if applicable)
responseFromOwnerText	string	Owner's response to review
reviewImageUrls	list	URLs of images attached to review
reviewContext	dict	Additional context metadata
reviewDetailedRating	dict	Aspect ratings: Food (الطعام), Service (الخدمة), Atmosphere (الأجواء)
visitedIn	string	When the reviewer visited (if specified)
originalLanguage	string	Original language of review
translatedLanguage	string	Target language if translated
place_id	string	Unique Google Place ID
place_name	string	Location name (in English)
place_url	string	Google Maps URL for the location

Note: Privacy-sensitive fields (reviewer names, IDs, profile URLs, and photos) have been removed from this dataset.

Detailed Ratings

Many reviews include aspect-based ratings (1-5 scale) for:

• Food (الطعام): Food quality
• Service (الخدمة): Service quality
• Atmosphere (الأجواء): Restaurant atmosphere/ambiance

Usage

Loading the Dataset

from datasets import load_dataset
# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("Musaed1/kudu-google-maps-reviews")

# Access the data
df = dataset['train'].to_pandas()

print(f"Total reviews: {len(df):,}")
print(f"Average rating: {df['stars'].mean():.2f}")

Using Parquet directly

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_parquet(
    "hf://datasets/Musaed1/kudu-google-maps-reviews/kudu_reviews_cleaned.parquet"
)

Dataset Statistics

Rating Distribution

• 5 stars: 141,454 (50.0%)
• 4 stars: 45,316 (16.0%)
• 3 stars: 35,590 (12.6%)
• 2 stars: 14,665 (5.2%)
• 1 star: 45,736 (16.2%)

Key Metrics

• Reviews with text: 50.4% (142,401 reviews)
• Owner response rate: 35.3% (99,948 responses)
• Reviews from Local Guides: High percentage
• Average reviews per location: 781
• Reviews per reviewer: 1.26 (median: 1)

Aspect Ratings (Average)

• Food: 4.3/5.0
• Service: 4.2/5.0
• Atmosphere: 4.1/5.0

Use Cases

This dataset is suitable for:

1. Sentiment Analysis: Arabic sentiment classification on restaurant reviews
2. Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis: Understanding sentiment about specific aspects (food, service, atmosphere)
3. Rating Prediction: Predicting overall ratings from review text
4. Arabic NLP: Training and evaluating Arabic language models
5. Business Intelligence: Understanding customer preferences and complaints
6. Multilingual Analysis: Comparing Arabic reviews with English owner responses
7. Time Series Analysis: Tracking rating trends and review patterns over time
8. Customer Service Analysis: Studying owner response patterns and effectiveness

Data Collection

• Source: Google Maps Reviews
• Collection Method: Apify Google Maps Scraper API
• Collection Date: Sep 2025
• Geographic Scope: Saudi Arabia only

Privacy & Ethics

This dataset has been carefully processed to protect user privacy:

Removed Information

• Reviewer IDs: Google user IDs have been removed
• Reviewer Names: Personal names have been removed
• Profile URLs: Links to reviewer profiles have been removed
• Profile Photos: URLs to reviewer photos have been removed
• Redundant Fields: Human-readable date field (publishAt) removed

Retained Information

• Review Content: The actual review text and ratings remain intact for analysis
• Aggregated Metrics: Number of reviews per reviewer (for analyzing reviewer activity patterns)
• Local Guide Status: Whether reviewer is a Local Guide (for quality analysis)
• Place Information: Restaurant locations and identifiers remain for location-based analysis

Limitations

• Reviews are user-generated and may contain biases
• Some reviews lack text content (rating only)
• Text is primarily in Arabic with some mixed content
• Owner responses may follow templates
• Data represents a snapshot in time (not continuously updated)

License

This dataset is released under the apache-2.0 license.

Citation

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite:

@dataset{kudu_reviews_2025,
  title={Kudu Restaurant Reviews Dataset},
  author={[Musaed Albedhani]},
  year={2025},
  publisher={HuggingFace},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/Musaed1/kudu-google-maps-reviews}
}

Acknowledgments

• Data sourced from Google Maps public reviews
• Scraped using Apify platform
• Restaurant chain: Kudu (Saudi Arabia)

Contact

For questions, issues, or collaboration requests, please reach out at: [email protected]