Google review QR code generator
Paste your Place ID, download the code, print it. Free, and nothing leaves your browser. Then the part nobody tells you: making the code was never the hard bit — the customer lands on an empty review box, cannot think what to write, and closes it.
Free, no sign-up, and nothing leaves your browser. Need your Place ID? Find it here.
Why most review QR codes get scanned and then abandoned
Put a plain QR code on a bill and a good number of people will scan it. Then Google shows them a star rating and an empty box. Writing a review about a meal you enjoyed is genuinely hard, especially in a second language, and a customer standing up to leave will not do it. The scan-to-review drop is where the whole idea leaks.
So the useful question is not “how do I make a QR code” — any free generator does that. It is what happens in the ten seconds after the scan.
How to set up a Google review QR code
- 1Get your Google review linkEvery business has one. Ours finds it from your business name, or you can copy it from your Google Business Profile under “Ask for reviews”.
- 2Turn it into a code people will actually scanA bare black-and-white square on a printed slip gets ignored. Put your name on it, say what you are asking for, and keep it where the customer is already sitting.
- 3Help them write the reviewThis is the step almost everyone skips, and it is where the drop-off happens. A customer who is willing to review you still has to think of something to say.
- 4Watch what the code actually doesScans, reviews started, reviews posted. A printed card you cannot measure is a guess.
What the customer sees after they scan
A rating, then a few taps
Stars first, then what stood out — the food, the staff, the wait. Tapping is easier than typing.
Their own words, any language
A sentence typed or spoken in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Hinglish. Sunaam clears it up; it never invents anything.
They post it themselves
The review is copied and Google opens. The customer edits and posts. Sunaam cannot post a review for anyone.
What you must not do with a review QR code
Two things get reviews removed and profiles restricted, and both are common advice online:
- Offering anything in exchange for a review. A discount, a free dessert, entry into a draw. Google prohibits it, and it applies whether you say it on the card or a staff member says it at the table.
- Only asking the happy customers. Filtering people by how they rated you before deciding whether to show the Google link is review gating. Sunaam sends every rating to Google, including the low ones.
You are allowed to ask everyone, clearly and often. That is the whole permitted strategy, and it works.
One code, once printed, doing more than one job
The code above is free and it opens your Google review box, which is all a QR code can do on its own. A Sunaam code points at your own short address instead, and what sits behind it is yours to change after the sticker is on the counter.
A review they can actually finish
The scan opens a few taps for what stood out and a sentence in their own language, instead of an empty box. That step is where most review QR codes lose the customer who was willing.
Take a UPI payment
The same code can show a Pay button that opens their UPI app and pays you directly. Sunaam never touches the money and never sets an amount - it is your UPI ID, their app, your bank.
Show the menu, or any link
Menu, price list, booking page, WhatsApp. Add or change them whenever you like.
Give a reward for the visit
A perk the customer can be offered for coming in. It is chosen before they rate anything and never depends on a review - Google prohibits paying for reviews, so the two are kept apart by design.
Redeem it at your counter
Staff mark the reward used from their phone, with a cap you set so a free dessert cannot run away with the evening.
Change all of it without reprinting
The sticker encodes one short Sunaam address. What it offers is decided when it is scanned, so a code already stuck to a counter can gain a payment button tomorrow.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make a QR code for Google reviews?
Paste your Place ID or Google Maps link into the generator at the top of this page and download the PNG. It is free, there is no sign-up, and the code is drawn in your browser. The link is the easy bit — what decides whether the card works is what the customer sees after they scan.
Is this review QR code generator free?
Yes, completely, and the PNG is full size with no watermark. Nothing is uploaded: your Place ID is turned into a code by your own browser, so we never see it and there is nothing to sign up for.
Does the QR code expire?
No. The code encodes your Google review link, which does not change, so a printed card keeps working indefinitely. The one thing a plain code cannot do is change what it opens — for that the code has to point at an address you control, which is what a Sunaam code does.
Can one QR code do more than collect reviews?
Not a plain one — it encodes a single fixed link. A Sunaam code points at your own short Sunaam address, and what sits behind it is resolved when somebody scans it: the review flow, a UPI payment button, your menu, or a reward for the visit. That means a sticker already on your counter can gain a payment button without being reprinted.
Can I give a discount to customers who scan the code?
You can reward somebody for visiting, but never for leaving a review, and the two have to stay genuinely separate. Google prohibits offering any benefit in exchange for a review and can remove the reviews or restrict your profile. Sunaam’s rewards are chosen before the customer rates anything and never depend on whether or what they write.
Are Google review QR codes allowed?
Yes. Asking a customer for a review is fine, and a QR code is just a convenient way to ask. What is not allowed is offering a discount or gift in exchange for a review, or only asking the customers you expect to be happy. Google treats both as fake engagement and can remove the reviews or restrict the profile.
Why do most review QR codes not work?
Because scanning is not the hard part. The customer lands on a blank review box and has to compose something, so most people close it. Sunaam's assisted flow asks for a star rating, offers a few taps for what stood out, takes a sentence in whatever language they speak, and turns that into a review they edit and post themselves.
Can customers leave the review in Hindi or Bengali?
Yes. The customer writes or speaks in whatever language they are comfortable in, including Hinglish or Banglish, and Sunaam helps them put it clearly in the language they choose. It never writes a review they did not say.
Do I need a printed card, or is a screen enough?
A printed card on the table or counter works better than a screen a staff member has to remember to show. Sunaam gives you a designed card as a PDF you can print yourself, or a physical standee if you would rather not deal with printing.
Print one card. Get reviews.
A designed review card with your name on it, an assisted flow in your customers' languages, and the numbers to see whether it is working.
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