Tools
explore_area
Neighborhood, city, or region dining intelligence
explore_area
Get a dining overview of a neighborhood, city, or region -- including grade distribution, top cuisines, price breakdown, and highlighted restaurants.
Tier: Free
Use cases
- Get an overview of dining in an area before narrowing down with
search_restaurants - Show neighborhood or city dining summaries in your application
- Understand the culinary landscape of a destination
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
area | string | Yes | -- | Neighborhood, city, or region name. Supports comma disambiguation (e.g., "Shoreditch, London", "Chelsea, NYC"). |
Response
| Field | Type | Possible values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
status | string | "ok", "not_found" | Response status |
area | string | -- | Resolved area name |
description | string | null | -- | Curated description of the area's dining scene (when available) |
total_restaurants | number | -- | Total restaurants in the area |
analyzed_restaurants | number | -- | Restaurants with full Seemor analysis |
grade_distribution | object | Keys: A+ through F. Values: counts. | Grade counts for analyzed restaurants |
top_cuisines | array | [{ cuisine, count }] (max 10) | Most common cuisines |
price_breakdown | object | Keys: "budget", "moderate", "expensive", "very_expensive", "extremely_expensive". Values: counts. | Price level distribution |
neighborhoods | array | undefined | [{ name, count, top_rated }] (max 10) | Only included for city-level queries. top_rated = count of A+/A/A- restaurants. |
highlights | array | Lightweight restaurant objects (max 5) | Top restaurants by score. Same fields as find_restaurant results. |
Example request
curl -X POST https://api.seemor.ai/api/mcp \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_seemor_YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "explore_area",
"arguments": {
"area": "Shoreditch, London"
}
}
}'Example response
{
"status": "ok",
"area": "Shoreditch",
"description": "A creative hub in East London with a diverse and evolving dining scene...",
"total_restaurants": 399,
"analyzed_restaurants": 285,
"grade_distribution": { "A+": 2, "A": 8, "A-": 35, "B+": 82, "B": 75, "B-": 40, "C+": 20, "C": 12, "C-": 6, "D": 3, "F": 2 },
"top_cuisines": [
{ "cuisine": "italian", "count": 45 },
{ "cuisine": "indian", "count": 32 },
{ "cuisine": "japanese", "count": 28 }
],
"price_breakdown": { "budget": 45, "moderate": 150, "expensive": 70, "very_expensive": 20 },
"highlights": [
{
"seemor_id": "...",
"name": "Leroy",
"grade": "A",
"cuisine_tags": ["modern european", "wine bar"],
"coverage_level": "full"
}
]
}Notes
- The
neighborhoodsarray is only populated for city-level queries, not neighborhood-level. - If an area isn't recognized, the response returns
status: "not_found"with a message. This is not billed. highlightsuses the same lightweight format asfind_restaurantresults (nograde_label,tldr, orseemor_url).