Google review QR code: how to get yours free, print it and place it
Get your free Google review QR code from your Business Profile, print it at the right size, and put it where customers wait. Plus QR vs NFC cards.
You can get a Google review QR code for free from your own Business Profile: open it in a computer browser, select Read reviews, then Get more reviews, and save the QR code image. Print it large enough to scan from where your customers sit or stand, put it where they have a spare minute, and ask them to scan it.
This guide covers the steps, sizes and placement for businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, and how QR compares with NFC.
How do I get my QR code from Google?
Google gives every Business Profile a review link and QR code. The steps, from Google's help page (Create a Google link or QR code to request reviews, checked 22 October 2026):
- Sign in to the Google Account that manages your business, and open your Business Profile.
- Select Read reviews.
- Select Get more reviews.
- To share by message, select Copy to copy the review link.
- For print, right-click the QR code and choose Save image as.
One catch: Google says "currently, reviews QR codes can only be generated on a computer browser, not on mobile devices." If you run your hawker stall or salon entirely from your phone, borrow a laptop for ten minutes, or copy the review link on your phone and turn it into a QR code later.
Is Google's QR code free?
Yes. The link and QR code come with your Business Profile at no cost, and you can print them as many times as you like. You don't need a paid generator to make a Google review QR code. Many businesses never need anything more than this.
Your Google review link
The link and the QR code lead to the same place: the review box for your business. Use the link where people are already on their phones: Google suggests email, WhatsApp, a Facebook post and the end of a chat. Use the QR code where they are not: tables, counters, mirrors, room desks.
Before you print: three checks
- Scan it from the customer's seat, not from 10 cm away at your desk.
- Check that it opens the review box for the right branch. Multi-outlet businesses (a chain of kopitiams in Johor Bahru, three salons across Manila) need a separate code per location.
- Add one line of text. A bare QR code is easy to ignore. "Enjoyed your meal? Scan to leave us a Google review" tells people what it is and what happens.
How big should a Google review QR code be?
There is no official size. As a rule of thumb, the further away the customer is, the bigger the code needs to be: a code on a table card the customer can pick up can be small, while one on a wall or menu board needs to be much larger. Leave a white margin around the code, print in dark ink on a light background, and avoid glossy lamination that reflects ceiling lights straight into the camera.
Where to put it: placement by business type
The best spot is wherever a customer has a spare 30 seconds and a phone already in hand. This table is our practical starting point for the most common local businesses.
| Business | Where to put the code | Suggested format | When to point it out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Café or restaurant table | Table tent or stand beside the condiments | A6 card, code at least the size of a business card | While they wait for the bill |
| Hawker stall or kopitiam (SG, MY) | Lower corner of the menu board, plus a small card at the collection point | Large code on the board, small one at the counter | When you hand over the tray |
| Warung or street-food stall (ID, TH, VN, PH) | Taped to the counter or the drinks fridge | Laminated card, matte finish | While they pay by QR (QRIS, PromptPay, VietQR, GCash) |
| Salon or barber | On the mirror station, or by the payment terminal | Small acrylic stand or mirror sticker | During blow-dry or while the card payment goes through |
| Clinic or dental practice | Reception counter and the waiting-room wall | A5 stand at reception, A4 poster | At checkout, after the bill is settled |
| Hotel or guesthouse room | Desk, bedside table or the back of the door | Card in the room compendium | At checkout, and in the post-stay email |
| Tour bus or boat (Bali, Cebu, Langkawi, Phuket) | Back of the seat in front, or by the exit door | Seat-back card or A5 sign | In the last ten minutes of the tour |
| Retail shop | By the till and on the shopping bag or receipt | Counter stand plus printed receipt line | While you pack the purchase |
A few notes on the local details:
- Payment QR codes are everywhere in the region. Next to a PayNow, DuitNow, QRIS, PromptPay, VietQR or GCash code, customers may not know which one is which. Make the review code a different colour and label it clearly, and keep it a little apart from the payment code so nobody scans the wrong one.
- Hawker stalls have no table service. Customers in a Singapore hawker centre or a Penang kopitiam eat away from your stall, so the menu board and the moment you hand over the food are your only chances.
- Hotel guests decide on Tripadvisor too. In Bangkok, Bali or Hoi An, a room card that only offers Google misses guests who plan on Tripadvisor. See how to get more Tripadvisor reviews.
Placing the code is half the job; the other half is asking every customer, without pressure. Our guide on how to ask customers for reviews has short scripts.
Google review cards and stands: can I make my own?
Yes. A "Google review card" is usually just your review QR code printed on a card, sticker or acrylic stand with a short message. You can make one yourself: put the QR code you saved from Google into any design tool, add your logo and one line of text, and print it at a local print shop. A pack of business-card-sized cards and a couple of table stands costs very little in S$, RM, Rp, ฿, ₫ or ₱ compared with a paid card.
Paid cards and stands from third-party sellers are fine too, as long as the code points to your real Google review link. Before you pay, scan a sample and check where the code goes. If it opens the seller's own page first, make sure that page never filters customers by rating (more on that below).
QR code vs NFC Google review card
An NFC review card has a small chip inside. The customer taps the card with their phone and the review link opens. A QR card is scanned with the phone camera.
| QR code card | NFC tap card | |
|---|---|---|
| How the customer uses it | Opens the camera and points it at the code | Taps the phone on the card |
| Which phones | Any phone with a camera that reads QR codes | Phones with NFC switched on |
| Familiar to customers? | Very, in markets where people already pay by QR | Not every customer knows to tap, so you may need to explain |
| Cost | You can print it yourself | You buy the card with the chip |
| Works on a menu board or poster | Yes | Only if the customer can reach and tap it |
Both open the same review box. In Southeast Asia, where scanning a QR code to pay is part of daily life, a QR code is the safer default. An NFC card can work well where a staff member hands it to each customer, for example at a salon chair, as long as it also carries a printed QR code for phones that don't tap.
What a plain Google QR code can't do
Google's QR code does one job well: it opens your review box. It doesn't do much else.
- It gives no help writing. The customer lands in an empty text box. Many people give stars and write nothing, or give up. Our guide on how to write a good Google review is one way to help.
- It only goes to Google. A tourist who would rather post on Tripadvisor, or a Chinese-speaking diner who posts on Xiaohongshu, has nowhere to go from it.
- It gives unhappy customers nowhere private to talk to you. That is not a rule problem, just a missed chance to hear about a cold dish before it becomes a one-star review.
Rules to keep your QR code on the right side of Google
Your QR code card is fine. What you write next to it, and what you do with it, can break Google's rules. Google says: "Offering incentives, like free or discounted goods or services, to customers in exchange for reviews is considered fake engagement and is strictly prohibited" (Google). So:
- No "Scan, review and get a free kopi" or "10% off with a 5-star review".
- Show the card to every customer, not just the ones who look happy. Google's policies also cover selectively asking for positive reviews (Google).
- Don't ask staff to scan it and write reviews themselves.
The details, including Singapore's fake-review case, are in honest reviews: what Google and Tripadvisor allow, and the full method is in how to get more Google reviews.
How reviewus helps
reviewus is a QR card that goes a step further than a plain Google review code. The customer scans it with their phone camera (no app, no account), gives stars and taps what they had and what they loved. AI writes a draft from only what they tapped and noted, in their own voice and their chosen language, including Bahasa Melayu, Chinese and Singlish. They can change every word, and one tap copies the text and opens your Google review box. reviewus never posts for them.
The same card can also offer Tripadvisor, Xiaohongshu and other platforms, and every customer, at every rating, gets the same two choices: share publicly or send you private feedback. Setting up is free, and plans start at S$10 a month per location. Try the demo or set up your business. If Google's own free code is all you need, use it: it does that job well.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get my QR code from Google?
Open your Business Profile in a computer browser, select Read reviews, then Get more reviews, and right-click the QR code to save the image. Google says review QR codes can currently only be generated on a computer browser, not on a mobile device. You can copy the review link from the same screen.
Is Google's review QR code free?
Yes. The review link and QR code are part of your free Google Business Profile, and you can print them as often as you like. You only pay if you choose a printed card, a stand or a tool that does more than open the review box.
Can I make my own Google review card?
Yes. Save the QR code from your Business Profile, add your logo and a short line such as "Scan to leave us a Google review", and print it on card or a sticker. Test it from the customer's seat before printing a batch, and keep incentives off the card.
What do Google review cards do?
A Google review card is a printed QR code, or an NFC chip, that opens your business's review box on the customer's phone. It saves them searching for your business and finding the review button themselves. A plain card doesn't help them write the review.
Is an NFC Google review card better than a QR code?
Not necessarily. An NFC card opens the review link with a tap, but only on phones with NFC switched on, and not every customer knows to tap. A QR code works with any camera phone that reads QR codes, which most customers in Southeast Asia already use to pay. If you use NFC, print a QR code on the card too.