Google Geocode API returns same result for different locations

Question

Google Geocode API returns same result for below locations, whereas the distance between them is 3.4 miles as shown on Google maps.

Perkins Restaurant %26 Bakery, E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL, United States
Rodeway Inn, E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL, United States

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Perkins%20Restaurant%20%26%20Bakery,%20E%20Fowler%20Ave,%20Tampa,%20FL,%20United%20States&sensor=true

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=rodeway%20inn,%20E%20fowler%20ave,%20tampa&sensor=true

Responses are exactly same. Any solution to this?

Answer 1

It seems to be a bug in Geocode API. I have reported a bug to google web services.