Abstract: A method and system for a context based search recommendations is provided. A context based search can be facilitated for the construction of cold start recommender systems. Contextual information can be mined from review texts from sources such as websites, and analyzed for common traits per context group. From this context information the most applicable reviews for the user can be provided. One embodiment provides a method for providing recommendations. The method includes the steps of preprocessing one or more reviews based on features of the one or more reviews, obtaining context information about user; and determining score for user based on obtained user context information and features of the one or more reviews.