Gave opinion about place and one is praised (12)

'is praised' is the definition.
(to compliment someone is to praise them)

'gave opinion about place and one' is the wordplay.
'gave opinion' becomes 'commented' (to comment is to give an opinion).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'place' becomes 'pl' (abbreviation used in postal addresses).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'pl'+'i'='pli'
'commented' enclosing 'pli' is 'COMPLIMENTED'.