Raleigh's guide includes 2,278 places, 1,613 of them restaurants. Quick service accounts for 169, cafes for 179 and bars for 295. Bars (280), coffee shops and cafes (185) and pizza (160) are the three largest categories among the places listed.
Raleigh measures 45.6 places per ten thousand residents, above the 41.8 median across all cities.
1,527 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (35), McDonald's (32), Subway (31) and Jersey Mike's Subs (15).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Raleigh ranks #125 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in Raleigh by cuisine
Bars in Raleigh
- Bar · 330 W Hargett St
- Food and drink · Breweries · 1610 Automotive Way
- Bar · 6164 Falls of Neuse Rd
- Bar · 3055 Medlin Dr
- Bar · 126 S Salisbury St
- Restaurant · 610 Glenwood Ave
Coffee shops and cafes in Raleigh
- Cafe · Chain · 609 W Peace St
- Cafe · Chain · 500 Oberlin Rd
- Cafe · Chain · 6282 Glenwood Ave
- Cafe · 2900 Spring Forest Rd
- Cafe · Chain · 615 Hillsborough St
- Cafe · Chain · 930 Main Campus Dr
Pizza in Raleigh
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 7500 Ramble Way, Ste 115
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · Tarrymore Square Shopping Ctr, 4011 Capital Blvd Tarrymore Square Shopping Ctr
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 2101 Avent Ferry Rd
- Restaurant · Pizza · 5563 Western Blvd
- Restaurant · Pizza · 5800 Duraleigh Rd Ste 111
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · Tower Shopping Center, 3691 New Bern Ave Tower Shopping Center
Mexican in Raleigh
- Restaurant · Mexican · 2618 Lake Wheeler Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 3501 Forestville Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 7961 Skyland Ridge Pkwy
- Restaurant · Mexican · 421 Chapanoke Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 2100 Hillsborough St.
- Restaurant · Mexican · 6675 Falls of Neuse Rd
Bakeries and donuts in Raleigh
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 7550 Creedmoor Rd #101
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 4325 Glenwood Avenue
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 5959 Triangle Town Blvd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 7909 Falls of Neuse Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 4325 Glenwood Avenue
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 2231 Avent Ferry Rd
Sandwiches and delis in Raleigh
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 14460 Falls of Neuse Road Suite 161
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 6320 Capital Blvd Ste 133
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 2320 Bale Street
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 7901 Falls of Neuse Rd
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 2816 Trawick Rd #105
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 4112-116 Pleasant Valley Rd
Own a restaurant in Raleigh?
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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.