Restaurants in Visalia, CA

Among the 540 places listed for Visalia are 389 restaurants, 66 quick service spots, 45 cafes and 32 bars. Mexican restaurants lead at 59, while coffee shops and cafes and pizza each reach 47. Sandwiches and delis count 36, and desserts and ice cream reach 29.

Of all listings, 56 percent are independent. The 36.9 places per ten thousand residents sits below the 41.8 median across all cities in this guide.

302 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (17), Jack in the Box (10), Subway (9) and McDonald's (6).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Visalia ranks #276 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

Food in Visalia by cuisine

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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.