THE SEARCH LEDGER · LAS VEGAS, NEVADA · FOOD & DINING
Every month Las Vegas types 2,402,240 food & dining searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in JUN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Las Vegas — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 1,053 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “chica restaurant las vegas” at $4.49.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 1,000,000 | $0.68 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | breakfast near me | 165,000 | $0.57 | 23 | transactional |
| 3 | pizza near me | 90,500 | $1.33 | 12 | transactional |
| 4 | coffee shops near me | 60,500 | $0.50 | 0 | transactional |
| 5 | bars near me | 49,500 | $0.62 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | wynn buffet vegas | 33,100 | $0.68 | 12 | commercial |
| 7 | ramsay burger las vegas | 27,100 | $0.58 | 15 | commercial |
| 8 | breakfast in vegas | 22,200 | $0.51 | 37 | commercial |
| 9 | golden steer steakhouse vegas | 22,200 | $1.31 | 14 | commercial |
| 10 | restaurants in bellagio vegas | 18,100 | $0.61 | commercial | |
| 11 | mandalay bay restaurants las vegas | 18,100 | $0.65 | 24 | commercial |
| 12 | strip bars in vegas | 18,100 | $2.25 | commercial | |
| 13 | restaurants las vegas | 18,100 | $1.57 | 14 | commercial |
| 14 | wynn vegas restaurants | 14,800 | $1.05 | 9 | commercial |
| 15 | piranha bar vegas | 14,800 | $1.71 | commercial | |
| 16 | vegas bakery | 12,100 | $0.88 | 10 | commercial |
| 17 | brunch in vegas | 12,100 | $0.94 | 0 | commercial |
| 18 | italian restaurants in vegas | 12,100 | $1.57 | 39 | commercial |
| 19 | pampas brazilian steakhouse las vegas | 12,100 | $4.48 | 6 | commercial |
| 20 | chica restaurant las vegas | 12,100 | $4.49 | 25 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Las Vegas metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Las Vegas metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Golden Nugget Las Vegas Hotel & Casino | 4.3 ★ | 53,907 | Restaurant | YES |
| #2 | Four Queens Hotel & Casino | 4.2 ★ | 22,532 | Restaurant | YES |
| #3 | Giordano's | 4.3 ★ | 8,598 | Pizza | YES |
| #4 | Pizza Rock | 4.5 ★ | 8,544 | Pizza | YES |
| #5 | Pizza Rock | 4.5 ★ | 8,544 | Pizza | YES |
| #6 | Nacho Daddy - Downtown | 4.4 ★ | 8,294 | Mexican | YES |
| #7 | Evel Pie | 4.6 ★ | 6,633 | Pizza | YES |
| #8 | Evel Pie | 4.6 ★ | 6,633 | Pizza | YES |
| #9 | Denny's Restaurant | 4.3 ★ | 5,716 | Restaurant | YES |
| #10 | Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel | 4.2 ★ | 4,951 | Restaurant | YES |
| #11 | White Castle | 3.8 ★ | 4,728 | Fast Food | YES |
| #12 | Hash House A Go Go | 4.5 ★ | 4,271 | Brunch | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Las Vegas metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Las Vegas metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Las Vegas food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are the top 5 places to eat in Las Vegas right now?
Where to eat in Carson City, NV?
What are some hidden gem restaurants in Vegas?
What's the most iconic dish in Las Vegas?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Where can I find the best pizza in Summerlin, Las Vegas?
Who has the two pizzas for $4.99 each?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Las Vegas metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Las Vegas, Nevada · Food & Dining · 1,053 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026