# Food & Dining search demand in Phoenix THE SEARCH LEDGER · PHOENIX, ARIZONA · FOOD & DINING Every month Phoenix types 3,443,950 food & dining searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them. BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/phoenix/food-dining#colophon) 600 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix metro, Sep 8, 2026 3,443,950 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix metro, Sep 8, 2026 $2.5M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.03 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Phoenix searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in MAR and lowest in JUN. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 82, February 82, March 100, April 84, May 84, June 70, July 79, August 81, September 70, October 83, November 82, December 81. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Phoenix — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Phoenix pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 600 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“taco guild phoenix”** at $3.55. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 2,240,000 | $0.63 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 246,000 | $0.69 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | pizza near me | 201,000 | $1.29 | 12 | transactional | | 4 | coffee shops near me | 165,000 | $0.58 | 0 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 135,000 | $0.63 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | the henry restaurant phoenix | 60,500 | $1.24 | 21 | commercial | | 7 | phoenix restaurants | 18,100 | $1.14 | 19 | commercial | | 8 | downtown phoenix restaurants | 14,800 | $0.99 | 15 | commercial | | 9 | taco guild phoenix | 14,800 | $3.55 | 0 | commercial | | 10 | desert ridge dining | 12,100 | $0.82 | 27 | commercial | | 11 | original breakfast house phoenix | 12,100 | $0.49 | 14 | commercial | | 12 | la purísima bakery | 9,900 | $0.32 | | commercial | | 13 | best restaurants phoenix | 8,100 | $1.27 | 3 | commercial | | 14 | ocotillo restaurant phoenix | 8,100 | $2.76 | 0 | commercial | | 15 | sr sushi phoenix | 8,100 | $0.56 | | commercial | | 16 | times square restaurant phoenix | 8,100 | $1.24 | 0 | commercial | | 17 | top restaurants in phoenix | 5,400 | $1.19 | 3 | commercial | | 18 | mexican restaurants phoenix | 5,400 | $0.76 | 24 | commercial | | 19 | phoenix downtown bars | 5,400 | $0.85 | 5 | commercial | | 20 | phoenix brunch | 4,400 | $0.66 | 0 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored. ## Who owns the Phoenix food & dining results Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one. restaurants near me 2,240,000/mo · $0.63 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Dog Haus Biergarten 4.4★ 1,300 - 2 Cornish Pasty Co 4.5★ 4,800 - 3 The Arrogant Butcher 4.4★ 5,600 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 tripadvisor.com - 2 yelp.com - 3 ubereats.com - 4 opentable.com - 5 appetitesabroad.com pizza near me 201,000/mo · $1.29 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 John Dough’s Phoenix Pizza Company 2.7★ 3 - 2 Ziggys Magic Pizza Shop 4.5★ 2,300 - 3 Pizzeria Bianco 4.4★ 4,900 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 tripadvisor.com - 2 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL - 3 venezias.com - 4 yelp.com - 5 locations.papamurphys.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix 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 food & dining businesses competing in Phoenix 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 | Miel De Agave Phoenix | 4.8 ★ | 9,395 | Steak | YES | | #2 | The Arrogant Butcher | 4.4 ★ | 5,643 | American | YES | | #3 | Pizzeria Bianco | 4.4 ★ | 4,933 | Pizza | YES | | #4 | Pizzeria Bianco | 4.4 ★ | 4,933 | Pizza | YES | | #5 | Cornish Pasty Co | 4.5 ★ | 4,768 | English | YES | | #6 | Red Devil Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria | 4.4 ★ | 4,040 | Italian | YES | | #7 | Long Wong's | 4.4 ★ | 3,617 | American | YES | | #8 | Spinato's Pizzeria and Family Kitchen | 4.6 ★ | 3,536 | Italian | YES | | #9 | Grimaldi's Pizzeria | 4.4 ★ | 3,473 | Pizza | YES | | #10 | Harumi Sushi Bar | 4.7 ★ | 3,455 | Japanese | YES | | #11 | CIBO | 4.6 ★ | 3,319 | Italian | YES | | #12 | CIBO | 4.6 ★ | 3,319 | Italian | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Food & Dining brands Phoenix searches by name 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. om bistro phoenix 4,400/mo alexi's grill phoenix 3,600/mo phoenix coffee places 3,600/mo humble bistro phoenix 880/mo whataburger phoenix 720/mo sushiholic phoenix 480/mo yogis grill laveen 390/mo miracle mile deli phoenix 390/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Phoenix asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Phoenix food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some must-eat restaurants in Phoenix? What are some good food spots in Arizona? What are the best restaurants in Phoenix and Scottsdale? What are some of the best restaurants in West Phoenix? 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 Arizona? Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Phoenix metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) [Restaurant SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/restaurant-seo) ## More Phoenix search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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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. Phoenix, Arizona · Food & Dining · 600 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026 Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 600 food & dining keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. 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