# Food & Dining search demand in Richmond THE SEARCH LEDGER · RICHMOND, VIRGINIA · FOOD & DINING Every month Richmond types 359,330 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/richmond/food-dining#colophon) 131 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Richmond metro, Sep 8, 2026 359,330 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Richmond metro, Sep 8, 2026 $213K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.06 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Richmond metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Richmond searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in JAN. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 77, February 78, March 92, April 89, May 93, June 87, July 100, August 94, September 83, October 92, November 92, December 79. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Richmond — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Richmond pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 131 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“pizza near me”** at $1.29. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 201,000 | $0.47 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 27,100 | $0.90 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | coffee shops near me | 18,100 | $0.50 | 0 | transactional | | 4 | pizza near me | 18,100 | $1.29 | 12 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 18,100 | $0.25 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | richmond restaurants | 12,100 | $0.82 | 0 | commercial | | 7 | top restaurants richmond | 6,600 | $0.83 | 0 | commercial | | 8 | my noodle bar rva | 6,600 | $0.18 | | commercial | | 9 | zorch pizza | 6,600 | $0.53 | 6 | commercial | | 10 | richmond brunch | 4,400 | $0.94 | 5 | commercial | | 11 | hardywood brewery richmond | 4,400 | $0.23 | 5 | commercial | | 12 | christians pizza rva | 2,900 | $1.16 | | commercial | | 13 | breakfast richmond va | 2,400 | $1.25 | 0 | commercial | | 14 | italian restaurant richmond | 1,900 | $0.89 | 15 | commercial | | 15 | food richmond va | 1,600 | $0.58 | 0 | commercial | | 16 | cameo cakery and cafe | 1,600 | $0.06 | 0 | commercial | | 17 | richmond bakery | 1,300 | $1.09 | 7 | commercial | | 18 | best brunch in richmond | 1,300 | $0.83 | 7 | commercial | | 19 | best pizza in rva | 1,300 | $0.39 | 14 | commercial | | 20 | hardywood brewery richmond va | 1,300 | $0.23 | 5 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Richmond 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 Richmond 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 201,000/mo · $0.47 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Fall Line Kitchen & Bar 4.8★ 3,300 - 2 Loves Public Kitchen 4.9★ 92 - 3 Buttermilk and Honey on Grace 4.4★ 1,100 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 tripadvisor.com - 2 venturerichmond.com - 3 yelp.com - 4 facebook.com LOCAL - 5 visitrichmondva.com pizza near me 18,100/mo · $1.29 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 The Pizza Place 4★ 598 - 2 Assante's Pizza 4★ 409 - 3 Hunt Brothers Pizza 5★ 1 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 belmontpizzeria.com LOCAL - 2 grubhub.com - 3 yelp.com - 4 andpizza.com LOCAL - 5 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Richmond 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 Richmond 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 | The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing | 4.6 ★ | 7,204 | Seafood | YES | | #2 | The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing | 4.6 ★ | 7,204 | Seafood | YES | | #3 | The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing | 4.6 ★ | 7,204 | Seafood | YES | | #4 | Island Shrimp Co. Rocketts Landing | 4.8 ★ | 5,402 | Seafood | YES | | #5 | Island Shrimp Co. Rocketts Landing | 4.8 ★ | 5,402 | Seafood | YES | | #6 | Casa Del Barco - Canal Walk | 4.5 ★ | 5,245 | Mexican | YES | | #7 | Casa Del Barco - Canal Walk | 4.5 ★ | 5,245 | Mexican | YES | | #8 | Casa Del Barco - Canal Walk | 4.5 ★ | 5,245 | Mexican | YES | | #9 | Mama J's Kitchen | 4.4 ★ | 4,683 | Southern | YES | | #10 | Mama J's Kitchen | 4.4 ★ | 4,683 | Southern | YES | | #11 | LUNCH.SUPPER! | 4.7 ★ | 4,285 | Southern | YES | | #12 | Can Can Brasserie | 4.6 ★ | 3,845 | French | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Richmond metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## What Richmond asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Richmond food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some must-eat places in Richmond, Virginia? Where to eat in Clarksville, VA? What are some hidden gem restaurants in Richmond, VA? What are the must-try restaurants in Richmond? What is the 2 hour rule for pizza? Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA? What are some good pizza places in Carytown, Richmond, VA? Which pizza restaurants in Richmond have the best deals? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Richmond 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 Richmond search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled. Richmond, Virginia · Food & Dining · 131 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 131 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. If a number here is wrong, [tell us](https://seobandwagon.com/contact). --- Canonical page: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/richmond/food-dining Every metro: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo#cities Data reuse license: https://seobandwagon.com/data-license Site overview for agents: https://seobandwagon.com/llms.txt · API docs: https://seobandwagon.com/docs/api