# Food & Dining search demand in San Antonio THE SEARCH LEDGER · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS · FOOD & DINING Every month San Antonio types 1,902,270 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/san-antonio/food-dining#colophon) 720 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio metro, Sep 8, 2026 1,902,270 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio metro, Sep 8, 2026 $1.4M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.25 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When San Antonio searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in FEB. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 84, February 83, March 99, April 83, May 97, June 95, July 97, August 100, September 84, October 86, November 85, December 86. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in San Antonio — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What San Antonio pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 720 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“j prime steakhouse san antonio”** at $1.82. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 1,000,000 | $0.64 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 110,000 | $0.71 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | coffee shops near me | 74,000 | $0.56 | 0 | transactional | | 4 | pizza near me | 74,000 | $1.33 | 12 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 74,000 | $0.35 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | san antonio restaurants | 40,500 | $1.06 | 0 | commercial | | 7 | mexican restaurant san antonio | 18,100 | $0.34 | 25 | commercial | | 8 | restaurants downtown riverwalk san antonio | 18,100 | $0.72 | 28 | commercial | | 9 | san antonio brunch | 12,100 | $1.01 | 0 | commercial | | 10 | lou's pizza san antonio | 12,100 | $1.09 | 11 | commercial | | 11 | good restaurants san antonio | 9,900 | $0.81 | 13 | commercial | | 12 | breakfast san antonio tx | 9,900 | $0.93 | 2 | commercial | | 13 | food places in san antonio | 8,100 | $0.76 | | commercial | | 14 | best restaurants san antonio | 8,100 | $0.81 | 0 | commercial | | 15 | j prime steakhouse san antonio | 8,100 | $1.82 | 4 | commercial | | 16 | lin's buffet san antonio | 8,100 | $0.86 | 0 | commercial | | 17 | bbq san antonio | 6,600 | $0.56 | 18 | commercial | | 18 | downtown san antonio restaurants | 6,600 | $0.98 | 4 | commercial | | 19 | la popular bakery san antonio | 6,600 | $1.26 | 0 | commercial | | 20 | two bros bbq san antonio | 6,600 | $0.29 | 4 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio 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 San Antonio 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 1,000,000/mo · $0.64 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 The Meltdown 3.3★ 34 - 2 Domingo Restaurant 4.7★ 10,000 - 3 Four Brothers 4.4★ 630 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 m.yelp.com - 2 trolleytours.com - 3 austin.eater.com - 4 ubereats.com - 5 seasons52.com pizza near me 74,000/mo · $1.33 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 24th St. Pizzeria 2.4★ 840 - 2 Pup's Pizza 3.8★ 68 - 3 Leo's Hideout 4.4★ 656 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 locations.papajohns.com LOCAL - 2 yelp.com - 3 pizzaclassics.com LOCAL - 4 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL - 5 tripadvisor.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio 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 San Antonio 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 | Mi Tierra Cafe y Panaderia | 4.4 ★ | 25,437 | Mexican | YES | | #2 | Rainforest Cafe | 4.2 ★ | 12,522 | Restaurant | YES | | #3 | Denny's Restaurant | 4.2 ★ | 12,367 | Restaurant | YES | | #4 | Casa Rio | 4 ★ | 10,885 | Tex Mex | YES | | #5 | Domingo Restaurant | 4.7 ★ | 10,330 | Restaurant | YES | | #6 | Big Lou's Pizza | 4.4 ★ | 9,151 | Pizza | YES | | #7 | Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar | 4.1 ★ | 8,107 | Mexican | YES | | #8 | Boudro's on the Riverwalk | 4.5 ★ | 6,977 | Bistro | YES | | #9 | La Panadería Bakery Café | 4.7 ★ | 6,832 | Restaurant | YES | | #10 | Paesanos Riverwalk | 4.5 ★ | 6,551 | Italian | YES | | #11 | Paesanos Riverwalk | 4.5 ★ | 6,551 | Italian | YES | | #12 | Whataburger | 4 ★ | 5,953 | Fast Food | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio 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 San Antonio 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. whataburger san antonio 1,900/mo chester's hamburgers san antonio 880/mo pinkerton's barbecue san antonio 590/mo mongolian grill san antonio 320/mo guadalajara grill san antonio 170/mo local coffee san antonio 140/mo black rifle coffee co san antonio 110/mo sushirrito san antonio 90/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What San Antonio asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from San Antonio food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What is the number one restaurant in San Antonio? What is the best restaurant in New Braunfels? Where to eat dinner in Corpus Christi? What are some must-eat restaurants in San Antonio? 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 San Antonio? Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), San Antonio 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 San Antonio 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. San Antonio, Texas · Food & Dining · 720 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 720 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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