Los Angeles, CA · market #7
Win more orders in Los Angeles.
29,168 restaurants compete for the same guests in the Los Angeles area. We take care of your marketing and sales, so guests find you, order from you and come back, and you take care of the kitchen and good food.
- 29,168restaurants in the Los Angeles area
- 10restaurants per sq mi in Orange County
- 38%are sit-down (full-service)
- 23restaurants per 10,000 people
Minimum wage $18.42
Most restaurants: Los Angeles County (21,461) · Orange County (7,707). Busiest ZIP: 90028 (Los Angeles), 217 restaurants.
Your Los Angeles playbook
What wins in Los Angeles, from its own numbers.
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Keep the order, not just a capped fee
Delivery apps are capped in parts of California, but every app order still pays them. On your own site there's no app commission; WhatsTable's share is 5–10%, and the guest stays yours.
- 2
Let Maya take the calls
With minimum wage at $18.42 in Los Angeles, every hour on the phone is expensive. Maya answers, books tables and takes orders, so your team can cook and serve.
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Win the office lunch
About 62% of Los Angeles's restaurants are counter-service, cafés or snack bars. One shared link lets a whole office add to one pickup order.
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Give guests a reason to come back
Los Angeles has about 23 restaurants for every 10,000 people, more than most of the US. Rewards, smart offers and campaigns keep regulars choosing you.
California right now
Show one honest price. Keep every order's margin.
Fee rules (SB 478, SB 1524) and $16.90 wages squeeze California menus. Direct ordering adds nothing to the guest's bill; AI answers calls.
Fees under a spotlight
Since July 1, 2024 California restaurants may keep mandatory fees only if clearly shown wherever prices appear (SB 478 with the SB 1524 exception).
Source · 2024-07
No tip credit allowed
California pays tipped staff the full $16.90 minimum before tips. Time spent answering phones and taking orders by hand is expensive.
Source · 2026-11-05
Delivery apps still take 15-30%
San Francisco only guarantees a 15% basic tier; elsewhere DoorDash plans run 15%, 25% or 30%. Direct orders avoid that cut.
Source · 2026-11
How do restaurants in Los Angeles get more online orders?
Be the restaurant people find first when they search nearby, let them order on your own site with Apple Pay, and bring them back with offers and rewards. WhatsTable does all three for Los Angeles restaurants on Clover, and nothing is added to the guest's bill.
How many restaurants are there in Los Angeles?
About 29,168 restaurants, about 38% of them sit-down, based on US Census County Business Patterns for the Los Angeles area.
What is the minimum wage for restaurants in Los Angeles?
$18.42 an hour (from 2026-07-01). Check the city's official page for changes.
What does WhatsTable cost?
$0 a month, no setup fee, no contract. WhatsTable takes 5–10% of the sales that come through it. Walk-in sales cost you nothing.
Do I need Clover?
Yes, today WhatsTable works with Clover. Tell us what you use on the demo form and we will let you know when it works with yours.
Nearby markets
- #2 San Francisco, CA 11,199 restaurants · up to 69/sq mi
- #15 San Jose, CA 4,203 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
- #18 San Diego, CA 6,900 restaurants · up to 2/sq mi
- #32 Sacramento, CA 4,648 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
- #58 Oxnard, CA 1,555 restaurants · up to 1/sq mi
- #60 Riverside, CA 7,737 restaurants · up to 1/sq mi
Restaurant counts: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 7225), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area. Population: Census estimates for 2023. Density uses land area from the Census Gazetteer.
You cook. We’ll bring the orders, in Los Angeles.
We take care of marketing and sales, so you can take care of the kitchen and good food. 20 minutes on a call.
$0 a month · No setup fee · No contract · Nothing added to your guests' bill