Minneapolis, MN · market #47
Win more orders in Minneapolis.
5,806 restaurants compete for the same guests in the Minneapolis 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.
- 5,806restaurants in the Minneapolis area
- 6restaurants per sq mi in Ramsey County
- 41%are sit-down (full-service)
- 16restaurants per 10,000 people
Delivery apps capped at 15% delivery / 5% other services
Most restaurants: Hennepin County (2,382) · Ramsey County (959) · Dakota County (630) · Anoka County (459) · Washington County (380). Busiest ZIP: 55408 (Minneapolis), 144 restaurants.
Your Minneapolis playbook
What wins in Minneapolis, from its own numbers.
- 1
Keep the order, not just a capped fee
Minneapolis caps delivery apps at 15% delivery / 5% other services, and every app order still pays it. On your own site there's no app commission; WhatsTable's share is 5–10%, nothing is added to the guest's bill, and the guest stays yours.
- 2
Win the office lunch
About 59% of Minneapolis's restaurants are counter-service, cafés or snack bars. One shared link lets a whole office add to one pickup order.
- 3
Be the name people find nearby
In the Minneapolis area guests drive to dinner, and they choose from what shows up when they search. We set you up to show up, with your menu and an order button.
- 4
Fill the quiet hours
Smart offers spot your slow hours and draft a deal; you approve it and it goes out by email, WhatsApp or text.
Minnesota right now
Service fees banned? Fine. Nothing gets added here.
Minnesota's junk-fee law ended add-on restaurant fees in 2025; Minneapolis caps delivery at 15%. Show one honest price, take orders direct.
Add-on fees banned
Since January 1, 2025 restaurant mandatory fees must be in the menu price; only clearly labelled automatic gratuities paid to workers are allowed.
Source · 2025-01
No tip credit allowed
Minnesota pays tipped staff the full $11.41 minimum before tips. Time spent answering phones and taking orders by hand is expensive.
Source · 2026-11-05
Even capped, apps cost 15%
Minneapolis permanently caps delivery fees at 15% and other services at 5%. Your own ordering costs guests nothing extra.
Source · 2021-12
How do restaurants in Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis restaurants on Clover, and nothing is added to the guest's bill.
How many restaurants are there in Minneapolis?
About 5,806 restaurants, about 41% of them sit-down, based on US Census County Business Patterns for the Minneapolis area.
Are delivery app fees capped in Minneapolis?
Yes. Minneapolis caps delivery apps at 15% delivery / 5% other services. Orders on your own WhatsTable site pay no delivery-app commission; WhatsTable's fee is 5–10% of sales through it, and nothing is added to the guest's bill.
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
- #1 New York, NY 45,519 restaurants · up to 357/sq mi
- #2 San Francisco, CA 11,199 restaurants · up to 69/sq mi
- #3 Miami, FL 11,927 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
- #4 Boston, MA 10,567 restaurants · up to 36/sq mi
- #5 Seattle, WA 8,443 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
- #6 Chicago, IL 17,823 restaurants · up to 11/sq mi
Restaurant counts: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 7225), Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. Population: Census estimates for 2023. Density uses land area from the Census Gazetteer.
You cook. We’ll bring the orders, in Minneapolis.
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