Albany, NY · market #35
Win more orders in Albany.
1,826 restaurants compete for the same guests in the Albany 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.
- 1,826restaurants in the Albany area
- 1restaurants per sq mi in Albany County
- 44%are sit-down (full-service)
- 20restaurants per 10,000 people
Most restaurants: Albany County (782) · Saratoga County (448) · Rensselaer County (283) · Schenectady County (274) · Schoharie County (39). Busiest ZIP: 12203 (Albany), 105 restaurants.
Your Albany playbook
What wins in Albany, from its own numbers.
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Keep the order, not just a capped fee
Delivery apps are capped in parts of New York, 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 $17.00 in New York, 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 56% of Albany'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
Albany has about 20 restaurants for every 10,000 people, more than most of the US. Rewards, smart offers and campaigns keep regulars choosing you.
New York right now
Even capped, apps can take 23%. Go direct.
NYC caps delivery at 15% + 5% + 3%; $17 wages ($11.35 tipped) make phone time costly. Direct orders and an AI host help.
Capped still means 23%
NYC limits apps to 15% delivery, 5% other services and 3% card processing; a 2025 law adds optional pricier 'enhanced' plans.
Source · 2025-08
Labour costs keep rising
NYC's minimum wage is $17.00 and the tipped cash wage $11.35. Every staff hour spent answering phones costs more.
Source · 2026-11-05
Fewer Canadian visitors
Canadian return trips from the US fell 25.4% in 2025 (Statistics Canada). New York places that relied on them need locals ordering more often.
Source · 2026-01
How do restaurants in Albany 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 Albany restaurants on Clover, and nothing is added to the guest's bill.
How many restaurants are there in Albany?
About 1,826 restaurants, about 44% of them sit-down, based on US Census County Business Patterns for the Albany area.
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
- #24 Poughkeepsie, NY 1,549 restaurants · up to 1/sq mi
- #33 Buffalo, NY 2,153 restaurants · up to 2/sq mi
- #48 Rochester, NY 1,929 restaurants · up to 2/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
Restaurant counts: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 7225), Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area. Population: Census estimates for 2023. Density uses land area from the Census Gazetteer.
You cook. We’ll bring the orders, in Albany.
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