Philadelphia, PA · market #9
Win more orders in Philadelphia.
11,251 restaurants compete for the same guests in the Philadelphia 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.
- 11,251restaurants in the Philadelphia area
- 23restaurants per sq mi in Philadelphia County
- 40%are sit-down (full-service)
- 18restaurants per 10,000 people
Most restaurants: Philadelphia County (3,155) · Montgomery County (1,653) · Bucks County (1,243) · New Castle County (1,096) · Delaware County (932). Busiest ZIP: 19107 (Philadelphia), 276 restaurants.
Your Philadelphia playbook
What wins in Philadelphia, from its own numbers.
- 1
Get found first on a crowded street
Philadelphia County packs about 23 restaurants into every square mile, and ZIP 19107 about 507. When someone nearby searches for food, the places that show up first get the order.
- 2
Win the office lunch
About 60% of Philadelphia's restaurants are counter-service, cafés or snack bars. One shared link lets a whole office add to one pickup order.
- 3
Move regulars off the delivery apps
Every app order pays a commission and the guest belongs to the app. Orders on your own site, with Apple Pay, keep the margin and the guest.
- 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.
Pennsylvania right now
Pennsylvania orders, without the 30% delivery-app cut.
Wages stay $7.25 ($2.83 tipped), and bills would force delivery apps to show total prices. Go direct; nothing added to the bill.
Delivery apps take 15-30%
DoorDash's US plans charge 15%, 25% or 30% per delivered order. Orders on your own site keep that margin in the restaurant.
Source · 2026-11
App pricing under review
Pending bills H 1216 and S 640 would require food delivery platforms to display total prices including fees.
Source · 2026
Servers earn $2.83 cash
Pennsylvania's tipped cash wage is $2.83, so servers' pay rides on covers. Filling slow hours with offers keeps good staff earning and staying.
Source · 2026-11-05
How do restaurants in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia restaurants on Clover, and nothing is added to the guest's bill.
How many restaurants are there in Philadelphia?
About 11,251 restaurants, about 40% of them sit-down, based on US Census County Business Patterns for the Philadelphia 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
- #31 Pittsburgh, PA 4,404 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
- #42 Allentown, PA 1,486 restaurants · up to 2/sq mi
- #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
Restaurant counts: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 7225), Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area. Population: Census estimates for 2023. Density uses land area from the Census Gazetteer.
You cook. We’ll bring the orders, in Philadelphia.
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