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Where to eat in Henderson, NV
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A few places to eat in Henderson
- Jessie Rae's BBQ Barbecue · 0.2 miles
308 N Boulder Hwy, Henderson - Omelet House Breakfast and Brunch · 0.3 miles
316 N Boulder Hwy, Henderson - Fuzen Pho Vietnamese · 0.3 miles
272 E Lake Mead Pkwy, Henderson - Pinoy 1968 Restaurant and Buffet Filipino · 0.3 miles
340 N Boulder Hwy, Henderson - Chef Flemming's Bakeshop Bakery · 0.3 miles
7 S Water St, Henderson
The closest few by distance from central Henderson, not a ranking — local places listed ahead of chains. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout in Henderson.
The food scene in Henderson
Open listings put 113 places to eat within 2 miles of central Henderson, 37 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (15), Mexican (10) and sandwiches (8). 17 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Henderson is breakfast & brunch and diner — types that are listed here at 2 to 2 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 15 Mexican 10 Sandwiches 8 Coffee 5 Breakfast & brunch 4 Diner 4 Burgers 3 Italian 3 Bakery 3 Bar & grill 3
The food in Henderson
Henderson has plenty of places to eat, and that is the problem. A ranked list of thirty gets you no closer to a decision than you were before you opened it.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Henderson and tells you why it picked it. Say what you're craving and it reads menus and reviews for that specific dish, rather than sorting places by overall star rating. Free, runs in the browser, and one search needs no account.
Eating out in Henderson
Henderson has a population of about 270,811. Enough choice to argue about for twenty minutes, which is usually what happens. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Henderson, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Henderson?
Henderson sits in Clark County, where the Census counts 1,710 full-service restaurants, 2,239 limited-service places, 558 cafés and snack bars and 469 bars — 4,976 places to eat or drink in all. Henderson makes up about 12% of the county's population.
That is 22 per 10,000 residents, comfortably above the national median of 19.4. Enough range that the deciding takes longer than the eating. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
Those county figures also cover Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Henderson.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Henderson
- Las Vegas, NV — about 13 miles away
- North Las Vegas, NV — about 13 miles away
- Bullhead City, AZ — about 67 miles away
- St. George, UT — about 107 miles away
- Lake Havasu City, AZ — about 113 miles away
- Apple Valley, CA — about 162 miles away
Campuses in and near Henderson
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
Maps and Yelp are directories: they rank everything nearby and leave the deciding to you. Savor Scout makes the call and shows its reasoning — the match score, what it beat, and the evidence behind the pick. The underlying place data comes from the same public sources, so the difference is the selection, not the data.
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