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Where to eat in Hollywood, FL
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A few places to eat in Hollywood
- Orale Mexican Restaurant Mexican · 0.1 miles
2041 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood - Bok Bok Baby Buriram Thai · 0.1 miles
2051 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood - La Flambee Restaurant French · 0.1 miles
2051A Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood - GoBistro Japanese · 0.1 miles
2035 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood - Tasta Gelato & Cafeteria Gelato Shop · 0.1 miles
2033 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood
The closest few by distance from central Hollywood, 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 Hollywood.
The food scene in Hollywood
Open listings put 460 places to eat within 2 miles of central Hollywood, 136 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (28), bakery (23) and Mexican (21). 19 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Hollywood is Venezuelan, vegetarian and Colombian — types that are listed here at 10 to 20 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 28 Bakery 23 Mexican 21 Italian 20 Sushi 16 Coffee 14 Sandwiches 14 Ice cream 12 Seafood 10 Chinese 9
The food in Hollywood
Hollywood has more than enough places to eat — the trouble is choosing between them without spending longer deciding than eating.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Hollywood 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 Hollywood
Hollywood has a population of about 146,526. A city this size has real range, and range is what makes the decision slow. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Hollywood, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How many places to eat are there in Hollywood?
Hollywood sits in Broward County, where the Census counts 1,699 full-service restaurants, 1,460 limited-service places, 490 cafés and snack bars and 160 bars — 3,809 places to eat or drink in all. Hollywood makes up about 8% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.6 per 10,000 residents, which is about level with the national median of 19.4 — a normal amount of choice, and a normal amount of indecision. Sit-down and counter-service places are close to balanced, with the edge to sit-down.
Those county figures also cover Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Davie, Plantation, Sunrise and 9 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Hollywood.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Hollywood?
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Near Hollywood
- Hallandale Beach, FL — about 2 miles away
- Aventura, FL — about 4 miles away
- North Miami Beach, FL — about 5 miles away
- Miami Gardens, FL — about 8 miles away
- Fort Lauderdale, FL — about 8 miles away
- Davie, FL — about 8 miles away
Campuses in and near Hollywood
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Nova Southeastern University
- Broward College
- St. Thomas University
- Barry University
- Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
- Miami Dade College
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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