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Where to eat in Lakewood, WA
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A few places to eat in Lakewood
- Great Cuisine of India (Lakewood)(Carry Out Only) Indian · 0.1 miles
9518 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood - German Pastry & Coffee Shop Bakery · 0.1 miles
6108 Mt Tacoma Dr SW, Lakewood - Cascade Bagel & Deli Bagel Shop · 0.1 miles
6115 Motor Ave SW, Lakewood - Black Bear Frozen Yogurt Frozen Yogurt Shop · 0.2 miles
6000 Mount Tacoma Dr SW, Lakewood - Bleu Note Restaurant And Lounge · 0.2 miles
6008 Mount Tacoma Dr SW, Lakewood
The closest few by distance from central Lakewood, 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 Lakewood.
The food scene in Lakewood
Open listings put 207 places to eat within 2 miles of central Lakewood, 32 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (21), bakery (13) and Korean (12). 21 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Lakewood is Korean, Filipino and Salvadoran — types that are listed here at 7 to 13 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 21 Bakery 13 Korean 12 Sandwiches 11 Pizza 11 Vietnamese 8 Coffee 7 Japanese 6 Asian fusion 5 Sushi 5
The food in Lakewood
Lakewood does not have infinite options, and that brings its own problem: you have been to most of them, and picking again is somehow still hard.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Lakewood 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 Lakewood
Lakewood has a population of about 59,097. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Lakewood, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Lakewood is a little thinner on options than average
Lakewood sits in Pierce County, where the Census counts 633 full-service restaurants, 563 limited-service places, 285 cafés and snack bars and 90 bars — 1,571 places to eat or drink in all. Lakewood makes up about 6% of the county's population.
That is 17.1 per 10,000 residents, a little under the national median of 19.4. Fewer options than average, which makes picking the right one matter more. Sit-down and counter-service places are close to balanced, with the edge to sit-down.
Those county figures also cover Tacoma, Puyallup, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Lakewood.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Lakewood
- Tacoma, WA — about 7 miles away
- Puyallup, WA — about 11 miles away
- Federal Way, WA — about 14 miles away
- Auburn, WA — about 17 miles away
- Lacey, WA — about 17 miles away
- Kent, WA — about 20 miles away
Campuses in and near Lakewood
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Tacoma Community College
- University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
- Bates Technical College
- Highline College
- Green River 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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