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Where to eat in Redmond, WA
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A few places to eat in Redmond
- Farine Bakery & Cafe Bakery · under 0.1 miles
16450 Redmond Way, Redmond - Biryani Bowl Indian · 0.1 miles
7990 Leary Way NE, Redmond - Prime Steakhouse Steakhouse · 0.1 miles
16330 Cleveland St, Redmond - Pho Saigon Restaurant · 0.1 miles
7844 Leary Way NE, Redmond - Redmond's Bar and Grill Gastropub · 0.1 miles
7979 Leary Way NE, Redmond
The closest few by distance from central Redmond, 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 Redmond.
The food scene in Redmond
Open listings put 195 places to eat within 2 miles of central Redmond, 133 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: bakery (16), Indian (15) and pizza (10). 11 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Redmond is Indian, poke and Korean — types that are listed here at 4 to 9 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Bakery 16 Indian 15 Pizza 10 Mexican 10 Japanese 9 Chinese 9 Burgers 8 Sandwiches 7 Sushi 6 Thai 5
The food in Redmond
Redmond 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 Redmond 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 Redmond
Redmond has a population of about 57,530. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Redmond, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Redmond has more places to eat than most of the country
Redmond sits in King County, where the Census counts 2,613 full-service restaurants, 1,782 limited-service places, 977 cafés and snack bars and 343 bars — 5,715 places to eat or drink in all. Redmond makes up about 3% of the county's population.
At 25.4 food businesses per 10,000 residents against a national median of 19.4, this is one of the better-supplied places in the country. Choice is not the constraint here; narrowing it down is. Unusually, sit-down restaurants outnumber counter-service ones. Nationally it runs close to even and most places tilt the other way, so this is a town that eats at tables.
Those county figures also cover Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, Renton, Federal Way, Kirkland, Auburn, Shoreline and 2 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Redmond.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Redmond
- Kirkland, WA — about 4 miles away
- Sammamish, WA — about 6 miles away
- Bellevue, WA — about 6 miles away
- Seattle, WA — about 11 miles away
- Shoreline, WA — about 12 miles away
- Renton, WA — about 14 miles away
Campuses in and near Redmond
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Bellevue College
- University of Washington-Bothell Campus
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus
- North Seattle College
- Seattle Central College
- Seattle University
- Shoreline Community College
- Edmonds College
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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