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Where to eat in Waltham, MA
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A few places to eat in Waltham
- Sushi Box Sushi · under 0.1 miles
617 Main St, Waltham - Leo's Place Diner Diner · under 0.1 miles
655 Main St, Waltham - Peshawri Kebabs Doner Kebab · under 0.1 miles
603 Main St, Waltham - Elephant Walk Cambodian · 0.1 miles
663 Main St, Waltham - Kiwaz Caribbean Spice Caribbean · 0.1 miles
33 Lexington St, Waltham
The closest few by distance from central Waltham, 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 Waltham.
The food scene in Waltham
Open listings put 212 places to eat within 2 miles of central Waltham, 62 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (27), Italian (17) and Mexican (11). 4 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Waltham is vegan, Italian and gastropub — types that are listed here at 3 to 8 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 27 Italian 17 Mexican 11 Coffee 9 Chinese 9 Bakery 8 Donuts 7 American 6 Sandwiches 6 Deli 5
The food in Waltham
Waltham 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 Waltham 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 Waltham
Waltham has a population of about 62,227. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Waltham, 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 Waltham?
Waltham sits in Middlesex County, where the Census counts 1,381 full-service restaurants, 1,238 limited-service places, 560 cafés and snack bars and 81 bars — 3,260 places to eat or drink in all. Waltham makes up about 4% of the county's population.
That works out at 20.1 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 Lowell, Cambridge, Newton, Somerville, Malden, Medford, Everett, Marlborough and 1 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Waltham.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Waltham?
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Near Waltham
- Newton, MA — about 3 miles away
- Cambridge, MA — about 6 miles away
- Somerville, MA — about 7 miles away
- Medford, MA — about 7 miles away
- Woburn, MA — about 8 miles away
- Boston, MA — about 9 miles away
Campuses in and near Waltham
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Bentley University
- Brandeis University
- Boston College
- Harvard University
- Tufts University
- Boston University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MCPHS University
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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