Map of the United States with New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, San Francisco marked, and a dotted line from coast to coast

Washington, DC 34 San Francisco 21 New York112 restaurants · 762 lunch specialsLunch specials from $5.50 Los Angeles41 restaurants · 367 lunch specialsLunch specials from $6

Lunch specials,from coast to coast.

Where to eat at noon, and what it costs.

New York112 restaurants · from $5.50 Los Angeles41 restaurants · from $6 Washington, DC34 restaurants · from $10.95 San Francisco21 restaurants · from $7.82

Every price is read twiceA lunch special is listed only when two independent readings of the menu agree.
Checked on a dateEvery page shows the day we read the menu, and whose menu it was.
Prices at the tableWhat you pay in the restaurant, before tax and tip.

Pick your city

GoLunch maps four cities, block by block

New York

Menus read Sep 30, 2026

Restaurants: 112
Lunch specials: 762
Typical price: $21.80
Under $15: 23%

Plus 1 neighborhood with fewer than 3 restaurants so far, listed on the New York page.

All New York lunch specials

Los Angeles

Menus read Sep 30, 2026

Restaurants: 41
Lunch specials: 367
Typical price: $17.50
Under $15: 37%

Plus 5 neighborhoods with fewer than 3 restaurants so far, listed on the Los Angeles page.

All Los Angeles lunch specials

Washington, DC

Menus read Sep 30, 2026

Restaurants: 34
Lunch specials: 167
Typical price: $24.98
Under $15: 10%

Plus 2 neighborhoods with fewer than 3 restaurants so far, listed on the Washington, DC page.

All Washington, DC lunch specials

San Francisco

Menus read Sep 30, 2026

Restaurants: 21
Lunch specials: 132
Typical price: $18
Under $15: 34%

Plus 8 neighborhoods with fewer than 3 restaurants so far, listed on the San Francisco page.

All San Francisco lunch specials

Typical price: each restaurant counts once, at the middle price of its own lunch specials; we show the middle restaurant. Menus read Sep 30, 2026. Prices at the table, before tax and tip.

What lunch costs

The typical lunch special costs from $17.50 in Los Angeles to $24.98 in Washington, DC

How many lunch specials sit at each price, dollar by dollar. Every city on the same price scale.

New York762 specials at 112 restaurants · 23% under $15

Los Angeles367 specials at 41 restaurants · 37% under $15

Washington, DC167 specials at 34 restaurants · 10% under $15

San Francisco132 specials at 21 restaurants · 34% under $15

under $15$15 and moreThe last column gathers every price of $50 and more.

Lunch under $15370 lunch specials at 55 restaurantsNew York 172 · Los Angeles 136 · Washington, DC 17 · San Francisco 45 Lunch from $15 to $20441 lunch specials at 93 restaurantsNew York 257 · Los Angeles 100 · Washington, DC 34 · San Francisco 50

Lowest prices in New York

Lowest prices in Los Angeles

Lowest prices in Washington, DC

Lowest prices in San Francisco

What are you having?

Lunch specials by cuisine

By cuisine

By dish

How we check prices

What counts as a lunch special

A lunch section that repeats the regular menu at the same price does not count. A lunch special meets at least one of these three tests, checked on the restaurant's own menu.

Served at set hours

The menu names a lunch window or lunch days, such as 11 AM to 3 PM, Monday to Friday.

Cheaper than the regular menu

The same dish costs less at lunch than elsewhere on the menu. We show both prices.

A set deal

Soup and half sandwich, a two-course prix fixe, a lunch box or a bento, sold at one price.

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