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title: "Restaurant Website Speed: 71.5% Pass Core Web Vitals, but Chains Manage 38% - PageSpeed Matters"
description: "We measured 10,020 restaurant websites built on dedicated restaurant platforms. 72% pass Core Web Vitals on mobile with a median load of 1.2 seconds, while the app-heavy national chains are the slower ones."
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[Restaurant Website Speed: 71.5% Pass Core Web Vitals, but Chains Manage 38%](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/restaurant-website-speed)

We measured 10,020 restaurant websites built on dedicated restaurant platforms. 72% pass Core Web Vitals on mobile with a median load of 1.2 seconds, while the app-heavy national chains are the slower ones.

Core Web Vitals by metric, restaurant sites (mobile)

Good LCP (loading)

98.7% 

Good INP (responsiveness)

98.2% 

Good CLS (stability)

89.1% 

Source: Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of 10,020 restaurant platform sites with CrUX field data, mobile 75th percentile, May 2026.

Loading and responsiveness are near-universal. Layout stability is the lone weak metric, usually a hero image or menu with no reserved space.

Pass rate, independents vs national chains (mobile)

Independents on dedicated platforms

71.5% 

Major national chains

38% 

Source: Source: PageSpeed Matters. Independents from 10,020-site CrUX sample; chain comparison from a curated set of major brands.

The weight comes from ordering, loyalty, and marketing systems bolted onto the homepage, none of which has to block the first paint.

Source: [Restaurant Website Speed: 71.5% Pass Core Web Vitals, but Chains Manage 38% - PageSpeed Matters](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/restaurant-website-speed)