TripAdvisor Ranks the Top Restaurant Chains in the U.S.


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A ranking of top restaurant chains is nice, but what's even better? The accompanying marketing boost that TripAdvisor gets for its fast-growing business unit: restaurants and experiences.

Darden Restaurants, Bloomin' Brands, Ruth's Hospitality Group, and the Cheesecake Factory run the top restaurant chains in America, according to travel discovery site TripAdvisor. The company examined hundreds of restaurant chains across the U.S. with a presence on its platform to find the top ten most highly rated and reviewed chains across three separate categories: small chains (10 to 50 locations listed on TripAdvisor), medium chains (51-100 locations), and large chains (101 or more locations). The chains were graded on the quality, quantity, and recency of reviews of all of their locations on TripAdvisor over a twelve month period from December 2017 through November 2018. Darden Restauran