Hobee's - Palo Alto
up to20%American · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more
21 restaurants in Palo Alto, CA that pay Upside
Upside pays cash back at these restaurants on top of whatever your card earns. Join once, link a card, and pay with it — values below are what each card earns here. Top neighborhoods: Silicon Valley (7), Peninsula (5), and San Francisco - Downtown (3).
21 restaurants
The Good Salad - Palo Alto
up to20%Salads · $$ · Peninsula
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 moreCafe Pro Bono
up to16%Italian · $$ · Peninsula
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreKirk's Steakburgers
up to16%American · $$ · Silicon Valley
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreRara
up to16%Nepalese · $$$$ · Peninsula
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside10%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 moreAnatolian Kitchen
up to12%Turkish · $$$$ · Peninsula
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xEat Around Town6xUpside6%+9 moreIndian · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreHatched
up to12%Breakfast · $$ · Silicon Valley
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreLeQuy Palo Alto
up to12%Vietnamese · $$ · Silicon Valley
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreOsteria Toscana
up to12%Italian · $$$$ · Silicon Valley
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreRangoon Ruby Burmese Cuisine
up to12%Burmese · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreTeaspoon - Palo Alto
up to12%Café · $ · Peninsula
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
- Restaurants
- 21
- Neighborhoods
- 7
- Cuisines
- 19
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 0
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Palo Alto
Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. Upside (21 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (12) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 21 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
14 dining programs that pay in Palo Alto
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- Upside21 restaurantsUp to 12% back
- AAdvantage Dining12 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining12 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town12 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining12 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining12 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining12 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining12 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining12 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham12 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Bilt Dining12 restaurants1 point per $1
- Rakuten Dining11 restaurants5% back
- IHG Dine & Earn11 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- inKind2 restaurants20% back
19 cuisines in Palo Alto
10 neighborhoods in Palo Alto
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