227 restaurants in Phoenix, AZ 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: Phoenix & West Valley (75), Phoenix (20), and Camelback East (7).

227 restaurants

  • Mediterranean · $$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    Resy creditinKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8x+12 more
  • Camello

    up to20%

    Mexican · $$$$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more
  • Mexican · $$$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more
  • Brew Pub/Brewery · $$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more
  • Italian · $$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more
  • Deli · $$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more
  • The Mercer

    up to20%

    American · $$$$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more
  • $$ · Paradise Valley

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside13%Rakuten Dining5%
  • Entertainment · $$ · Phoenix & West Valley

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside19%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 more
  • Italian · $$ · Palm Valley

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside10%Bilt Dining1x
  • BLU-SEAFOOD

    up to16%

    Seafood · $$ · Phoenix

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside12%Bilt Dining1x
  • American · $$ · North Mountain

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside11%Rakuten Dining5%Bilt Dining1x
  • Fried chicken · Villa Monte Vista

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside16%
  • Fried chicken · Phoenix

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside13%
  • Fried chicken · Phoenix

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside14%
  • Dunkin'

    up to16%

    Coffee and donuts · Ahwatukee

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside20%
  • Dunkin'

    up to16%

    Café · Downtown Phoenix

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside24%
  • Dunkin'

    up to16%

    Café · Encanto

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside17%
  • Dunkin'

    up to16%

    coffee · Centura West

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside20%
Restaurants
227
Neighborhoods
67
Cuisines
64
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
3

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Phoenix

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 (227 restaurants) and Rakuten Dining (86) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 227 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

All the best cards for dining

14 dining programs that pay in Phoenix

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

64 cuisines in Phoenix

87 neighborhoods in Phoenix

76 more cities and towns in Arizona

Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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