United States · 2018

Calories by restaurant chain

The median meal item on a restaurant-chain menu in the United States had 450 kcal in January 2018, across 7,419 burgers, sandwiches, main dishes, pizzas, salads and soups at 91 chains. O'Charley's had the highest median (1,030 kcal) and Golden Corral the lowest (180 kcal) of the 89 chains with at least 8 meal items.

450kcal

Median meal item

270–740kcal

Middle half of meal items

7,419

Meal items

Chains

Median meal calories at 89 chains

#	Chain	Meal items	Median (kcal)	Middle half (kcal)	Median protein
1	O'Charley's	98	1,030	705–1,388	43.5 g
2	Hooters	41	1,010	610–1,390	48 g
3	Ruby Tuesday	40	878	544–992	40 g
4	Dickey's Barbecue Pit	39	868	674–1,325	43.7 g
5	TGI Fridays	84	845	530–993	35.5 g
6	P.F. Chang's	109	830	530–1,030	38 g
7	Yard House	135	820	560–1,105	41 g
8	Zaxby's	56	820	530–1,210	56 g
9	Sbarro	116	805	568–3,130	36 g
10	Famous Dave's	53	790	430–1,450	50 g
11	Friendly's	165	780	592–1,022	30 g
12	Outback Steakhouse	69	780	440–1,010	47 g
13	Bob Evans	220	775	448–1,033	31 g
14	Firehouse Subs	73	720	390–1,060	37 g
15	Bonefish Grill	48	705	475–945	37 g
16	Jersey Mike's	566	680	440–900	38.5 g
17	Jimmy John's	19	675	590–788	37 g
18	Carrabba's Italian Grill	131	670	365–980	33 g
19	Perkins	72	665	390–988	28.5 g
20	Romano's Macaroni Grill	75	660	445–1,065	31 g
21	BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse	211	650	300–1,035	30 g
22	Carl's Jr.	71	640	430–805	32 g
23	Olive Garden	65	640	400–1,010	33 g
24	Whataburger	107	640	490–1,075	31 g
25	Applebee's	69	630	400–1,020	33 g
26	Chili's	45	610	370–940	33 g
27	The Capital Grille	48	585	390–730	44.5 g
28	Dairy Queen	73	580	420–760	27 g
29	McDonald's	65	570	450–710	22 g
30	Steak 'n Shake	43	570	385–885	20 g
31	Hardee's	78	550	383–763	23.5 g
32	Jack in the Box	64	550	403–708	24.5 g
33	Sheetz	57	550	390–740	25 g
34	California Pizza Kitchen	105	540	260–790	25 g
35	Sonic	45	540	430–620	26 g
36	LongHorn Steakhouse	43	520	350–650	43 g
37	Joe's Crab Shack	30	515	243–1,140	42.5 g
38	Burger King	71	510	345–705	23 g
39	El Pollo Loco	61	510	300–900	32 g
40	On The Border	47	510	315–695	25 g
41	Arby's	52	495	383–630	21.5 g
42	Bojangles	25	490	390–580	22 g
43	Einstein Bros. Bagels	79	490	400–650	25 g
44	Auntie Anne's	19	480	350–610	16 g
45	IHOP	71	480	390–675	12 g
46	Popeyes	24	475	331–614	16 g
47	Jason's Deli	81	470	330–760	26 g
48	Noodles & Company	57	470	270–810	21 g
49	Quiznos	140	470	390–783	24 g
50	Culver's	62	465	300–718	26 g
51	Del Taco	76	465	280–653	20.5 g
52	Dunkin'	52	465	308–563	19 g
53	Red Robin	37	460	270–950	29 g
54	Denny's	41	450	230–760	22 g
55	Starbucks	47	450	330–500	20 g
56	Subway	61	450	370–510	26 g
57	Red Lobster	121	440	250–640	32 g
58	Checkers & Rally's	18	435	390–545	17.5 g
59	Frisch's Big Boy	133	420	180–660	19 g
60	Casey's	148	418	328–591	22.7 g
61	Panera Bread	74	395	260–550	14.5 g
62	Wendy's	42	395	308–528	21 g
63	McAlister's Deli	103	390	280–515	20 g
64	Taco Bell	99	380	245–510	15 g
65	Wawa	140	380	230–503	20 g
66	Church's Chicken	28	375	248–535	16.5 g
67	Tim Hortons	48	360	288–430	19 g
68	KFC	33	350	210–540	18 g
69	Boston Market	38	340	213–545	27 g
70	Domino's	64	340	258–433	16 g
71	Krystal	35	340	285–470	15 g
72	Jamba	15	320	270–360	12 g
73	Little Caesars	25	310	270–350	15 g
74	Potbelly	45	310	230–420	12 g
75	Chick-fil-A	24	300	190–458	19 g
76	Marco's Pizza	63	300	240–605	16 g
77	Papa Murphy's	102	280	230–360	14 g
78	Qdoba	13	280	230–750	17 g
79	Papa Johns	480	270	220–330	11 g
80	White Castle	57	270	180–320	12 g
81	Wingstop	15	266	246–304	20 g
82	Round Table Pizza	314	260	213–320	13 g
83	Captain D's	19	240	155–295	15 g
84	Panda Express	42	240	180–308	13 g
85	Pizza Hut	188	220	150–290	9.5 g
86	Long John Silver's	14	205	153–268	10 g
87	Chuck E. Cheese	24	200	155–223	8.5 g
88	Cicis	27	190	165–200	8 g
89	Golden Corral	293	180	140–240	13 g

How the figures are worked out

Meal items are the burgers, sandwiches, main dishes, pizzas, salads and soups on a menu. Sides, desserts, drinks and toppings are left out.
Every figure is per serving as the chain lists it. Pizza is usually listed by the slice and some dishes are listed to share, so chains are compared on what they print, not on a common portion.
The median is the middle item: half the items have more and half have less. The middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
Each size or variant a chain lists is one item. Build-your-own parts and limited-time offers are left out, and so are rows without energy, protein, carbohydrate and fat.
A chain with fewer than 8 meal items counts in the totals but has no row of its own.

Cite this page

Calori (2026). Calories by restaurant chain: United States, 2018. https://www.calori.com/restaurants/us/statistics/calories-by-chain. Data: MenuStat annual data, 2008 to 2018 (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene).

The figures are MenuStat’s, which are in the public domain (CC0 1.0); they are free to reuse with a link to this page. The item-level figures are a CSV or JSON download.

Figures are the ones each chain published for the United States menu in January 2018, from MenuStat 2018 annual data (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene). Carbs exclude fibre, which is listed separately. Menus, recipes and portion sizes change, so check the restaurant’s current menu. Calori is not affiliated with these restaurants; names belong to their owners.