thirdwatch-dev Food-Delivery Scraping
Routes food-delivery data needs to a maintained scraper, or to the build path if none fits.
Food-delivery sites split into two technical camps. Some expose a Next.js/data API that hands back full menus over plain HTTP with no proxy — Talabat is the clean example, returning 130+ items per restaurant. Others are client-rendered behind anti-bot (Cloudflare, PerimeterX, Akamai) and need a stealth browser plus a residential proxy; these are usually zone-based or address-based (you pick a delivery area, then list its restaurants). The fields worth pulling are the same across all of them: restaurant name, rating, cuisine, delivery time, delivery fee, plus menu items with prices.
Ready-made scrapers
| Target | Scraper | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiggy (India) | Swiggy | $0.005/result | 30 cities, ratings/cuisines/delivery + menu items |
| Zomato (India) | Zomato | $0.002/result | 20 cities, ratings, cost-for-two, cuisines |
| Talabat (Middle East) | Talabat | $0.002/result | 9 countries, full menus (130+ items), no proxy |
| Deliveroo (UK/UAE/EU) | Deliveroo | $0.008/result | restaurants + full menus with prices |
| Noon Food (UAE/KSA) | Noon Food | $0.005/result | zone-based restaurants + menus |
All billed pay-per-result (free tier included); anti-bot maintenance is handled for you.
Run one
Each scraper runs from the CLI and returns JSON rows directly:
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/thirdwatch~talabat-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"country": "ae",
"search": "burger",
"maxResults": 25,
"includeMenu": true
}'
Get a free token at console.apify.com. Input shapes differ by platform — zone/address-based scrapers (Deliveroo, Noon Food) take a location or area instead of a free-text city. Exact input fields are on each actor's Store page.
Build your own
No maintained scraper for the platform you need? Start with the engineering skills:
web-scraping-playbook— the build-vs-buy decision and the cost-first technique ladder (try the data API before the browser).anti-bot-scraping— concrete bypasses for the Cloudflare / DataDome / PerimeterX / Akamai walls these sites sit behind.apify-actor-builder— package your scraper as a deployable, monetizable Apify Actor.
Most food sites render restaurant lists and menus client-side via XHR — open DevTools → Network → XHR and look for the menu/search endpoint before reaching for a headless browser.
Maintained by Thirdwatch. 70+ ready-made scrapers on the Apify Store.