Fee explainer · Food deliveryHow much does Uber Eats charge restaurants?
For a restaurant, the marketplace fee is often what decides whether delivery is worth doing at all. Here is what Uber Eats charges in 2026, taken from its own merchant documentation, including the March 2026 increase, with a worked example.
Pricing sourced July 2026 · Pre-launch comparison
In short
Uber Eats charges restaurants a marketplace fee on delivery orders of 20% (Lite), 25% (Plus), or 30% (Premium), taken from the order subtotal, with pickup at 7% to 10%. As of March 2026 the Lite tier went up from 15% to 20%.
Uber Eats vs a flat fee, side by side
| Uber Eats | Bobby (pre-launch) | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee model | Percentage commission | Flat fee per order |
| Delivery orders | 20% to 30% of the order subtotal | Flat $2 per order |
| Who the fee scales with | Grows with the order total | Fixed, whatever the order total |
| What the restaurant keeps | Order subtotal minus the marketplace fee | 100% of the menu price |
A worked example
Take a $60 dinner order in New York City.
Uber Eats: At the 30% Premium marketplace fee, the platform keeps $18 of that $60, leaving the restaurant $42 before its own costs.
Bobby (being built): With Bobby it is a flat $2 no matter the order size. The restaurant keeps the full $60 and the customer pays $62.
There are three delivery tiers. The marketplace fee is 20 percent on Lite, 25 percent on Plus, and 30 percent on Premium, all charged on the order subtotal. Pickup orders are 7 percent with validated in-store pricing and 10 percent otherwise. One thing to watch: in March 2026 the Lite tier jumped from 15 to 20 percent, so the entry rate is higher than a lot of owners remember.
Like any percentage model, the fee scales with the order. The bigger the ticket, the more the platform keeps, even though routing the order takes exactly the same effort. A quiet lunch of small orders and a packed dinner of large ones pay the same rate but wildly different dollar amounts.
The alternative is a flat per-order fee. Bobby is being built on that for food delivery in New York: a flat $2 per order, $1 to the restaurant and $1 to the driver, so the cost stays predictable however large the order or however busy the night.