Apple Maps Local Lists in iOS 27: Where to Find Them
Apple Maps in iOS 27 has a weekly-updated Trending Restaurants list for US cities. It's tucked behind the keyboard, and there are 1,021 lists in all.
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Local Lists work as an extension of Guides, the curated collections of places Apple Maps has offered for years. Guides are sometimes made by Apple's editors, sometimes by celebrities or tied to current events. Local Lists are different because they refresh every week with what's popular nearby. Apple says Maps uses insights from what's trending to surface lists such as trending restaurants or good spots to take kids, and that the insights are derived with privacy in mind and never tied to individual users. For now, the feature is for Maps users in the US.
How to find Local Lists in Apple Maps
Tap the search field in Maps and scroll down. You'll see a new Trending Restaurants section. On an iPhone 18 Pro it sits behind the keyboard by default, so you need to scroll and dismiss the keyboard first.
The search screen shows only a few places. Tap through and you get the full list, ranked 1 to 20. Open Trending Restaurants in New York, for instance, and you'll see 20 spots.
To browse other cities, open any Trending Restaurants list and tap the Apple logo and "Local Lists" label near the line that says when the list was last updated.
How does a restaurant make the list?
According to the in-app explanation, the list contains restaurants "climbing in popularity this week, based on what people view, share, and interact with on Apple Maps."
Because the lists change weekly, it's worth saving anything you want to try. Each listing has a + button for that.
It's unclear exactly which parts of the US are covered, but there are 1,021 Local Lists in total, so there's a good chance one exists for your area.
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