A Pivot Table is a good option, and pretty easy to run, once you've seen it.
If you're still looking for a formula, you didn't really say how you wanted the output to look. Here are a few possibilities:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
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Rank | Total | Rank | Restaurant | | | | | | |
Italian | | | | | | | | | |
Chinese | | | | | | | | | |
Sushi | | | | | | | | | |
Soup | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Greek | | | | | | |
Burger | | | | | | | | | |
Mexican | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
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[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: center"]Restaurant[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]People there[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Italian[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]20[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]90[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]90[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Greek[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]75[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Sushi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]40[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]40[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]40[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Chinese[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]75[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]75[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Italian[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]35[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Burger[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Soup[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]30[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]15[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Mexican[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] "]Italian[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FAFAFA]#FAFAFA[/URL] , align: right"]35[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
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[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]I2[/TH]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]D2[/TH]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]E2[/TH]
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[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]H2[/TH]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]C2[/TH]
If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
Column C is a formula that creates the ranking, without needing a helper column. Duplicate entries are blank. Columns D and E achieve the same thing using 2 columns, but the formulas are far simpler.
Column H is a helper free formula that ranks the restaurants by people. Column I is just a SUMIF to get the matching count.
I seem to remember doing something very similar a long time ago a bit more elegantly. I'll see if I can dig it up.