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To ask if this is absurd or am I out of touch?

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LittleAlexHornesPocket · 26/06/2025 11:07

I live in a small market town in the north west. Fairly average in terms of demographics, as in, we have some poor areas and some naice ham areas. Not a tourist destination but it is very close to a national park.

A restaurant in the town centre is doing tapas. Yum. But, they want £10 a dish, or £35 for four dishes. For example, £10 for some halloumi, or £10 for some bread, cheese, and olives, or £10 for a bit of chorizo in a sauce.

AIBU to think that's outrageous prices or am I wildly out of touch here? What sort of prices are you seeing in your area?

Most of the dishes I could do at home for much, much, less, with much bigger portions.

OP posts:
TheSwarm · 26/06/2025 11:20

Have you missed the last few years of everything getting significantly more expensive?

Power costs, staff costs, food costs, business rates etc, all massively inflated compared to a few years ago.

Moomdingou · 26/06/2025 11:19

Sounds usual prices op. What can you do though other than just stay at home.

PsychoHotSauce · 26/06/2025 11:19

Its expensive especially as the point of tapas is you get lots multiple dishes, but I don't think they're laughing all the way to the bank. It's costs that have risen so much. It can be pricey without = profiteering.

ScholesPanda · 26/06/2025 11:17

I'm in a more expensive part of the country, so that might effect my views but I think £10 per dish is too steep. However, £35 for four dishes is either ok (if 4 dishes would feed one person) or good value (if 4 dishes would feed two people).

GluttonousHag · 26/06/2025 11:16

NeedForSpeed · 26/06/2025 11:15

Of course you could, but you're not paying staff, rent, business rates, overheads, suppliers and trying to make a living from selling your dishes.

Exactly.

NeedForSpeed · 26/06/2025 11:15

Of course you could, but you're not paying staff, rent, business rates, overheads, suppliers and trying to make a living from selling your dishes.

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