Would you pay £7 for poached eggs on toast?

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We have quite an upmarket garden centre near us. It’s lovely to look round but I definitely wouldn’t buy my plants there! The food in the cafe is lovely but a bit pricey. I was looking at the breakfast menu & all the egg dishes came with something else eg smashed avocado, eggs Benedict etc. I prefer my eggs plain so messaged to ask if they could just do poached eggs on toast. Bit shocked by £7! I know everything has gone up but would you be happy to pay that?

Yes, but that's because I live in London, and we don't blink at ridiculous pricing here.

I'd feel differently if it was £7 for eggs on toast at a greasy spoon in the middle of nowhere.

Anywhere "nice" you're paying as much for the service and the location/setting as for the food. To get anything serviced to you on a plate for £7 seems about what you'd expect to pay to me, especially when you've asked for something that's not on the menu - the reason they don't serve it simple is so that they can "add value" and make it worth their while.

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No. I wouldn't pay that

Would love to, would be closer to £13 near me

People who are saying it sounds cheap are talking nonsense.
That's expensive for poached eggs on toast, but was it similarly priced to other menu items?

You'll probably find you were charged whatever they normally charge for 'additional' items so each item was priced individually, hence it being more expensive that you'd thought.

People who are saying it sounds cheap are talking nonsense

Or they live in an expensive area.

Yes, that would be cheap around here (London).

Normal price for me (London zone 2/3)

No.

in a sit down eatery? yes, absolutely.

£5-£6 is about what you would pay around here for 2 egg on toast, and we are a fairly cheap area for food. It sounds a lot for what it is though but prices will always go up though as wages go up. The NMW increase was 59pph in April, and cafes have to cover the cost of soaring utility bills as well.

I think the last time I ate lunch out, a couple of weeks ago, we paid £7.50 for a 2 poached egg with salmon, and £6.50 for a 3 egg ham & cheese omelette. 2 poached egg on toast was £5

It was worth every penny as it was a treat and I didn't have to make it myself.

7.45 for Eggs Avo in the heart of Belsize Park, Hampstead. I pay that regularly but I pay happily because they are excellent with allergies, friendly staff and a wonderful family-run business.

Cheaper end of normal for me in an affluent area of the South East. Would be the price at a greasy spoon, more than that price in a garden centre or nice eaterie. Mind you, for that you'll get two large free-range eggs beautifully poached served on toasted sourdough spread with real butter, probably with a handful of something green sprinkled on top. It wouldn't be insipid battery eggs on top of white sliced spread with cheap margarine.

yes but i would expect them to be nice

Yes I would especially if I was treating it as a day out but not spending any money in the centre and buying things elsewhere. So rude!

It would have to be golden yoked eggs and sourdough

Sofasogood it’s not rude! I don’t buy plants there but I never said I don’t spend any other money apart from the cafe. They have a lovely gift shop.

100% sure they would be quality eggs on “ artisan” toast with butter. Will treat myself next week when DD’s back at school.

£4.50?! In Morrisons cafe maybe

It seems reasonable to me. To those saying they can cook it cheaper at home, I assume you don't have to pay for a cook and soneone to deliver it to your table?