Portion sizes in restaurants getting small!!!

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Am I just getting greedy lol or are portion sizes in restaurants really going down??

A pasta dinner no more than 7 mouthfuls.

A roast pork dinner which consisted of six small strips built up like a Jenga and one plate of veg to share with husband with his meal. £17.

Two burgers and one side of chips and drinks £53!

Anyone else noticing this?

Well a picture can be deceiving. Small plate, artistic liberty 😅

20% VAT on top of price increases doesn't help either.

A lamb shank is pretty sizeable, so it can't be that small.

DH and I used to go to a local Italian restaurant and take our 3 DC for tea on Saturdays sometimes. It was a special £14 for two courses including a drink and £6 for DC. So it cost us £46.
It now costs us £84 because prices have gone up to £20 each for us, not including the drink (another £7 each on top) and the DC meal has gone up to £10 each. The portions are definitely smaller.
We've gone for years - before we had DC- but won't be going again for Saturday tea. We might go just the two of us for a special meal but not just tea- can't be paying £84 for Saturday tea. Last Saturday DH made vegetable fajitas which were delicious and cost us about £12-13 including ice cream and a couple of beers.

No decent place would buy a ready made lamb shank with sauce either so that's just the price for your below average chains.

😅😅 many top places use central kitchens now. Sous vide food are you going to sit at a table for the day while a chef marinates, slow cooks your lamb shank. Don't be daft

@justasking111 guess I'm used to smaller places that use local produce. Not your big "fancy" places which are clearly not fancy af all 😂😂

@justasking111 I know independent places that ask you to order dishes 24 hours before that need to be marinated and slow cooked for hours. Why would you have to sit at the table while that happens?
IME small local independent places always do the best food.

I prefer small places with small menus. Some folks want a huge menu to choose from though.

I find it hard to believe that these are “top places”.

Believe what you wish. It's an efficient use of chefs.

Food is now reflecting he actual cost of making it.... electricity to wages, etc

Someone mentioned calorie counts ... So that is what your portion actually is in calorie size. I don't think people recognise proper sizes a lot of the time.

Restaurant costs have risen massively. What I’ve noticed is that the higher quality independent places are now serving mains at around the same price as the chain restaurants.

The chains are run by accountants, whereas the independent owners can tweak menus to save money and pass it onto customers.

Not in Pizza Express! I had a chicken pesto pasta dish & it was bottomless!!

My appetite is large.Frankly I would rather choose a dive to eat rather than a posh diner if it means I leave full up as long as the hygiene standards r good and the staff friendly.My husband doesn't have to take Me to a fine diner to make me feel classy
The value I receive comes from inside.External niceness is all wolves in sheep's clothing and deception.xx

Very good news if true. I find restaurant portions too large and there is an obesity crisis.

Restaurant portions are often too big and are obviously standardised so inevitably too big for some people.

I generally find restaurant portions are bigger than what I would serve at home.

I am categorically not a competitive undereater at all BTW.