Price of a fry up

[AuntiePhoenixClaw]

DH and I went out for breakfast yesterday, haven’t done this for a long time. We went to a really nice independent place that’s open as a licensed restaurant in the evening and had a fry up , I had small and he had large plus a latte each that had a finger of shortbread on the side.

1 bacon and sausage plus beans, tomatoes, 1 egg, black pudding, mushrooms and a slice of granary toast. His had an additional sausage and slice of bacon.

It was 19.95

We are in East Midlands and the last time we went out for a fry up was about two years ago, the cafe we used to go to shut down unfortunately during lockdown, it was around £12 then and was a nice but very basic cafe.

That’s good value. DH and I went out for breakfast yesterday morning and we had 1 pot of tea, 1 oat milk latte, 1 avocado and bacon sourdough and 1 pancakes with berries and yogurt. We were £30.30, well £35 with a tip.

I wasn’t surprised, nice independent place, great ingredients and good service. Eating out is definitely more of a treat these days.

Because it makes ordering ingredients more difficult.

If you know (for example) that you sell 50 fry-ups a day on average during the week, you can buy in the ingredients needed without too much waste.

But if every customer can pick/choose and omit what they want, or order triple of things, you end up in a situation where you run out mid-service or stuff goes to waste.

It also takes longer to cook as the chef can't just cook "a large fry up" - they have to double check how much bacon, how many sausages, how many eggs etc.

20 quid for 2 isn't bad at all!

Blimey, you got a good deal! I would expect to pay about £3 each for the coffees, so £6 each for the breakfasts, particularly if one is large, is excellent value. And I live in Yorkshire.

Yep, cooked breakfast has doubled here since pre pandemic. Used to be able to get one anywhere for £6 including tea and toast. Never less than £12 now. But all the old greasy spoon cafes are long gone.

Im in the north. I woukd say £10- £12 per meal plus drinks being extra is average.
Although i was charged £10.99 for an English breakfast recently, and it was trying so hard to be hipster it was basically inedible. How can you even go wrong with an English breakfast???

I agree with othef posters.. a weatherspoons breakfast is a cracking bargain.

£20 for two including drinks, I think that's good.

I am in a walking group. We go for breakfast at various places in our town most Saturdays. We usually pay about £15 each. This is. Northern market town.

Well it seems to work and it's popular with customers. I imagine they have figured out a trend for what items are more popular than others to stock. The waiting time is about normal too.

Central London
Egg, bacon sausage
beans or tomato
coffee or tea
toast or bread- 3 rounds
£6.90

@RocketIceLollie sure - it clearly works for that business but I was just trying to give an explanation as to why everyone doesn't do it.

I expect to pay about £12 for a decent breakfast with a proper sausage.

I'd say you didn't go for a fry up, you went for a meal in a restaurant.

There's a huge difference in price between going to a greasy spoon and going to a restaurant thats moonlighting as a cafe during the day.

The restaurant will be using higher quality ingredients generally, they don't want a cheap breakfast ruining the reputation of the restaurant and scaring away evening customers.

A greasy spoon can generally get away with cheaper ingredients, but you generally get more food for your money and sometimes, that's what you want!

If thats for 2 people it's very reasonable.

At first I thought you said each but then read it again and saw it was for 2. I think it's good value.

Sorry yes £20 for both, I thought it was ok as prices up everywhere

About average for 2 people. Got a fry at the airport once and was £30 each!

That's a perfectly decent price.

We had breakfast in brum yesterday, one eggs benny, one avo halloumi toast, 2 coffees, £24 total. I thought that was a bargain.

It’s around £10 for a fried breakfast in London. It used to be £3.50 and believe me the quality of the fare does not justify the increase in price.

I'd expect to pay about £8 for large £6.5 for small and £3 each for drinks so £20.50.

I did go cinema other day and ask for a coke. It was £5. I'd expect alcohol in it for that price.

£20 for 2? Decent quality ingredients? Sounds about right.

We still have a few cheap cafes in east london, not been but reviews are good and no idea of the sourcing of the items etc, they charge appx £7...but its a food item that has now been hijacked by all the yuppy hipster types around here and a lot of the new places charge £15 to £17 each now...avacado on toast with quinoa etc !!

I thought the same. You’d struggle to buy quality ingredients for much less, these days.

What was the question? Do we agree it was reasonably priced?

So what’s the point of your post then?