Would you pay £18 for this as a main in a posh restaurant?

[Flowerwinter]

Ordered what I thought was a salmon fillet from the mains, this is what arrived…it was £18. I’m gutted.

Most restaurants and cafes are overcharging at the moment. I've had reason to eat out three times this week and have been stunned at the spiralling cost-and empty restaurants. Charging high prices is not a way out of the pandemic; people have less, and it will drive them away. I eat out regularly and will be cutting back.

If it was part of a tasting menu, I wouldn’t blink (plus wouldn’t be priced individually) but if I ordered a main, I’d expect a main.

Also I hate it when mains come with no veg etc and you are forced to order sides.

How did it taste, OP? I'm willing to consider £18 reasonable for that portion size if it tasted dIvine .

If you are somewhere very posh then 18 for a main is cheap in which case yes that's a decent portion. More like 25 for a proper main, so I think it's reasonable, although I'd also rather have the full fillet. I ordered scallops starter the other day for 13 and got 1!

Unless those spots of liquid at the front are angels' tears (yes, plural), you've been ripped off.

You wouldn't get that shit down spoons😁

Also, show us how its described in the menu

How was it described?

Its cheeky. You should have complained.

God people are daft. It’s not a dirty plate, it’s rustically glazed. 🙄 it looks like massive hunks of raw sushi-grade salmon. Delicious. And expensive due to the way it is treated to make it safely sushi-grade.

Some people on here, honestly. Embarrassing.
Are you only happy with quantity over quality? If you want masses of food, go to a chain pub.

@wherewildflowersgrow

Most restaurants and cafes are overcharging at the moment. I've had reason to eat out three times this week and have been stunned at the spiralling cost-and empty restaurants. Charging high prices is not a way out of the pandemic; people have less, and it will drive them away. I eat out regularly and will be cutting back.

I agree. I’ve had two terrible meals in the last week (the first time we’ve set foot in a restaurant since last August) for very inflated prices. I understand the challenges for pubs and restaurants but I’m not paying high prices for something far worse than what I can cook at home,

@yeOldeTrout

How did it taste, OP? I'm willing to consider £18 reasonable for that portion size if it tasted dIvine .

Yes this! But I would expect it to taste beyond amazing.

My main issue with your pic is that I have fallen in love with that crockery...

@Whatthefucculent

You wouldn't get that shit down spoons😁

In all honesty I wouldn’t expect to get a mains for £18 in a ‘posh’ restaurant. That’s a starter definitely.

Can you link to the restaurant/menus?

That looks like a starter on dirty plates

Looks delicious but small. Without naming restaurant, where is it?

I'd be so hungry after

Fuck no.My chihuahua wouldn't get full on that

Looks delicious but tiny for a main. I think this is fairly standard in very posh restaurants though.

It’s not a dirty plate! I have some similar Denby ones, they are rustic.

I’d be devastated! It’s be OK as a main course on a tasting menu, but it’s too small for an à la carte main, even somewhere naice.

no way would I want to pay £18.

Blimey that is tight.

I would've asked if the chef was full and couldn't finish that bit.

Name and shame!

£18 is a rip off for that.

Total rip off.