How much would you expect this meal to cost?

[Sofielou]

I'm not sure if I'm a bit unrealistic with my expectation here so I thought I'd see what wise Mumsnetters think!

We had a meal out at popular chain Italian restaurant. We ordered:

4 x main meals (3 x pizzas and 1 x pasta dish)
1 x meal from child menu (pasta dish)
4 x soft drinks (3 x Coca Cola, 1 x Sprite)

No starters, no desserts, no alcoholic drinks.

What would you roughly expect the total of the bill to be? (Not London if that makes a difference?!)

Agree! We won't be going again! The prices have gone right up...

About £60 ish ....depends on pizza topping !

@Sofielou I wonder if what you have been caught out by is the multiplier effect.

I remember a single colleague once telling me that I should take DCs to see some show as the tickets were only £50 each.

She was shocked when I told her that would cost us (a family of 5) £250 plus travel costs, food etc. She was only thinking of the cost per head.

£85

£90 - £100

Most main meals are about £15 now in high st restaurants (I don't go to expensive ones by the way !) so im thinking x4 meals = 60 plus £8 kids meal soft drinks another £10 easily so around £80??

My guess was about £90 so you got a bargain

Yep, going out is expensive!

I actually think the pizzas in Zizzi’s are pretty good and they are huge! Definitely don’t need one each!

i was going to say £70 but of course prices have increased.

soft drinks are expensive

£85?

£70-80

£59

72£ ish

👍🏻

I still can't get past the fact that some people study the menu to such an extent that they can automatically tot up the bill when the table places their order. That's some skill. Especially whilst wrestling with a toddler who doesn't want to be in her high chair 😂

Those still guessing - I updated already: £75.

Would have expected it to be around £75 to be honest.

But why go to Zizzi's when you can go to a proper Italian restaurant and pay around the same?

Find a local, smaller restaurant that is not a chain. The food will be a lot better and not from a freezer.

i would have gone to somewhere with a deal on

My guess was £55. I haven't eaten out in a long time!

I wouldn't look at all the prices, just glance for a general overview.

Bella Italia is in the same vein as Zizzi so if we want a simple meal out like that we go to BI with Tesco vouchers. Paid £20 last time for 4 of us. That makes it all feel better.

It wasn't planned - more an ad hoc last minute thing whilst out in a busy shopping centre on bank holiday Monday (and the only place we could get in without a 2 hour wait).

We tried here - 2 hour wait for a table 😭

no wonder there was no queue op!
you live and learn
i have also been put off by zizzi's prices

I am DELIGHTED because I did the maths on your OP and calculated bang-on £75. Though I guessed £13 a meal and £4 a drink. Got the child’s meal price right though. ::misses point::

Remember everything’s gone up: energy prices to cook the food, food itself, overheads and sundries, potentially staff wages as hospitality staff are in short supply.

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