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?!)

We went to a local Italian bistro, looked a bit 70s and tired.
It was similar to an expensive but very nice pub with ambitions that we like.
Food not special and a small helping. Won't be there long I think.

My money saving tip wherever is just to ask for tap water for the table rather than buy the expensive soft drinks. £10-15 of your bill would've been on drinks I expect OP.

I was going to say £75 and then saw your post!

As a treat for the kids, we ordered a five guys through deliveroo at the weekend. (Their call, they did some great stuff we wanted to recognise). We all had small burgers and ordered two regular size fries between the 4 of us. Around £45 including delivery. I nearly fell over!

About £80-90

I don't really know what you're comaining about. Inflation hit 10% prices and wages are up. I'd have guessed £80. You could see menu have an idea of prices before choosing to go there. I don't think you'd get simmilar cheaper elsewhere.

£35 ?

85?

Zizzi is priced to discount - taste card is 50% off and they have other offers at the moment.

Around £60-£65

£80

£70

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65ish

I found Five Guys shocking last week. Literally 3 cheeseburgers, 3 fries, 2 shakes & a coke - £52.

I swear it wasn't that much pre Covid! Or maybe not eating out during lockdowns has made us more aware of the cost of it?

It's going to cost £70 give or take. Pizzas are notoriously expensive for such cheap ingredients.

£60

Yep, prices have gone up pretty much everywhere around here. Around 10% or so I would estimate generally. They are really struggling for staff as well.

I guessed £75 before you said it (honestly!!) Yeah, prices have no doubt increased, but I don't think that's too bad for a family night out.

I'm not "complaining". I'm asking if my expectations are unrealistic. I see that they are. End of story, really. Where have I complained?

I’d say the price was about £10 more than what I’d expect personally. We went to pizza express a couple of months ago and spent similar on 3 kids meals (so starter, main and dessert plus 2 drinks each) and 3 adult pizzas and drinks (2 of which were gin). I think DH had a discount code of some sort though which reduced the price somewhat. In future plan it a bit better so it doesn’t come as a shock, I always check the menus out online first.

What's the eye roll for?

Congratulations if you have enough money to wander through life without checking the prices on stuff.

Zizzis and no voucher? I would say 90.

I roughly tot it up in my head as people order (if I’m paying for everyone) but that’s a throwback to skint days.

£85-90. Adults meals tend to cost up to £16, kids meals usually cost a set amount maybe £6, drinks are always expensive (even soft drinks) and average to about £3 each.

£70-80? Price of Italian food seems to have gone up like everything else, even though it's not particularly expensive to make.