Eating out in New York on a budget

[springboks]

Dh and I are going to New York for a few days soon. We are trying to work out the budget and have found a fantastic website called 'menupages' that lists thousands of menus of all prices and varieties. One of the things I read in a NY guide was that the portions were huge so it was a good idea to order one starter and one main course between two people. Is that an acceptable thing to do? I wouldn't do it in England!

We never did, but one of my sister's always does it when she goes to the US.

You can eat pretty cheaply in NY anyway.

Have fun.

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That's helpful, thank you. Looking at the menus online, it all looks really good value. I think we'll save the embarrasment, order a meal each, and just loosen our belts!

We once ordered one starter between 5 of us (all adults)!! . It was in Tony Romas and it was their onion loaf - there was plenty for all of us. However, we did all order a separate main course.