How much are you prepared to pay for food?

jamoor · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:29

Personally if I was eating out I wouldn't pay anything more than £6, yet some of my friends go on about how they will happily pay £15 for a main course...

What about you?

jamoor · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:34

Gilly said:
£6? :/

I'll pay whatever the food is worth. If its worth 50p I begrudge paying a quid, if its worth £100 for a 3 course meal then its been fantastic and I don't mind paying it.

no matter how good it was, I would never pay that much.

jamoor · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:34

William said:
Eating out.... I never have a budget, you are out for a meal, you have what the hell you want, enjoy your self, stagger home drunk. Think about the cost later.

its impossible for my brain to work like that

jamoor · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:36

Rich_L said:
Hmm tricky one.

At present I wouldn't pay, say, over £50 for 3 courses of food as I simply don't think it'd be worth it, IMO there's a limit to how nice food gets before the portions start going down and although it's nice you end up wanting a burger afterwards!

In most places in London you sometimes struggle to get a starter for £6, let alone a main course!

yeah, how come in really good "gourmet" posh food the portions are tiny, like a piece of cheesecake is the size of a deck of cards but has all this fancy stuff all over it.

jamoor · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:39

Carzy said:
Most of the cost from restaurants comes from the wine anyways, but I don't really have a limit in terms of food. Restaurants in London are just sublime if you pick the good ones and worth every penny.

thats a good point, I dont drink at all so that may be a factor.

jamoor · 30 Mar 2006 at 16:50

A5H said:
I agree with this guy...

Nice meals don't usually come for under £10 nowadays!

What can you get for £6?! McDonalds isn;t much less than that is it?!

Curry from kebabish,,
pizza hut buffet,
I guess I dont really eat out a lot in restaurants.

jamoor · 30 Mar 2006 at 19:00

Lopéz said:
Depends on where it is, when it is.... so many factors.

But really, £6? SIX POUNDS? Just about gets you a Weatherspoons "burger and chips" type meal..... £6 is barely more than a Burger King. Your average kebab is £4, a Subway is not much less. A sarnie from a garage will be about £2.50. So £6 isn't going to buy you very much even if you bought the ingredients and cooked them yourself.

Of course, abroad matters are different. An average main course in Slovakia was £3.50 ish, in Poland £4-£5. Rhodes about £5-£7. Of course you could spend lots more by having steak or seafood.

actually tbh I have never really gone "out" for a meal in a restaurant in a long time in the UK, the most recent event was my dad's b'day which was an indian buffet place in sheffield that was 9 pounds per head.

I have never really been to any type of restaurant in the UK apart from a curry place.