Restaurant food is way too expensive for how little you get, amirite?

I'm curious where you are?

by Alycezemlak 4 days ago

He meant to say "fine dining is too expensive" which… is kinda unanimously accepted.

by Anonymous 4 days ago

OH! I'm sitting over here in the US where I can buy a double portion for twenty bucks that'll feed me for three days, a little confused

by Alycezemlak 4 days ago

Several employees trying to earn a wage, owner trying to make profit, bills to pay to run the restaurant, what do you expect? It's an experience, not a place to rely on for dinner every night.

by Anonymous 4 days ago

So you get an appropriate size portion instead of slamming like 50 nuggets from McDonald's for the same price? This sounds like a you problem and you should stick to fast food.

by PersonalAmoeba617 4 days ago

Wouldn't that depend on al carte vs tasting menu? Tasting menu is like 12-20 small dishes. if they were full size you be there for hours and too full to continue. Al Carte are generally full size (by european standards) Americans over-size everything generally.

by Anonymous 4 days ago

It's the atmosphere. I like hole-in-the-wall joints but will pay a premium to have a different person for water, bread, and meal. Or even just quiet venue away from people that are loudly complaining about the prices.

by kenneth60 4 days ago

Paying for ambience and art. I call it robbery without violence. And gaslighting, wdym it's the chef's special that's why it's an arm and a leg. At the same time though sometimes home food doesn't hit as good as it does outside. So??!! Idk

by Anonymous 4 days ago

So you dislike restaurants with small portions? The "hole-in-the-wall place" that gives you enough pasta to feed a family of 8 for three days isn't what you are talking about. A lot of the places you are referencing may be expecting you to have multiple servings: an appetizer, a first course, a main course, dessert, etc. Obviously that would be incredibly expensive but that may be the intent.

by RipInteresting 4 days ago

No way, paying for a dish that took 2 hours to make by a cook costs more than the manufacturing cost Like, wtf, it's not an unpopular opinion it's just stupid Even at McDonald's (which has a manufacturing cost of $2.5 for a Big Mac menu sold for $15) does not have a big margin, barely 20% of which 10% comes to the parent company McDonald's. Restaurants make tiny profits in reality, close to 5-15% Which is nothing compared to smartphones (50-70%), or snacks (25%), ridiculous.

by Substantial-Bar-8201 4 days ago

Sounds like you need to learn to cook for yourself… it's cheaper.

by PresentationGlum 4 days ago

Sometimes it's more about the experience and quality than just quantity

by Available-Neat-4289 4 days ago