We have been staying in Manchester City Centre (where we lived for 10 years until 2013) for a couple of days and I am amazed at the cost of restaurants here.
A mid market Italian from our past - location pretty average, nowt special about it, food slightly better than average .....
Any fish dish £35 and up
Any 250g fillet steak dish £35 and up
Any chicken breast dish £23 and up
A mid market Indian from our past - average location, nowt special about it, food slightly better than average.....
Shared tandoori meat starter for 2 £18
Chicken jalfrezi main £14
Cobra £6.20 a pint
Are folk on here happy to pay these sorts of prices ?
Food and energy costs are both well up, I know. But restaurant inflation seems far higher than ready meal inflation and the food in these restaurants is no better than M and S stuff you just warm up at home.
'er indoors and I are just not seeing the "value" here.
My dad ran a chippy so I have always been vaguely connected to the catering industry and I worry about the viability of these businesses
A mid market Italian from our past - location pretty average, nowt special about it, food slightly better than average .....
Any fish dish £35 and up
Any 250g fillet steak dish £35 and up
Any chicken breast dish £23 and up
A mid market Indian from our past - average location, nowt special about it, food slightly better than average.....
Shared tandoori meat starter for 2 £18
Chicken jalfrezi main £14
Cobra £6.20 a pint
Are folk on here happy to pay these sorts of prices ?
Food and energy costs are both well up, I know. But restaurant inflation seems far higher than ready meal inflation and the food in these restaurants is no better than M and S stuff you just warm up at home.
'er indoors and I are just not seeing the "value" here.
My dad ran a chippy so I have always been vaguely connected to the catering industry and I worry about the viability of these businesses