How much do you usually spend when you eat out?

For me, I am bit shocked. 30 euros, that's tooooooo much. In pakistan, that my whole month eating budget in good place. Currently, I am in france so 30 euros like kinda of my weekly budget at home. Europe after all is very expensive place. Nevertheless, at least you have enjoyed you're meal ( i hope so )

I think 30 euros is also expensive for me. If I would have to spend as much money as that in only one day then I would go to a first class restaurant. I would go for a first class buffet restaurant here in our place that cost $5 per person. I also want to try eating there but its just too expensive to go there. But maybe one day soon me and my husband will be able to try it there.

Well, you can save money and go out for eating once a month , i guess. Instead of eating outside you can have very romantic type of dinner at home, prepare and set everything like you're in a real restaurant. If you really want to try a expensive restaurant then you can wait few month and save some money and try that restaurant.

Yup, when budgeting, I think the first thing that I take out of our monthly expenses is the date budget. LOL. We can always just stay at my place and just watch dvd and then I'll cook for him so we won't be using up so much money.

We are actually trying to save more these days because we are planning to have a vacation and eating out all the time will not be a very good idea so we'll just have to budget. Maybe we can just eat out once or twice in a month.

Oh, you're from the Philippines too. Hello kababayan! I usually eat at food courts. The cheapest meal with lots of viands I'd say are the stores that has the rice + noodle + soup + 2 viands, usually at 69 pesos. As for other establishments, Wendy's has a current promo, the P49 meals. It is served with a drink and you could choose from either zesty garlic chicken burger, mushroom melt, and another type of burger. Also, it can be spaghetti or salad. Currently, Pizza Hut also a promo called the P99 Super Panalo Meals ( http://www.pizzahut.com.ph/2007/superpanalo.php ) You can choose your appetizer (soup, garlic bread, salad) then main course (rice meal, pizza or pasta) and drink or brownie. Although this is for lunch, some branches provide the meal the whole day but without the 10-minute guarantee if it's not lunch hours. I really find Jollibee's 39ers funny. They say it's the cheapest lunch there is. Hahaha, I see that. But if the people are made to see and believe that the lunch is just 39 pesos, they are mistaken. It didn't mention anything about drinks...which is around 22 pesos I think. Add that and it becomes 61 pesos Maxim's Teahouse (MXT) can be found in some food courts and sometimes has their own restaurant in malls. I have only eaten the same thing there but it really is a satisfying meal. I like their Pork Asado meal (#6 I think) that has pancit canton and fried shanghai rice. It really is delicious and the serving size is large. It costs 90 pesos and it's all worth it. This are all I could think of at this moment. I hope this could give you more choices when eating out. =)

That's good! I think I'd better try that. At least its a less than one dollar. Where do you usually go and where do you usually eat? Can you make some suggestions where we can only spend $3? I'm also from the Philippines.

That's how we justify the spending. But we also know that we shouldn't dine out too often because we really want to save up!

I think its not budgeting at all. I think $10 in one meal is okay as long as the food is really good and its in a fancy restaurant.

I can understand you. We really have to learn to be more practical nowadays. My husband and I are aboth working and compared to average people here in our country we can say that we earn more. However, it always seems that what we both earn is not enough. Maybe it has something to do also with our lifestyle. However, we are getting more practical little by little. Slowly, we learn to do smart budgetting. We always buy all stuffs and groceries in a Supermarket. However, just recently we planned to buy all the meat, fish, and other frozen items in a regular wet market where the price is lower and the goods are still fresh. We usually shop for groceries good for 15 days and it always end up that the meat is no longer good and the vegetables are no longer fresh on the second week. That's the reason we came up with a decision to do the marketing every week instead of every two weeks.

I am also newly wed just like you but my husband and I already agreed to have a budget in everything that we should buy because we are planning to have a baby. Actually, when we have saved some amount of money already it always happen that we would have to spend it for another one like somebody is gonna get sick and things like that. I am also worried these days because I am the only one working now and if we would have a baby, my earnings would not be enough. My husband is making some effort but its just hard to look for jobs these days that's why I always worry about where to look for more money.

Yes fast are generally cheaper. Like in france is cheap as compared with fancy restaurants. But all over in france food is expensive. About 5 to 7 euro per meal in fast food

I see. If its going to be in a fancy restaurant then its really expensive but if you will eat in a fast food then its cheaper. So, you are from Bulgaria? What kind of food do you have there? I'm really curious!

Believe me u i always bring more than extra cash with myself plus my credit card :-) so i am never at risk. As far as the prices are concerned i think it's global effect. The prices of food is rising in every country. In our country the food prices are going up because of inflation in our country. Before i could eat for .50 cent and now it costs 1 dollar.

I think its always good to keep a budget but you can always bring extra cash right because you'll never know if the prices of the food in the restaurants have increased already. I do that every time, I also have to bring extra cash when we eat out. It would be better to bring extra than something just enough.

Believe you got it all wrong. I have a very limited budget. Around 35 dollars per month, which i have to manage my all expenses. Like traveling expensive for coming and going to university, eating, buying books & notes, paying my internet bills, phine bills plus all other expenses. The only i can manage my budget well enough.

Maybe for university students who are just given money by their parents for their food dont have to think about budgeting because their parents are the ones budgeting. Its so easy for students as lucky as you are because when you dont have money anymore you can just ask your parents for more. But there are also university students who cant afford to buy food outside because it could be that they are working students. Maybe when you earn your money, you will appreciate the importance of budgeting.

I think budgeting will also depend on the diet that you have and the kind of food that you are eating. I dont know if vegetables are more expensive there in your country but here in my country if you eat more vegetables then you will definitely spend less cause they really cheap.

Vegetables in our country is really cheap as compared with meat and chicken. The reason is the Pakistan is agricultural counrty so i have loadz of farm so the vegetables are cheap. In my case we got our own farms in country side so we can have vegetables for FREE but i dont lile vegetables ;-(

Well righty said you spend as much money as you want on your son, afterall he is your son. In my country parents going out with son or daughter is very normally thing. Normally, parents don't think about their budget much because they want to see their childern happy

If you would have to spend that money with your son then I think its worth it. You are establishing a certain relationship with your son and that is really good. I think it doesnt matter to me on how much I would spend if I would have to spend it with my son or daughter. But I understand your situation cause you have a new project. But for me, its still best to continue having those moments with your son once in a while.

Well, the chinese food is my country is very very expensive. I don't have much chinese restaurant so thats why it's hellishly expensive. It' about 20 to 30 dollars per meal, depending on the order you made. So, i never go to chinese reataurant. Even china is our neighbour country but their food in our country is very expensive. At least for me.

Wow! I think that's really cheap. I also go to chinese restaurants here in our country and they are es cheap as you said it is. They have fried rice that's usually only for one dollar. And its already very good. I dont know where you are from but if you would come and visit my country, you will enjoy a lot of chinese restaurants here that's cheaper than spending $10 per person.

Besthopee44 has a nice point. You don't have to think to so much deep in bugetting thing. I do my budgeting once and that's it. If my budget line is crossed then i borrow money from friends and then pay them back next month. The next month i don't go to much restaurant or try to control my other expenses like buying extra chocolate.

If I am eating out with my parents then we dont usually budget cause they have more money than we do. I really kind of like that idea that I eat out with them cause I also need not to worry about the budget because they will be paying. And you made a good point about the food that should be hygienic and healthy. That's really very important.

This shows your good with numbers, lol ! Well, good thinking. Normally, i don't think about these type of things because food is cheap in Pakistan. So, you afford to eat outside without doing this much of maths. Simply, if you are in the mood to a nice meal in a good or fancy restaurant, just eat , don't think to eat.

Same here! If I would spend that much then its going to be at a very fancy restaurant already. The prices between normal restaurants and fancy restaurants are really far but I still prefer eating in a normal restaurant because if I come to think about it, 10 divided by 2 is five so that means I would be able to use my 10 dollars in two different restaurants. lol

A muffin for $1.19 is already expensive for me. Even much more expensive if you would say $5.99-$20 for your meals. I wonder what kind of food you're eating when you spend as much as that. I also eat at fast food restaurants like mcdonald's and I usually just spend $5 and that already for me and my husband. I think its really quite cheap in here.

The cheapest food i think is in suadia. According to their economy the food is really cheap. If you really want to enjoy the pleasure of eating outside or inside at home, suadia is the place for you. In Pakistan few things are very cheap and many things are really expensive. Fast in pakistan is generally cheaper because of high competition. Even you are a regular couple who enjoy their meal at nice restaurant the average expense would be something like 50 dollars or so.

Yeah! I agree with you. Its okay to do it once in a while but if you do it all the time then its not going to be good. Especially if you thinking of other things like bills and food money so its really better to eat out if there's extra of better yet, save it.

Where do you go? I wanna try that too but $100 is really expensive for me. There are also a lot of fancy restaurants here in our country but you will usually spend lesser than $100. One of these we will but not now.

That's really cheap. Where do you usually eat? I think I should start telling my husband about that and the new budget we are having.

If I have 50 then I can already buy varieties of food that will satisfy me and my whole family. That's why I also like it here in my country cause food is really cheap. And they are also very good food. I think people from other countries would want to get a taste of our food.

Wow! I think you can budget really well. What can you buy with only $1? I'm really curious, I think I'd better adopt that kind of budgeting.

That's cool budgeting. What can you buy for a dollar in your country? We can actually buy food for only a dollar here in our place by we are not sure of their sanitation so we dont buy them.