When you go to eat out what do you see first before ordering?Price or the dish?
By mariyamaka
@mariyamaka (931)
India
April 8, 2007 7:48am CST
Well the first think when i open my menu, what i look at is the price list! once we(me and my hubby) took his friends for dinner in a decent restaurant! and he ordered he ordered for everyone........ AND GUESS WHAT??? WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE PRICE! Oh my god! Just for six people we paid rs3500 and came out!
I was so pissed off! since then even he looks at the price before ordering... BUT still price does not makes any difference to him unlike me!
I always wonder what do others look at first when they open the menu? Price or the dishes?
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28 responses
@ninong (110)
• Philippines
9 Apr 07
money is not everyone's luxury, i guess, and i don't think it's bad to be practical. i have to look at the price list first because i do not have the luxury of having credit cards as well. it is better to spend the money that you have instead of spending the money you don't have yet, don't you think? if we were more practical, maybe we'll have less debts and less troubles.
@mariyamaka (931)
• India
9 Apr 07
yeh...you right! as now a days people want to show off more then they have:((
@krishna12k (28)
• India
9 Apr 07
i look at the dishes first... one similar incident happened last year when we went some posh restaurant i was ordering and kept on ordering.Then my friend asked me i had enough money or not ? i was confused. He then asked me check the price of each item.It total led rs2300 for 6.Then i only i found that we i lost my purse.We informed the same to the manager and i asked to send the to my home to pay the bill. He didn't accept,then i called my dad and paid the bill...
@retardedrugrat (4791)
• Canada
8 Apr 07
I always look at the dishes first, because how do I know what I might like if I look at the prices first?
I check out the dishes and whats in them, and then run my eyes across to the price. If I feel it's a little on the expensive side, I ask my partner if it's okay. Sometimes he might sigh and little, but most times he says it's okay.
After all, whats the point in eating out if there are going to be restrictions on what we're allowed to order or not?
@mariyamaka (931)
• India
9 Apr 07
Ya thats correct whats the point of eating out if there are going to bbe restrictions??? its not that you are not allowed to order but you personally are very cautious about the price!
@lazywalt99 (177)
• United States
9 Apr 07
When I first look at a menu at a restaurant, I see the dish before I see the price. Usually I don't go to too expensive of restaurants where I need to be concerned with the prices.
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
8 Apr 07
i look at the dish then the price..if the price is to high i look at the menu again..i try to be very frugal...if the dish i end up ordering is higher than i like i'll order just water to drink so that there is no added cost for a soft-drink
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
23 May 07
For me and my husband, it is definately the price. Because there have been places we have tried to eat in the past, that we would go in, look at the prices for food there, and then have to leave. We just could not see ourselves paying such high prices for Food unless we knew it would be worth the price they are wanting. People who just look at the Food, and decide never worrying about price. That must be nice, but when $$ is tight here, it is not possible.
@ellanick (191)
• Philippines
9 Apr 07
when we go out, ill observe first the place if it is a high end restaurant and their services. if we are going to order our food, ill look first for the prices and the dishes in the menu to balance also our money. its very important that you check first the price before ordering because we will never know if the price of the food is worth it until we tasted it.
@seamonkey (1976)
• Ireland
10 Apr 07
I glance at the price but if it is something that looks justified, I will pay it. Sometimes it is clearly a rip off and I shun dishes that are clearly priced to gouge the public.
@arkentos (213)
• India
9 Apr 07
I eat something new I mean dishes only on the Parties..and I am lucky that i enjoy many of them a bit frequently.So what I do is on normal day meal..I always order those things which I had tried once or more and if it i nice...and above all I know the price.so I see the dish list and price both but at different occasions.
@brand4less (1061)
• Indonesia
23 May 07
before whenever me and my husband went to the restaurant i checked the price first,but then my husband was a bit angry and he told me to order what i wanted and do not see the price,coz he said if the food is delicious and expensive then it's worth it..
i'm not totally agree w/this so whenever i go out w/my husband then i'll do like what he told me but when i go w/my friends i'll see the price first.
@satanshiori (338)
• Philippines
21 May 07
price first and then finding the most delicious food that is not so expensive
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
9 Apr 07
I look at the menu first then compare prices. If the price is reasonable then I order it. If its not then I find something else on the menu that is of reasonable price. If its a special occasion and my hubby is shouting dinner, then I go for gold :) :)
@sapphiresage (431)
• United States
9 Apr 07
I don't even look at the prices. When we go out, it's to have a nice time. We don't go out frequently, so we make a point of having what we want, no matter what it costs. That being said, we're not walking into an unfamiliar restaurant when we do this. We have a few nice restaurants we truly enjoy and we pretty much stick to those. It's not uncommon for us to spend $75 to $100 (US) on a dinner out for the two of us, including any drinks.
@funky123 (92)
• India
9 Apr 07
it depends on whom i go out with. If its gonna be my family, i really dont mind as my dad will get us anything we want. If its my friends, then i look into the price list. But defenitly i will look for prices . Even if some one s gonna pay or i am gonna pay.
@jingjingdream (21)
• China
9 Apr 07
i will look at food fristly , see if i am interested in it , go with me , and then the price , if i could afford it , i will order it . if not i will give up . and i like cooking , most time i like make food for my own . eating out could could be expencive for me . make food on my own is best choice for , i could also enjoy cooking .
@jenille (52)
• Philippines
9 Apr 07
when we eat in a restaurant i usually look first for the dish because if you want to eat in a restaurant you should be prepared enough. and we seldom eat in a restaurant so if that happen before i go in i always make sure that i have enough money so that we can eat whatever we want to eat....
