Originally Posted by cubeonly (Post 9718476)

Hi, how much was the family pub lunch?

Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo (Post 9722718)

The cost of the pub lunch including one drink each was $160. I appreciate what Eddie 07 says about eating more at home, but is life not more about getting out and meeting other people, like being normal?

Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo (Post 9717463)

Just about had it with this place. Everywhere you go, you have to pay through the nose for everything. Went out for a pub lunch with the family, and paid a small fortune for average food and crap service, which sums up Perth for me. No wonder the restaurants are dead as people are voting with their feet and cooking from home.

Going for breakfast is another joke - we almost paid double here for the same thing we got in Malbourne the week before.

Don't get me started on the price of alcohol. Glad I don't drink much :)

Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo (Post 9722718)

The cost of the pub lunch including one drink each was $160. I appreciate what Eddie 07 says about eating more at home, but is life not more about getting out and meeting other people, like being normal?

Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo (Post 9722718)

The cost of the pub lunch including one drink each was $160. I appreciate what Eddie 07 says about eating more at home, but is life not more about getting out and meeting other people, like being normal?

Originally Posted by ozzieeagle (Post 9718303)

In all seriousness this is a problem for anyone that wants to travel away from Melbourne. Feeling ripped off in Restaurants... Only place as cheap is Sydney.

I'd be interested to see if Perth is more expensive than Port Macquarie...I doubt it. Port Macquarie has the worst value meals Ive encountered in Australia thus far. I wouldnt be surprised if there places that are even bigger rip offs.

Lets put it this way.... The very passable Curry house up the road from me charges 8.50 for a main course. I've not found many places that do Indian better. 7 bucks for a Kebab which is great, we probably have more Kebab houses than any other suburb in Australia. 16 at last count plus a few vans.... Can buy full breakfast for 7.50... etc etc Only place I know off where the local Mcdonalds and Hungry Jacks franchises went broke because of the better choices around.

Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo (Post 9722718)

The cost of the pub lunch including one drink each was $160. I appreciate what Eddie 07 says about eating more at home, but is life not more about getting out and meeting other people, like being normal?

Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 9724439)

What people don't have an appreciation of here perhaps is to the extent Australia being a stay at home culture where going out after a certain age is a novelty and not a norm.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 9724319)

I think you can get a roast - 2 courses - for $22 here. I'll check.

Originally Posted by Pennines49 (Post 9724478)

Agreed choo ,expensive, average food,average service..big downside to Perth.
And to think you need a "cert 3" for everything- laughable.

Time to get the fray bentos pie on -lol

Originally Posted by Pennines49 (Post 9724478)

Agreed choo ,expensive, average food,average service..big downside to Perth.
And to think you need a "cert 3" for everything- laughable.

Time to get the fray bentos pie on -lol

Originally Posted by northernbird (Post 9724456)

I agree it does seem to be like that. Mum and Dad go to friends and take the kids with them here. Most of my friends in the UK would go out and dump their kids on babysitters.

Originally Posted by papilon (Post 9724383)

But go to any half decent cafe and you will be paying $14-$17 for breakfast and $3.80 for coffee, whilst the cheap and cheerful ethnic restaurants are good value they are hardly places to go for any kind of ambiance and often the food is average at best. If Melbourne is considered to be a place of cheap wining and dinning then god knows what the rest of you guys are paying.

Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo (Post 9722718)

The cost of the pub lunch including one drink each was $160. I appreciate what Eddie 07 says about eating more at home, but is life not more about getting out and meeting other people, like being normal?