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The London Question: Is eating out too expensive?
Evening Standard
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2/8/2025
The London Question: Is eating out too expensive?
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00:00
It's so expensive wherever you go.
00:02
Yes, very much so. It is a lot.
00:04
Yes.
00:04
I agree.
00:05
Yeah, I think it's quite expensive, especially when you come into the city and you want to have a normal meal.
00:09
So, a meal for two people could be, what, £40, £50 per person,
00:12
which sometimes is just too much when you just want to have something to eat.
00:15
Honestly, you'd spend maybe more than £12 just for a lunch.
00:20
And say you did that every single day, that's...
00:23
Basically, your whole paycheck is gone within half the month.
00:26
I'm actually walking further up to try and find somewhere a little bit cheaper.
00:29
It's just getting too expensive, so I don't know why.
00:32
Cost of living, inflation, too much money printing, it's all adding to it, really.
00:37
If you want to actually have a proper meal, it's quite hard to find something that's affordable.
00:42
If you want something quick and easy, then you're not really getting a good meal.
00:46
It's difficult, more difficult than it was, at least,
00:48
before you could find a cafe and get a few things for maybe £5, £6.
00:51
You're now looking at spending maybe £15 per person.
00:54
On just a drink and a pastry.
00:56
On a drink and a pastry.
00:57
Winter Zone 1, I think, because there are a lot of brands out there,
01:01
you may find that their food is quite similar to each other,
01:03
but the price of it is near enough to skyrocket it.
01:07
What you get for your food doesn't really add up sometimes.
01:10
Over the years, I feel like McDonald's has become more and more expensive.
01:13
It's not insane prices, but before you could spend £4,
01:18
and you're getting a burger, chips, a drink.
01:20
Now you're spending £7 to £10 per person.
01:24
The whole concept of fast food places as well,
01:26
it was meant to be something that was cheap and quick,
01:29
but it's not that anymore.
01:30
I mean, it's not quick anymore for sure either.
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