Shrimp in Arlington

8 restaurants in Arlington list shrimp on their menus. The cheapest is Ichiban Sushi & Ramen at $5.25. The typical price across town is $13.00, and the dearest we found is $28.99 at Westover Taco, so the two ends of the list are $23.74 apart, which is 452% more for the same dish. Of the 8 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 4 charge more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp in 81 other areas and compare them all on shrimp across United States. The typical price there runs $15.95 at the median, so Arlington is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 54 of the 81. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Butterfly Belly Asian Cuisine in Portland, OR, and the highest best price is $19.50 in Revere, MA. The nearest area with it is Alexandria, about 9 mi away, where the best price is $6.50.

Where is the cheapest shrimp in Arlington? Ichiban Sushi & Ramen, at $5.25 on 4251 Campbell Avenue. The same dish reaches $28.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $23.74.

What should shrimp cost here? About $13.00 is the typical price across the 8 kitchens in Arlington that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 4 are more than a dollar above, so the typical price is a middle rather than a floor.

Is it cheaper nearby? The nearest area we track it in is Alexandria, about 9 mi away, where the best price is $6.50. That is $1.25 more than the best price here.

Why do the prices differ so much? We compare what each menu calls the same dish, and menus are not identical: portion, cut, sides and the kind of room you are sitting in all ride on the price, and none of that shows up in a number. Part portions and half sizes are kept out of this comparison, and a chain charging the same at several addresses is counted once, so the spread above is between genuinely different kitchens rather than the same one repeated.