Shrimp Fried Rice in Austin

5 restaurants in Austin list shrimp fried rice on their menus. The cheapest is Tsukimi All-You-Can-Eat Sushi at $10.00. The typical price across town is $12.99, and the dearest we found is $19.00 at Maiko Sushi, so the two ends of the list are $9.00 apart, which is 90% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp fried rice in 3 other areas and compare them all on shrimp fried rice across United States. The typical price there runs $14.29 at the median, so Austin is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 3 of the 3. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $10.99 at Chin Chin Express in Jonesboro, AR, and the highest best price is $14.95 in Naperville, IL. The nearest area with it is Jonesboro, about 560 mi away, where the best price is $10.99.

Where is the cheapest shrimp fried rice in Austin? Tsukimi All-You-Can-Eat Sushi, at $10.00 on 12400 North Interstate 35. The same dish reaches $19.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.00.

What should shrimp fried rice cost here? About $12.99 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Austin that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 2 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 Jonesboro, about 560 mi away, where the best price is $10.99. That is $0.99 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.