Mongolian Beef in Columbus

3 restaurants in Columbus list mongolian beef on their menus. The cheapest is Chi Thai at $14.95. The typical price across town is $16.95, and the dearest we found is $17.00 at Mix Market at the Pearl, so the two ends of the list are $2.05 apart, which is 14% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track mongolian beef in 1 other area and compare them all on mongolian beef across United States. The typical price there runs $20.00 at the median, so Columbus is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 1. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $16.95 at Hokkaido Sushi Asian Bistro in Scottsdale, AZ. The nearest area with it is Scottsdale, about 1548 mi away, where the best price is $16.95.

Where is the cheapest mongolian beef in Columbus? Chi Thai, at $14.95 on 5577 North Hamilton Road. The same dish reaches $17.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $2.05.

What should mongolian beef cost here? About $16.95 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Columbus that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Scottsdale, about 1548 mi away, where the best price is $16.95. That is $2.00 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.