Chicken Biryani in Edison

4 restaurants in Edison list chicken biryani on their menus. The cheapest is The Madina Fountain BBQ & Grill at $9.99. The typical price across town is $17.99, and the dearest we found is $23.00 at Bombay Blue Indian Bistro, so the two ends of the list are $13.01 apart, which is 130% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track chicken biryani in 2 other areas and compare them all on chicken biryani across United States. The typical price there runs $18.39 at the median, so Edison is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 2. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $14.99 at Guru The Caterer in Somerville, MA, and the highest best price is $15.99 in Sheboygan, WI. The nearest area with it is Somerville, about 212 mi away, where the best price is $14.99.

Where is the cheapest chicken biryani in Edison? The Madina Fountain BBQ & Grill, at $9.99 on 1 Schuyler Drive. The same dish reaches $23.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $13.01.

What should chicken biryani cost here? About $17.99 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Edison that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Somerville, about 212 mi away, where the best price is $14.99. That is $5.00 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.