7 restaurants in Lakeland list baked ziti on their menus. The cheapest is Ciao Bella Pizza & Pasta at $11.95, listed as Baked Ziti Lunch. The typical price across town is $13.20, and the dearest we found is $16.99 at Il Forno Italian Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $5.04 apart, which is 42% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.
We track baked ziti in 459 other areas and compare them all on baked ziti across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so Lakeland is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 415 of the 459. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.10 at Pavone's Pizza in Syracuse, NY, and the highest best price is $21.00 in Stoneham, MA. The nearest area with it is Tampa, about 32 mi away, where the best price is $9.95.
Where is the cheapest baked ziti in Lakeland? Ciao Bella Pizza & Pasta, at $11.95 on 5369 N Socrum Loop Rd. The same dish reaches $16.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.04.
What should baked ziti cost here? About $13.20 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Lakeland that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 3 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 Tampa, about 32 mi away, where the best price is $9.95. That is $2.00 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.
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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland, FL this page |
$11.95 | $13.20 | 7 |
| Tampa, FL
Tiani's Pizza · about 32 mi away |
$9.95 | $14.49 | 13 |
| Kissimmee, FL
The New York Pizza Company · about 36 mi away |
$9.99 | $11.89 | 3 |
| Saint Petersburg, FL
E & L Pizza · about 45 mi away |
$10.99 | $14.95 | 4 |
| New Port Richey, FL
Prima NY Pizza · about 47 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.50 | 4 |
| Clearwater, FL
Boardwalk Pizza & Gyros · about 47 mi away |
$11.00 | $14.95 | 6 |
| Palm Harbor, FL
NY Eastlake Pizza · about 47 mi away |
$10.99 | $16.50 | 4 |
| Orlando, FL
I Love NYC Pizza · about 48 mi away |
$10.99 | $14.99 | 14 |
| Eustis, FL
Luigi's Italian Restaurant · about 58 mi away |
$15.99 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Sarasota, FL
Solorzanos Pizza Express · about 60 mi away |
$12.50 | $14.95 | 3 |
| Lake Mary, FL
Giovanni's Pizzeria & Kitchen · about 63 mi away |
$18.49 | $20.79 | 3 |
| Deltona, FL
Italiano's NY Pizza · about 73 mi away |
$11.99 | $15.25 | 3 |
| Port Charlotte, FL
Joe's Pizza · about 73 mi away |
$12.50 | $21.19 | 4 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Lakeland.