4 restaurants in Manalapan Township list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Emilio's Pizzeria at $11.95, listed as Pasta with Meatballs Lunch. The typical price across town is $15.95, and the dearest we found is $18.00 at Brooklyn Square Pizza Manalapan Township, so the two ends of the list are $6.05 apart, which is 51% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.
We track pasta and meatballs in 115 other areas and compare them all on pasta and meatballs across United States. The typical price there runs $16.50 at the median, so Manalapan Township is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 72 of the 115. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.00 at Prince of Pizza in Jersey City, NJ, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Boca Raton, FL. The nearest area with it is Sayreville, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $13.50.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Manalapan Township? Emilio's Pizzeria, at $11.95 on 700 Tennent Rd. The same dish reaches $18.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.05.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $15.95 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Manalapan Township that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Sayreville, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $13.50. That is $1.55 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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan Township, NJ this page |
$11.95 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Sayreville, NJ
La Rosetta Cafe · about 10 mi away |
$13.50 | $16.00 | 4 |
| East Brunswick, NJ
Michelangelo's Pizza · about 10 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.45 | 5 |
| Middletown, NJ
Tre Colore Pizzeria · about 12 mi away |
$14.35 | $15.49 | 3 |
| Monroe Township, NJ
D & T Pizza Restaurant · about 12 mi away |
$11.50 | $15.50 | 3 |
| Jackson, NJ
C & R's Pizza Ristorante · about 12 mi away |
$11.00 | $16.20 | 3 |
| Oakhurst, NJ
Luigis Square Pizza · about 14 mi away |
$15.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
| New Brunswick, NJ
Douglas Pizza & Grill · about 14 mi away |
$16.19 | $18.50 | 3 |
| Fords, NJ
Angelo's Pizza · about 15 mi away |
$13.00 | $14.50 | 3 |
| West Long Branch, NJ
Serpico's Pizza · about 15 mi away |
$14.00 | $16.50 | 3 |
| Somerset, NJ
Bella Pizza 2 · about 17 mi away |
$9.50 | $17.99 | 6 |
| Piscataway, NJ
Romano's Pizza Steaks & Subs · about 18 mi away |
$13.99 | $19.99 | 3 |
| Avenel, NJ
JJ's Pizzeria · about 19 mi away |
$13.25 | $15.95 | 3 |
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 Manalapan Township.