3 restaurants in Melbourne list stuffed shells on their menus. The cheapest is Bella Italia at $11.70. The typical price across town is $19.95, and the dearest we found is $24.00 at Mimmo's Pizza & Ristorante, so the two ends of the list are $12.30 apart, which is 105% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges 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 stuffed shells in 250 other areas and compare them all on stuffed shells across United States. The typical price there runs $16.45 at the median, so Melbourne is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 12 of the 250. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.50 at Mr P Pizza & Pasta in North Wales, PA, and the highest best price is $20.10 in West Springfield, MA. The nearest area with it is Palm bay, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $12.99.
Where is the cheapest stuffed shells in Melbourne? Bella Italia, at $11.70 on 2447 N Wickham Rd Unit 136. The same dish reaches $24.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $12.30.
What should stuffed shells cost here? About $19.95 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Melbourne 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 Palm bay, about 10 mi away, where the best price is $12.99. That is $1.29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne, FL this page |
$11.70 | $19.95 | 3 |
| Palm bay, FL
Pherrara's Pizzeria · about 10 mi away |
$12.99 | $16.95 | 3 |
| Orlando, FL
Ferrara Pizza & Pasta · about 49 mi away |
$10.99 | $13.49 | 7 |
| Fort Pierce, FL
Big Apple Pizza · about 53 mi away |
$16.99 | $17.99 | 3 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL
Bella Roma Bakery & Pizzeria · about 61 mi away |
$11.99 | $16.75 | 6 |
| Deltona, FL
Italiano's NY Pizza · about 63 mi away |
$13.99 | $15.25 | 3 |
| Daytona Beach, FL
New York Pizza & Subs · about 78 mi away |
$14.95 | $16.99 | 4 |
| Lakeland, FL
Palace Pizza · about 80 mi away |
$12.00 | $17.00 | 4 |
| West Palm Beach, FL
Pronto Pizza · about 104 mi away |
$10.95 | $17.99 | 9 |
| Tampa, FL
Pizza Famiglia · about 111 mi away |
$11.99 | $14.99 | 6 |
| Ocala, FL
Morelli's Pizza & Subs · about 114 mi away |
$8.00 | $13.00 | 3 |
| Boynton Beach, FL
A1 Pizza Kitchen · about 116 mi away |
$14.69 | $19.45 | 5 |
| Delray Beach, FL
Picasso's Pizza · about 121 mi away |
$13.99 | $22.00 | 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 Melbourne.