3 restaurants in Middletown list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Tre Colore Pizzeria at $14.35, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $15.49, and the dearest we found is $15.95 at Pasquale's Pizzeria III, so the two ends of the list are $1.60 apart, which is 11% 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 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 Middletown is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 82 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 West Long Branch, about 9 mi away, where the best price is $14.00.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Middletown? Tre Colore Pizzeria, at $14.35 on 1207 NJ-35. The same dish reaches $15.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $1.60.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $15.49 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Middletown 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 West Long Branch, about 9 mi away, where the best price is $14.00. That is $0.35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown, NJ this page |
$14.35 | $15.49 | 3 |
| West Long Branch, NJ
Serpico's Pizza · about 9 mi away |
$14.00 | $16.50 | 3 |
| Oakhurst, NJ
Luigis Square Pizza · about 10 mi away |
$15.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Sayreville, NJ
La Rosetta Cafe · about 12 mi away |
$13.50 | $16.00 | 4 |
| Manalapan Township, NJ
Emilio's Pizzeria · about 12 mi away |
$11.95 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Fords, NJ
Angelo's Pizza · about 14 mi away |
$13.00 | $14.50 | 3 |
| East Brunswick, NJ
Michelangelo's Pizza · about 16 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.45 | 5 |
| Avenel, NJ
JJ's Pizzeria · about 16 mi away |
$13.25 | $15.95 | 3 |
| Linden, NJ
Two Tony's Pizza · about 18 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.75 | 5 |
| New Brunswick, NJ
Douglas Pizza & Grill · about 19 mi away |
$16.19 | $18.50 | 3 |
| Elizabeth, NJ
Tommy's Pizzeria & Restaurant · about 19 mi away |
$11.50 | $14.00 | 5 |
| Piscataway, NJ
Romano's Pizza Steaks & Subs · about 20 mi away |
$13.99 | $19.99 | 3 |
| Jackson, NJ
C & R's Pizza Ristorante · about 20 mi away |
$11.00 | $16.20 | 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 Middletown.