Cheese Ravioli in Norfolk

4 restaurants in Norfolk list cheese ravioli on their menus. The cheapest is Golden Pizzeria at $7.99. The typical price across town is $16.25, and the dearest we found is $16.79 at Ynot Italian, so the two ends of the list are $8.80 apart, which is 110% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge 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 cheese ravioli in 193 other areas and compare them all on cheese ravioli across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so Norfolk is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 81 of the 193. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $7.50 at Picatta Pizza & Pasta in Houston, TX, and the highest best price is $20.00 in Ventnor City, NJ. The nearest area with it is Chesapeake, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $14.50.

Where is the cheapest cheese ravioli in Norfolk? Golden Pizzeria, at $7.99 on 5401 Tidewater Drive. The same dish reaches $16.79 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.80.

What should cheese ravioli cost here? About $16.25 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Norfolk that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are 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 Chesapeake, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $14.50. That is $6.51 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.