Shrimp Scampi in Orlando

7 restaurants in Orlando list shrimp scampi on their menus. The cheapest is Joe's Crab Shack at $11.99. The typical price across town is $20.99, and the dearest we found is $22.99 at Giovanni's Pizzeria & Kitchen, so the two ends of the list are $11.00 apart, which is 92% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp scampi in 272 other areas and compare them all on shrimp scampi across United States. The typical price there runs $23.00 at the median, so Orlando is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 211 of the 272. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.99 at Via Italian Table in Worcester, MA, and the highest best price is $32.00 in Red Bank, NJ. The nearest area with it is Melbourne, about 48 mi away, where the best price is $19.49.

Where is the cheapest shrimp scampi in Orlando? Joe's Crab Shack, at $11.99 on 8400 International Drive. The same dish reaches $22.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $11.00.

What should shrimp scampi cost here? About $20.99 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Orlando that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 are 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 Melbourne, about 48 mi away, where the best price is $19.49. That is $7.50 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.