Chicken Shawarma in Phoenix

3 restaurants in Phoenix list chicken shawarma on their menus. The cheapest is Greek Pita at $9.50. The typical price across town is $13.99, and the dearest we found is $15.25 at Olives Mediterranean Grill, so the two ends of the list are $5.75 apart, which is 61% 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 chicken shawarma in 2 other areas and compare them all on chicken shawarma across United States. The typical price there runs $17.00 at the median, so Phoenix is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 2 of the 2. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $12.99 at New York Cafe in Los Angeles, CA, and the highest best price is $14.00 in Simi Valley, CA. The nearest area with it is Los Angeles, about 363 mi away, where the best price is $12.99.

Where is the cheapest chicken shawarma in Phoenix? Greek Pita, at $9.50 on 2501 West Happy Valley Road. The same dish reaches $15.25 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.75.

What should chicken shawarma cost here? About $13.99 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Phoenix 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 Los Angeles, about 363 mi away, where the best price is $12.99. That is $3.49 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.