7 restaurants in Providence list seafood platter on their menus. The cheapest is Rita's Pizza at $12.00. The typical price across town is $21.95, and the dearest we found is $45.00 at Twelve 21 Restaurant & Lounge, so the two ends of the list are $33.00 apart, which is 275% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 3 charge more than a dollar over.
We track seafood platter in 5 other areas and compare them all on seafood platter across United States. The typical price there runs $24.00 at the median, so Providence is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 4 of the 5. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $12.49 at Nephews Pizza in Baltimore, MD, and the highest best price is $27.45 in Baton Rouge, LA. The nearest area with it is Syracuse, about 256 mi away, where the best price is $21.99.
Where is the cheapest seafood platter in Providence? Rita's Pizza, at $12.00 on 2745, 496 Cranston St. The same dish reaches $45.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $33.00.
What should seafood platter cost here? About $21.95 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Providence that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 are more than a dollar below that and 3 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 Syracuse, about 256 mi away, where the best price is $21.99. That is $9.99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence, RI this page |
$12.00 | $21.95 | 7 |
| Syracuse, NY
South Side Wings · about 256 mi away |
$21.99 | $24.99 | 3 |
| Parkville, MD
Giovanna's Italian Kitchen · about 317 mi away |
$12.50 | $21.99 | 3 |
| Baltimore, MD
Nephews Pizza · about 323 mi away |
$12.49 | $19.99 | 23 |
| South Hill, VA
Roma Italian Restaurant · about 503 mi away |
$19.99 | $24.00 | 3 |
| Baton Rouge, LA
Pastime Restaurant & Lounge · about 1349 mi away |
$27.45 | $29.65 | 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 Providence.